[aozer]

Damn, I want those so bad. 5k is too steep for me tho.

[3.0L]

How can I miss something if I don't know about it?

[harma24]

Originally Posted by aerobod

Total before shipping and taxes is USD $4,705.95 plus the cost of labour to swap the upholstery over.

Thank you for killing my dream.

As I've said several times on this forum (and probably will again several more times in the future), I would have much preferred these seats for a whole variety of reasons. I wish they were at least an option in the US.

[CP911]

Originally Posted by aerobod

For those who would like to swap the seat material to that available in a different market, it is fairly straight forward to do, just a matter of cost. For the hexagon cloth/alcantara, you will need these parts (schmiedmann.com can typically get them within 5 days and ships to North America, I've had great service from them in obtaining Euro mirrors for the M240i):
52-10-7-849-887 x2 front seat base USD $465.72
52-10-8-054-985 front seat back (left) USD $512.34
52-10-8-054-986 front seat back (right) USD $512.34
52-10-8-054-988 x2 thigh extension USD $54.73
52-10-8-054-989 x2 front headrest USD $191.48
52-20-8-055-227 rear seat base USD $604.22
52-20-8-057-951 rear seat back (left) USD $253.77
52-20-8-055-008 rear seat back (centre) USD $164.94
52-20-8-057-952 rear seat back (right) USD $253.77
52-20-8-055-225 rear side (left) USD $222.13
52-20-8-055-226 rear side (right) USD $222.13
52-20-8-057-028 rear top-middle USD $163.03
52-20-8-055-011 x2 rear headrest USD $186.71

Total before shipping and taxes is USD $4,705.95 plus the cost of labour to swap the upholstery over.

What about all of the door panels? Aren't those different as well i.e. Alcantara or hex cloth to match the seats?

[Maynard]

A friend of mine had very good luck finding good interior take-outs from race car fabricators (not for a BMW, but they were very happy to sell stuff at a big discount) - if those seats are really the base model overseas, then there should be some sitting about that could probably be purchased and shipped over cheaper than those prices for the upholstery (and I'm long out of touch with this, but those prices seem really steep for upholstery, unless they are fully assembled units?). You might try figuring out who is racing 2 series (or 3's if it is the same basic hardware) and drop them a line to inquire.

[MostlyHarmless]

Originally Posted by nachob

Those of you considering the M235i, this is base interior for the M235i outside the US. It is called Hexagon Cloth/Alcantara. Notice the beautiful blue stitching and even ///M color tab on the right side of the upper seat cushion. BMW USA seems to think that Americans prefer fake leather as your base interior. If you like this, write to BMW and ask that they offer it!

Seriously, who at BMW USA thought that black vinyl was better than this???

Link to contact BMW

Those cloth seats are gorgeous; I would definitely add that to my wish list.