colour change, do I or dont I???
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jonesy318
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Right then guys, the car is going in to paint in a couple of months but unsure what to do colour wise. currently it is calypso red but we are tempted to do it in the marrakech brown, what are your thoughts on this, do it or leave it original?????
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both are nice colours mate.
a full colour change done properly will be more $ though .
a full colour change done properly will be more $ though .
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jonesy318
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I'm painting it myself mate, did all my apprenticeship in body repair before i went on the spanners, i'm in process of finishing the welding and putting a new genuine sunroof casette in.. Bit more work than i expected but want the car to be spot on just i cant decide on the colour, i'm kinda leaning towards the brown but dont want to paint it then regret it 
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where are you located ?
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jonesy318
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over in peterborough cambs mate, why???
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Calypso E30's are awesome 
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would be handy if you were closer .
good bodyshops and all that .
good bodyshops and all that .
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I'd leave it as it is if you've got any interest in maintaining it value in the future. Plus marrakech brown seems to be the current in thing which as nice as it looks, may just as quickly become unpopular.
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If everyone else is doin brown I need a rethink
Marrakesh brown tech 2 LSx loading.....
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jonesy318
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good point kedge,future value doesn't really bother me as no plans of getting rid of it, but dont also want it to look out of place in a year or so, decisions decisions!!!!!!!!!!
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Kedge
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It's certainly a tough call, but you do have a fairly well desired colour to start with, not like it's something horrid to start with.
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Marrakech brown will make your car look like it was shat out of a British Leyland factory during a dysentry outbreak.
In comparison, I've lost count of the number of threads where people say "I have a 325i sport with all the factory options including a built-in Fleshlight, but I'd swap it all for something in Calypso Red."
In comparison, I've lost count of the number of threads where people say "I have a 325i sport with all the factory options including a built-in Fleshlight, but I'd swap it all for something in Calypso Red."
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+1Duke137 wrote:Calypso E30's are awesome
Love an E30 inm Calypso. IMO the best colour, though I am partial to Cirrus blue
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Do it Calypso, not Marakesh Brown 
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Kedge
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Sound unbiased advice there RavRav335uk wrote:Do it Calypso, not Marakesh Brown
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Rav335uk
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No, no
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Jim320i
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Do it brown dude... No one that we know of has it in brown in the UK 
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Don't listen to Jim, he doesn't have a clue about car or colourJim320i wrote:Do it brown dude... No one that we know of has it in brown in the UK
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Rav335uk wrote:Don't listen to Jim, he doesn't have a clue about car or colourJim320i wrote:Do it brown dude... No one that we know of has it in brown in the UK
Rav is probably right, but to be the first Marakesh brown in the UK is surely a good thing
I vote brown, purely because there are a few calypso red turds knocking about.
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LOL^^^^^
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Painting a car that was a good colour from the factory brown is something that should be limited to VW owners.
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Ive never heard of anybody changing colour to marakesh brown, you must do it!
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DanThe wrote:Ive never heard of anybody changing colour to marakesh brown, you must do it!
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Sable brown if you're determined to go brown.
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jonesy318
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Now I'm really unsure guys,trouble is I like both but thinking original is poss best
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See, its the only colour that makes sense...DanThe wrote:Ive never heard of anybody changing colour to marakesh brown, you must do it!
Especially if you get there first
Anyway, Rav, hows your chromie going dude?
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Rav335uk
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Jim, Fook OFF!
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Still Oxide BrownJim320i wrote: Anyway, Rav, hows your chromie going dude?
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Not as bad as Matts
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Jim320i
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Matt just texted me a picture asking if I think this colour will suit his car...Rav335uk wrote:Not as bad as Matts
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Pointless asking afterwards!Jim320i wrote:Matt just texted me a picture asking if I think this colour will suit his car...Rav335uk wrote:Not as bad as Matts
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W*nkers!!Kedge wrote:Pointless asking afterwards!Jim320i wrote:Matt just texted me a picture asking if I think this colour will suit his car...Rav335uk wrote:Not as bad as Matts
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I don't want to sound sexist or patronising (even if I am), but you could do worse than ask a few women which colour they would prefer. They seem to go on colour more than anything else.
But ultimately, you're the one that's got to live with it...
But ultimately, you're the one that's got to live with it...
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Kedge wrote:Pointless asking afterwards!Jim320i wrote:Matt just texted me a picture asking if I think this colour will suit his car...Rav335uk wrote:Not as bad as Matts
