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Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:23 pm

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NayC wrote:What colour do you have at the moment?
Cirrus Blau. It's quite nice when clean, sort of a baby blue colour.

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Looks stunning IMO, keep it :cool:
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Safari Beige :snigger:
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Diamond black must be the winner??

Simons Alpina touring, Barrys sport, Bumps touring, many others, the nicest E30s i can think of (mine :D ) all in diamond black- Because E30s wear this colour so well.

Dolphin grey and silver also look stunning, but they dont have the moody green pearl diamond black can give when its polished.
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This vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv :cool: :cool:
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:14 am

Respray it in its original you will not regret it
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:21 am

corkie wrote:that is a nice colour havent seen many cabs that colour before :cool:
even the name is sexy :D
lol cheers ;)

ImysE30 wrote:
SeymourCake wrote:
NayC wrote:What colour do you have at the moment?
Cirrus Blau. It's quite nice when clean, sort of a baby blue colour.

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Looks stunning IMO, keep it :cool:
Thanks Imys, appreciate it :)!

shazE30 wrote:Respray it in its original you will not regret it
lol your e30 was the inspiration for this thread! alpine white with tech2!

love your car dude.
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:45 am

Diamond black or sterling silver...

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but a white tech 2 cab would be super sexy!!
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:13 pm

How can you not like Bronzit?? It's a very 80's colour. It has really grown on me I have to say.

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SUMPCRACKER wrote:Diamond black must be the winner??
I do like Diamond Black, same colour as my E36 325i. Gets dirty easily but looks ruddy good when properly polished/waxed up.
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:46 pm

keep it cirrus, not many cirrus cars around at all no matter tech2 cabbies.

ps if you do go for a different colour i want your mirrors and bumpers. :P
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e30's look good in most colours when clean but i have a soft spot for alpine white2 calypso red and lachs silver all 3 off these colours ive had e30's in and each one was special in a different way alpine white 2 was my first e30 you never forget your first e30. calypso red was my £350 beast that was just there to be abused and it was good fun abusing it and lachs silver is my current touring
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Rav335uk wrote:This vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv :cool: :cool:
Yours looks more like a laguna though rav :)
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Tedswagon wrote:How can you not like Bronzit?? It's a very 80's colour. It has really grown on me I have to say.

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Bronzitbeige and Luxorbeige are my fave E30 colours
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:44 pm

was Bronzitbeige, now Calypso Red

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Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:43 pm

My favourite got to be dolphin grey then closely followed by diamond swartz
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:57 pm

Cirrus Blue isn't all that common!

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Henna red :D :D :D
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:03 pm

Lazer Mettalic Blue - Indisputable king of E30 colours.

Metallic Sky Blue is the mans pink.
The greys are too dull too common and too whatever.
Silver looks crap on an E30.
White is wrong on any car.
Black will be stuck with the drug-dealing-gangsta thing forever.
Bronzit is just another word for Champagne.
Neon Green is seriously gay.
Malachite Green is great - if you have a pacemaker.
Red is more gay than Neon Green.

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Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:04 pm

Calypso Red (Burgundy) comes second.
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:15 pm

Luxorbeige, bronzitbeige, cirrusblau, diamanteschwarz, delphin, lachssilber, calypso are my favourites. Cabbys also look good in flat blue (Royalblau?) imo. Sterlingsilber is a bit too light a colour imo, and it doesn't have anything interesting about it, though it isn't ugly. White and flat red don't appeal to me at all - white can look so bad if not absolutely 100% clean and polished, and all the reds fade badly. Both are nice if mint, but take effort where the metallics don't as much.

Keep the colour original though, unless you're doing a bare shell resto and so have the option of getting it right.
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:59 pm

Henna is lovely, so is emerald green, and nogaro silver
Can't make up my mind about macao blau
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:08 pm

Lachs silver,definitely,without a doubt,no questions asked,nice one geezer!
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Slightly biased but....Macau Blue
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:39 pm

Dolphin Grey but then I'm biased ! Mine is a rust bucket but the good panels look great when cleaned up, proper 80s :)
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:27 am

Calypso Red, Dolphin Grey or Diamond Black on a Tech 2 Coupe. Also Zinnober Red is very nice. But I've only ever seen 325i SE's with this colour, never a 325i Sport.

On a Cabby with Tech 2 I'd go for Lagoon Green (Laguna???), Calypso Red or Lazer Blue.

On a standard e30 post facelift with no bodykit. Glacier Blue. Although I've yet to see one in Glacier Blue with Tech 2.
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Two-tone.

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Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:40 am

mauritius blue for a cab :D
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:40 am

For a chromie schwarz! :D Although thats why I brought one! Whereas for a facelift calypso!

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da4x4turbo wrote:Calypso Red, Dolphin Grey or Diamond Black on a Tech 2 Coupe. Also Zinnober Red is very nice. But I've only ever seen 325i SE's with this colour, never a 325i Sport.

On a Cabby with Tech 2 I'd go for Lagoon Green (Laguna???), Calypso Red or Lazer Blue.

On a standard e30 post facelift with no bodykit. Glacier Blue. Although I've yet to see one in Glacier Blue with Tech 2.
..here's mine in Glacier Blue, no Tech 2 kit though :?

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Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:37 pm

I've never had a colour preference for E30's. All E30 colours are great if there in good condition.
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:51 pm

Blitz wrote:I've never had a colour preference for E30's. All E30 colours are great if there in good condition.
You must have one colour that you like more than the others?
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