E30 Zone

does anybody have any pics of E30 M3's in either
british racing green, or imola red ??
i've searched, but cant find any

thanks in advance

Allright Glen,

Come to think, I have never really seen anything other than standard BMW colours on a E30 M3.
You thinking of a colour change?.

G

not sure gareth.
i'd like to see what the m3 looks like in those colours first

There's at least two in Santorini blue, one rough one mint, can't work out if I like it...

good in either i'd say, but the imola would pip it for me maybe!

There was an Imola one on ebay before with a 1/2 finished m5 swap wasn't there?

Just wrong fella to respray a s14 in my book.
Im sure someone with the photoshop skills will follow.
Stick to your transplants!.

@ glenn that one is henna, isn't it?

gazm3 wrote:Just wrong fella to respray a s14 in my book.
Im sure someone with the photoshop skills will follow.
Stick to your transplants!.

don't be Gay they built 17,000 M3's 1 won't hurt

swindler wrote:@ glenn that one is henna, isn't it?

yes mate

Imola



Not sure about this hue, BRG would be really ballsy!

I had a henna 323i, grew to love the colour

swindler wrote:I had a henna 323i, grew to love the colour

i dont dislike henna,
it's just if i needed to respray the car, i'd consider other colours.
i've always loved imola red, ever since i saw it on an e36 m3 gt2.
at the time i had an e36 m3 gt in brg, and it looked something else ! although it may be an acquired taste.

thanks andy for the pic, it looks slightly different to how i'd imagined it

Imola is sold on me for sure! Never thought it would look like it does... but in the pic above with the Sport Evo wheel colours, it gets my vote!

Don't think Green would suit it.... that should be kept for MG's! lol How about another Rover colour - Tahiti blue?

Imola is really different, I think BRG would be a showstopper.

Santorini doesnt suit the E30's shape unlike the E36 which it suits very well.

Imola red is gorgeous!

Another

ShepsEvo3 wrote:Imola is sold on me for sure! Never thought it would look like it does... but in the pic above with the Sport Evo wheel colours, it gets my vote!

imola is stirring it for me also paul,
but i'm seeing it with gold centred bbs lm's

Not an M3 but some more pics:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... n%26sa%3DN

I quite like em in daytona violet or similar dark purple,or is that a bit council?

Its very close to Zinnobar red too

Zinnobar is sh*t

Glenn don't do it, there are so few henna + sterling silver M3s. In the States they are very sought after.

swindler wrote: there are so few henna + sterling silver M3s. In the States they are very sought after.

really?

thought there were quite a few henna red ones, at least...(like mine)

The USA M3 is a bit different...doesn't have the dog-leg, direct top gearbox, instead it uses an overdrive box with a short final drive ratio...
The cooling fan is viscous coupled (euro ones have 2-speed electric fans) and all USA M3s come specc'd up with leather and aircon as well as electric windows (all extras in Euro versions)

ShepsEvo3 wrote:Its very close to Zinnobar red too

yep, just what i was thinking.

a bit too close to be worth doing it in a non standard colour really. i think if i was to go for a full colour change it would have to be something quite different to a normal m3 colour, but still quite subtle, and probably a standard colour off another make of car.

something like the honda accord type R colour, i think it's pirates black? looks black untill the sun hits it and turns it a dark purple.

i know this was an old thread, but i stumbled on some pics of a M3 in brg, so i thought i'd share them with you.

Imola

BRG

Santorini is a great colour ... but sadly not for an E30. Loved my old man's E39 tho.

What about Ruby Black or one of the other Individual colours?

BRG looks mint

Well having just had my E30 Cab resprayed in Imola, i can
assure anyone that it is nothing like Zinnober.
It,s altogether a much deeper, richer, vibrant Red than it,s predecessor
and i,m more than happy i went for it.
Love BRG but think it suits older cars than M3,s better.

In a sick way i quite like that BRG one

Jhonno wrote:BRG looks mint

i agree dan, it just looks something else.

maybe one day, if i got bored of the warsteiner colours.

love the BRG but i am red green colour blind so my opinion is probably bad