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Blitz
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Tue May 12, 2009 1:00 am

What colour is this? Never seen it before.

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Tue May 12, 2009 1:09 am

looks like lotusweis (lotus white) or champagne.. i recently restored an interior on a 635csi that very colour.

heres the stuff i used and the colour charts..

http://www.dynamixdyes.com/bmw_colours2.php

note.. lotosweiss looks like light grey on the colour swatch on that link, but its actually light beige in reality, like a champagne cream.. i did this very colour recently,
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Tue May 12, 2009 1:27 pm

Looks like normal 'natural' to me - what makes you think it's different?
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Tue May 12, 2009 4:55 pm

Interesting link thesharkfactor - Do you know how can I find out what colour of blue the leather seats in my 1990 Cab are ?
1990 325i Cab auto in Alpine White II
1988 Alpina C2.5 moredoor in Black, 71k
1990 325ix, moredoor auto in Laser Blue. 51k
1984 Hartge H35 in Black
2004 996 C4S in Silver 43k manual
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Tue May 12, 2009 7:32 pm

djk wrote:Looks like normal 'natural' to me - what makes you think it's different?
+1. Maybe because its in direct sun light it looks different.

Its not lotus white and the was no factory champange leather on E30's.
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Wed May 13, 2009 12:28 am

was "Saffron" leather only fitted on E36s? (maybe a more yellow colour though)
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adit wrote:was "Saffron" leather only fitted on E36s? (maybe a more yellow colour though)
Yes.
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Wed May 13, 2009 1:15 pm

thesharkfactor wrote:heres the stuff i used
Sorry to go off the topic, but have you any experience of light colours from this supplier? I've got light grey Vadar seats in my E36 Evo and the Liquid Leather stuff just doesn't last.

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Thu May 14, 2009 9:46 pm

Looks the same as mine but not sure what the oem colour is but I'm guessing they're a factor leather
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Fri May 15, 2009 12:36 am

we are probably fooled because thats brand new and you can bet 20 year old cream leathers don't look like that now on any e30 no matter how mint!
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