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I am toying with the idea of having a full respray in a different colour, for my cabby. I want to keep the choices in the original BMW E30 range so I don't want no silly flips, two tones, flakes etc.

So what is the best colour for a E30?

At the moment I am quite tempted by Alpine white (with fully colourcoded alpine white tech2 kit)

btw current colour is Cirrus Blue
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:44 am

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white is :cool:
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:53 am

Unless you are going for a total strip down you'll never get away with a colour change.....door shuts, sunroof hole, in the boot, under the carpet, under the bonnet and behind window rubbers.

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Diamond black or laguna green
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:55 am

There is no "best colour". A well kept , clean and polished E30 will look good in
any hue. Except Beige perhaps.
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Cirrus is a nice colour if in good condition. Not many tech 2 cirrus cars about either??? winkeye
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gooner1 wrote:A well kept , clean and polished E30 will look good in
any hue. Except Beige perhaps.
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sterling silver or calypso red!!!
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:32 pm

Calypso Red :)
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:36 pm

SeymourCake wrote:cabby

At the moment I am quite tempted by Alpine white
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:38 pm

gooner1 wrote:There is no "best colour". A well kept , clean and polished E30 will look good in
any hue. Except Beige perhaps.
Not a fan of Bronzit then fella :wink:

Dolphin Grey is my favourite E30 colour - IIRC it was only available to special order on Convertibles.
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B7 wrote:Cirrus is a nice colour if in good condition. Not many tech 2 cirrus cars about either??? winkeye
I have one, well it's part tech 2 winkeye
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:52 pm

the best two colours in e30's IMO are alpine white and sterling silver
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:05 pm

My favorite colours are brilliant red or calypso red. I also love the darker silvers or blacks. Dolphin Grey as up there. Diamond black is also a personal favourite.

Clean alpine white ones are nice....


I've always toyed with the ideas of different coloured tech2 kits to the car. Finding a good colour combo is hard though.
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:34 pm

My 320 was brilliant red which was ok but my 325 sport is diamond swartz black and I personally love this colour...........dolphin grey is also a personal fav of mine x x
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Dolphin Grey, Calypso Red, Lazur blue, henna red (when red)
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Atlantic Blue, Calypso Red, Larch's Silver, Malacite Green
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:43 pm

Cars with colour changes are never right to me. The original colour showing up in in odd places all the time makes them look naff. Change the car instead to a colour you like.

Cirrusblau looks great when its tidy. Any car thats getting a bit daggy looks crap in any colour, especially white. But get a mint Alpineweiss II car, and nothing looks better!
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essexgirlracer wrote:My 320 was brilliant red which was ok but my 325 sport is diamond swartz black and I personally love this colour...........dolphin grey is also a personal fav of mine x x
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Exactly the same. 320i Moredoor in brilliant red, and a 2dr 325i in diamond schwarts.

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Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:48 pm

i must admit alpine white II does look good when clean

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although alpine white III is better :P
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BLACK :cool:
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Macau Blue
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NayC wrote:
essexgirlracer wrote:My 320 was brilliant red which was ok but my 325 sport is diamond swartz black and I personally love this colour...........dolphin grey is also a personal fav of mine x x
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Exactly the same. 320i Moredoor in brilliant red, and a 2dr 325i in diamond schwarts.

You have good taste!
Thanks hun, I do indeed have good taste.........lol x x
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:02 pm

I'm with you on that gazm3. Macau Blue. followed by alpine white or brilliant red.
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Gota be calypso red, stunning color, white is tooo much hard work, you'll wash it, then some twat in front off you will decide to wash his windows whilst driving and spots all over your polished bonnet, suppose that be with any color, just hate people who do it!! :-x
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Z3I wrote:Cars with colour changes are never right to me. The original colour showing up in in odd places all the time makes them look naff. Change the car instead to a colour you like.

Cirrusblau looks great when its tidy. Any car thats getting a bit daggy looks crap in any colour, especially white. But get a mint Alpineweiss II car, and nothing looks better!
I now think a fresh respray in Cirrusblau for my cabby will be good enough. Your right about colour changes not looking right, and will cost ALOT to get it looking right. So I am going to scrap the colour change idea.

Anyway I always liked Sebring-Grey too.
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What colour do you have at the moment?
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:15 pm

for a cab imo its got to be calypso red or mauritius blue :D
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:26 pm

Macau blue. Best BMW colour ever.

A Highline Motorsport in Macau with Lotus white leather. Perfect.
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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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Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:22 pm

that is a nice colour havent seen many cabs that colour before :cool:
even the name is sexy :D
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