Atlantisblau or Lazurblau Metallic

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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:10 am

Anyone out there have an E30 in either of these colours? Care to post some photos? I'm considering changing the colour of my Royalblau Touring to eliminate the nasty purple-ish glow that it has in bright sunlight. I want to make the car look more like it does in my signature; just a nice dark blue--with NO purple.

Would either Atlantisblau or Lazurblau be good candidates?
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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:49 am

hi mate i have cousins in ontario. to be honest royal blue is a very sought after colur here in the uk and the colours you like are not as nice. i love the royal you dont see many e30`s in this colour...id stick with rather than spending $$$$ which will probably make it look not as nice.

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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:09 am

My 316 was Atlantis Blue, and it looked superb ! I had loads of positive comments, so clearly, it is a colour which looks really nice on an E30.


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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:15 am

Hi mate,

I have the Laser Blue, and will try to post some pics of it when I wash the winter grime off!

It does have a slight colour change effect, in that it does have a purple hue under bright light. If you're trying to get away from the purple then this may not be the colour for you.

Will get some pics for you.

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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:35 pm

Hap wrote:to be honest royal blue is a very sought after colur here in the uk and the colours you like are not as nice. i love the royal you dont see many e30`s in this colour.
Argh. This is my dilemma. Under cloudy skies the car looks beautiful/rich/gorgeous, but when the sun comes out, it turns full-on violet. Not my cup of tea. I appreciate that it's a rare colour (I've never seen another E30 in this colour), but is that enough of a reason to keep it?

Essentially, I want to keep the colour as-is, but repaint it to remove the purple "flip" (as I've heard it called). Is there an easy way to do this without specifying a totally new colour?
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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:13 pm

Bharat i could get my head in the front arch!
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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:29 pm

Simon13 wrote:Bharat i could get my head in the front arch!
LOL.

Yeah, 14" BBSes on a tiny 4-pot engine and standard, old suspension :mad:
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