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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 !!

cheers

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!

according to oem it did !! but I have never seen one..

cabs
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=55

coupes

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=55

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.

I have seen some E30s in my life, but never with red carpet but as they say, you learn something new every day!

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

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 )

Peter

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.

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!

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

WTF is this 'crimson' malarky ?

Cheers,

Iain T

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!

Ox blood sounds hard as nails though

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!

Ox blood sounds hard as nails though

Without shadows!!

The answer is yes, some did come with the red carpet and matching rear parcel shelf.

'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

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)

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.

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.

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!

Shame my car didn't really come with that interior - I like that a lot

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.

Was featured in Total BMW magazine a few years back.