Ox blood red carpet,was it ever fitted to E30's???

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:22 am

Anybody know if it was???

I want some if it was,i'm about to fit some ox bloods to my sport,and would love the carpet to match !! :drool:

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:46 am

Well I am not sure about that, I havent seen an E30 with red carpets at all tbh! I think it only come in one colour, black!
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:54 am

i've seen red carpet in a cabby, it was in a chrome bumper model. The carpets came in few different colours to match the interiors, especially cabs and lux or se models.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:02 am

I have seen some E30s in my life, but never with red carpet but as they say, you learn something new every day! :wink:
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:11 am

I have seen red carpet in hardtops and cabs. Some cars with oxblood trim appear to have came with an anthracite carpet, some with red and a red rear shelf to match ! Red interiors were unfortunately out of favour by the late 80s so alas are very rare :(
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Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years :? )

Early cars had some strange interiors; if BMW went to the trouble of making a green interior, including carpets, I'm sure there must be some red ones around - as others have said, red was around in early '80s cars. I remember my Father having one of the first FWD Cavaliers in '83 (1.6 L !!) that had a reddish interior; seats, door tims, dash and carpets :mad: )

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:32 pm

Yes coz my dad had a black 325i se with ox blood leather. Theres an Alpina cab in for sale section with ox blood aswell mate.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:36 pm

PeterS wrote:Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years

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I believe Crimson red is the correct name for the colour and not oxblood which many people refer to. This is what BMW GB told me anyway!

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:38 pm

PeterS wrote:Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years :? )
Same here, although mine also has the codes for the grey cloth sports interior that it still has :mad:

WTF is this 'crimson' malarky ?

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:42 pm

Geoff wrote:
PeterS wrote:Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years

Peter
I believe Crimson red is the correct name for the colour and not oxblood which many people refer to. This is what BMW GB told me anyway!

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Ox blood sounds hard as nails though winkeye
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e36boy wrote:
Geoff wrote:
PeterS wrote:Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years

Peter
I believe Crimson red is the correct name for the colour and not oxblood which many people refer to. This is what BMW GB told me anyway!

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Ox blood sounds hard as nails though winkeye
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:57 pm

The answer is yes, some did come with the red carpet and matching rear parcel shelf.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:37 pm

'Crimson red' is a common feature on touring build specs but i think it is a computer or translation glitch because i have never seen a touring wih red leather. I have also owned a few which listed crimson leather on the spec sheet but i know for a fact had anthracite cloth from new :(
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:40 pm

pacerpete wrote:'Crimson red' is a common feature on touring build specs but i think it is a computer or translation glitch because i have never seen a touring wih red leather. I have also owned a few which listed crimson leather on the spec sheet but i know for a fact had anthracite cloth from new :(
My 325 Touring had that on the dealer enquiry too! (didn't have it though)

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Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:39 pm

I got Crimson red in my car with red carpet and rear self, but it is out of a 91 325i. Also there was a Cardinal Red int that got matching carpet in one year only that i've seen. The rest of the Cardinal Reds got gray carpet. But thats over here in the states.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:19 pm

I have also seen a M3 cabriolet that had what was called 'Missano Red leather', this was basically a black leather interior, but with red inserts to the seat backs & seat bases...very very rare indeed.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:23 pm

Geoff wrote:
PeterS wrote:Apparently, according the spec info from BMW, my 325i Touring was ordered with the 'special order' crimson interior; no idea what that included however as it now has a silver leather interior (which, judging by the state of it looks to have been in it for all of its 20 years

Peter
I believe Crimson red is the correct name for the colour and not oxblood which many people refer to. This is what BMW GB told me anyway!

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Shame my car didn't really come with that interior - I like that a lot :thumb:
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Low_E30 wrote:I have also seen a M3 cabriolet that had what was called 'Missano Red leather', this was basically a black leather interior, but with red inserts to the seat backs & seat bases...very very rare indeed.
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