[munch520]

Hey guys – I am about two years away from this question being relevant but it popped into my mind and wanted to get your feedback on it now.

So I wanted to add a couple of m performance accessories to my 328 but really didn't want to pay the up charge for the performance suspension and absolutely refused to get charged 4 hours of labor to install a muffler. Needless to say, I bought both once I took delivery of the car and had the suspension installed professionally and installed the muffler myself.

I plan on turning this car in once the lease is up and ordering either a 335 loaded or an M3. So my question is, if I no longer have the stock sport suspension and muffler, what will the dealer due to ding me when the car is turned in? The guy I work with there is a family friend so I'm wondering if there's anything he can do to help out since some of the improvements on the car obviously are not reflected in the window sticker.

Worst case I guess I can just buy the car and sell it separately...

Car in question:

image by mmyers0520, on Flickr

[bmwperson]

You're looking for the dealer to give you credit for the parts you put on? If so there is no way this is going to happen. In fact most dealerships require that you return the car in the same form as you picked it up and would charge money for the "replacement" parts to bring it back to stock form.

Buying out the lease and selling the parts separate is not going to be cost efficient as you would need to pay tax on the remainder of the car.

Your best bet is to trade someone on the forum for the stock parts before the lease is over.

[Sharp_Cai]

M performance parts are considering as OEM parts. I think dealer wont ask you to pay for the stock parts, but no extra money either.

[Prissy]

Your dealership is titled to sell the car as CPO with the "same" options under the VIN.
You should've ask yourself this when before you bought those parts.

[Buckeyes]

They won't even know

[smithf80]

Originally Posted by Trcb777

They won't even know

They'll notice that a car that used to sound like an EV now sounds good.


Technically they should take back a car with MPerf parts with no issues but they definitely won't give you extra.

[tboooe]

If you are going to get another BMW then the dealership will most likely look the other way if they notice at all that you did anything to it.

[munch520]

Originally Posted by bmwperson

You're looking for the dealer to give you credit for the parts you put on? If so there is no way this is going to happen. In fact most dealerships require that you return the car in the same form as you picked it up and would charge money for the "replacement" parts to bring it back to stock form

Where did I say I was looking for credit? Just trying to avoid a penalty on turn-in.

[munch520]

Originally Posted by tboooe

If you are going to get another BMW then the dealership will most likely look the other way if they notice at all that you did anything to it.

Good to hear. I'm aware 'performance parts' usually devalue a car and decrease its saleability but in this case, I've improved it