Is my X3 2004 or 2005 model

[xx3]

Originally Posted by mane

I checked the door sill.. there is only a information about the tire pressure, and the silver plated BMW running board..

Finnish insurance needs only the production date. They dont care if it is 2004 or 2005 yearmodel .. I think .. or maybe they know better

That X3 wiki said that there are no 2004 x3 cars made with bluetooth, so mine must be 2005 because I have it.

Are you sure you have bluetooth? All 04's shipped with printed Bluetooth passkeys and dealers were informed that 04's would have bluetooth - yet none of the MY 04' X3's had an ECU that could actually support bluetooth rendering the printed keys useless...

I'm going to take a picture of my door sill and show you where my model year number is...

[xx3]

Ok, first here is a picture of my 04' split front fender. (Very good explanation provided by simoncpw btw...)



And here is my sticker on the door right UNDER the tire pressure sticker... My X3 was built in 03/04 = March 2004. And thus falls into the 10/03 - 08/04 04' MY category. If your X3 was built in 09/04 and onwards it would be an 05' or 06'.



You really are making this a lot harder then it needs to be...

[mane]

Yes, I'm sure that I have bluetooth. I have been using that with two different phones. Also, there is only one piece bumper - no cutting line like in the picture.

And about the tag, there is none. That must be some other country law that insist that tag to be on drivers door sill.

Thanks for the hints. Now I know that I have 2005 model X3 instead of 2004

[05Boxster]

Not to change the topic but WTF was the split fender for anyway? How in the world would it possibly save BMW any money to have to design and mount two separate pieces?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by 05Boxster

Not to change the topic but WTF was the split fender for anyway? How in the world would it possibly save BMW any money to have to design and mount two separate pieces?

Don't know for sure, but I would guess it is the tooling and pressing cost, which would have been sufficiently higher for a single pressing that they could cover the cost of mounting two pieces instead of one.

[xx3]

I heard that it was meant to be a 1 piece fender all along, but that there was a complication at the last minute, and so a two piece fender was used for the first model year...

[phuksi]

That sticker is a confirmation that the vehicle meets CMVSS (Canada) or FMVSS (USA) standards. Sticker is not used in EU.

- p