E30 Zone

Looking to dye my leather red which red is a better colour

http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/BMW_Le ... _Chart.htm

cardinal red or coral red???


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Better colour for what
It,s a very subjective question. Go for the one YOU like best, imo.

Hmm yeh true but i cant decide.

Cardinal is an E30 colour, Coral is not. I only say this in case you want something more oem

Oxblood was also available for the E30s, I believe.

Of the two (if you want something to go with the available options for the car) I'd go for Oxblood.

I thought the E30 options were Cardinal and Crimson.

And of the two, Crimson was redder, while Cardinal is more orangey.

Think Oxblood was in the E34s, etc.

If it was me i'd be going for Crimson.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... t=cardinal

CaesarBob wrote:I thought the E30 options were Cardinal and Crimson.

And of the two, Crimson was redder, while Cardinal is more orangey.

Think Oxblood was in the E34s, etc.

If it was me i'd be going for Crimson.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... t=cardinal

Hmm. Now I'm unsure. I may be talking complete b*ll*x about Oxblood, but when I looked at the colour chart it leapt out at me as being one of the original options. I agree that Cardinal is very orangey, so wouldn't go for it, personally.

Where's BSS325i when you need him?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... on+oxblood

No such thing as oxblood leather in an E30

Looks like it willl be out of coral red or oxblood then.

Nappa Imolarot looks good

I don't know, if you're not bothered about originality the imolarot should be a nice colour. The M Coupe's looks tasty with the Imolarot and black interiors.

What colour is your cab?

I'm thinking of Imolarot interior in my white cabby

Nice!

Thinking on the E46 compacts had Taninrot as an option i think and that looked good in pics on a black car (never seen one in the flesh tho as the bugger had sold by the time i got off my ar$e to go look )

As far as I know, its generally Cardinal red pre 1991, and Crimson red post 1991.

Cardinal red has hints of brown, Crimson red has hints of pink.

Heres 2 headrests to compare :



Cardinal is on the left, crimson on the right.

I like both, but Cardinal is more common than crimson, but both are as rare as rocking horse s**t, as buyers had to have black in E30 days.



I'm building a cab interior, nearly have all the parts now, heres some of my aquisitions :



Dyeing an interior is of course possible, but the original colour of the leather is an important factor. The base colour generally needs to be lighter. Ive seen dyed interiors, and I can't say I've been impressed, so experiment first on a seat you can throw away to see if you like the
result.

Looking good, but your not putting the red interior in the red E30 are you?

CaesarBob wrote:Looking good, but your not putting the red interior in the red E30 are you?

No! Looking for a mint Alpine White 2 cab to put them in!

Red cab stays as it is...

Which red would suite a black cab?

Is oxblood to dark??? as i am looking to do the pipeing black

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e30_man wrote:Which red would suite a black cab?

Is oxblood to dark??? as i am looking to do the pipeing black

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Cardinal, without question imo. Oxblood is only for later cars.

Check this old thread out, showing probably, the best E30 cab in the world! It's cardinal red of course.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0

If you're still in the market for it there's a full cab interior on ebay at the mo. Nothing like the real thing!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-BMW-E30-CONV ... arParts_SM