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godinman
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Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:50 am

It kind of looks like lapisblau to me, but then apparently that stopped being used in 1989?

This is the only picture I have of my old one and I just can't remember the colour code at all, I'm thinking of changing my new one to this colour when it gets resprayed.

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Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:49 am

godinman wrote:
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:50 am
It kind of looks like lapisblau to me, but then apparently that stopped being used in 1989?

This is the only picture I have of my old one and I just can't remember the colour code at all, I'm thinking of changing my new one to this colour when it gets resprayed.

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This will not be of much use to you but my first E30 was this colour and it was an F reg, it was solid blue and I believe it was Lapisblau
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Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:56 am

Actually that is useful, if yours was 1988 then it means the website where I saw that the colour was discontinued in 1987 was wrong. I'll see about getting a sample to be sure.

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Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:45 am

godinman wrote:
Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:56 am
Actually that is useful, if yours was 1988 then it means the website where I saw that the colour was discontinued in 1987 was wrong. I'll see about getting a sample to be sure.

Thanks
I've just found the log book for my first E30 F685 PYO (sad I know but I tend to keep stuff ) and the date the car registered was 10-01-1989 and i'm convinced it was that colour , solid dark blue and original . Good luck
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Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:24 pm

Now I'm starting to lean towards Atlantis Blue after looking at this - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/4a/51 ... cb1f0b.jpg

Tester pots required I guess.
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