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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:12 pm

Apart from calypso is there any other colour which is quite rare for the touring.
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:18 pm

Techno Violet is another.
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:33 pm

never seen a bronzit touring

which is a shame in my mind
Bronzit gone- she lives on
'89 325i auto touring: Malachite Green

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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:36 pm

The E30 paint range was huge, and it seems like very few were applied to the touring. The colours known as Neon in the UK were part of the "Design" package in Germany, also applied to cabs.

Have a look at the colours here:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... lour_Codes
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:58 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:Techno Violet is another.
Did they do a Techno? Thought it was Daytona Violet on the E30
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1990 E30 325i Sport Sterling Silber
1999 E36 323i Sport Touring Techno Violet
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:21 pm

Sorry Datona is correct.
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:52 pm

bigwinn wrote:never seen a bronzit touring

which is a shame in my mind
Now that would look nice, especially With the Mtec kit
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:01 pm

thecode wrote:
bigwinn wrote:never seen a bronzit touring

which is a shame in my mind
Now that would look nice, especially With the Mtec kit
Balls are tickling at the thought. DO IT
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:13 pm

thecode wrote:
bigwinn wrote:never seen a bronzit touring

which is a shame in my mind
Now that would look nice, especially With the Mtec kit
Wasn't there a guy called Dips that did one such as this?
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:29 pm

Daytona Violet is my favorite BMW colour. Weren't all Tourings in that colour a run out special for German markets?
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:38 pm

Dips chocolate brown e30

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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:11 pm

I guess the 1993-1994 colours are rareish

Mugello Rot
ALpine white III
Mauritius Blue
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:26 pm

Can you get pale blue tourings
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Post Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:16 pm

Bit off topic, but I used to own a Nautic Green 320i saloon - a shade which is not in the colour wiki at the moment. It really wasn't a pretty colour and there aren't many of them around (although there were 2 of them in my street at the time!). I sold it to a guy who exported it in 2006.

Colour code is 322

This is the only photo I can find of Nautic Green on an e30 on the web.

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Post Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:40 am

No Dolphin grey ones - suprising as it was so popular for the saloons
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Post Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:36 am

Think the light blue metallic (cirrus?) was rare ish, although there was a breaker on eBay last week in that colour
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Post Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:02 pm

Is malachite green rare?
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Post Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:48 pm

fraserw wrote:Is malachite green rare?
Rarer than white/black/lagoon green/red but there's quite a few Malachite Tourings around.
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Post Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:52 pm

kangman wrote:Dips chocolate brown e30

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That looks nice in that colour, thought i recognized it think i have that car in a magazine article some where.
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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:37 pm

fraserw wrote:Is malachite green rare?
yes please lol

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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:47 pm

dips346 wrote:
fraserw wrote:Is malachite green rare?
yes please lol

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Dips what colour primer was used on your brown touring if you can remember, im unsure what to use, grey or white or... I know paint can be affected by what primer is used
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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:58 pm

dips346 wrote:
fraserw wrote:Is malachite green rare?
yes please lol

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Ditto!!!

Although I've seen more being broken than on the road
Bronzit gone- she lives on
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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:20 pm

I'd love a malachite one after my white one. I've had three white ones in a row now!
E30 Touring 0.35 cD - more slippery than prison soap :)

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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:54 pm

verde wrote:
dips346 wrote:
fraserw wrote:Is malachite green rare?
yes please lol

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Dips what colour primer was used on your brown touring if you can remember, im unsure what to use, grey or white or... I know paint can be affected by what primer is used
normal beige primer
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Post Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:56 pm

sweet, cheers man
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Post Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:59 pm

ross_jsy wrote:Daytona Violet is my favorite BMW colour. Weren't all Tourings in that colour a run out special for German markets?
Here is my touring in this color

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Post Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:11 pm

I have a malachite, theres one on my way to work and the turquoisey green, think its laggon green up the road, all tourings
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Post Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:07 pm

flybmw wrote:
ross_jsy wrote:Daytona Violet is my favorite BMW colour. Weren't all Tourings in that colour a run out special for German markets?
Here is my touring in this color

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Very nice, anymore pics?
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:19 am

Might be a re-post. They claim it's the only one in the country. Sonderlack a great name..

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewit ... 0566491155
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:57 pm

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Here's mine in Mugello Rot

Taken in the lake district on a pretty dull day so it's not as vibrant. When the sun shines there's no

colour like it for intensity. In my opinion of course! winkeye
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Post Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:58 am

oomz1975 wrote:
flybmw wrote:
ross_jsy wrote:Daytona Violet is my favorite BMW colour. Weren't all Tourings in that colour a run out special for German markets?
Here is my touring in this color

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Very nice, anymore pics?
Thanks
There you go...http://www.drive2.ru/cars/bmw/3_series/ ... 6142/#post
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Post Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:42 pm

G-Bear wrote:Might be a re-post. They claim it's the only one in the country. Sonderlack a great name..

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewit ... 0566491155
That's lovely! Ripe for an engine swap too. Has anyone swapped an M5X into an E30 and kept the aircon?
E30 Touring 0.35 cD - more slippery than prison soap :)

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Post Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:03 pm

Morat wrote:
G-Bear wrote:Might be a re-post. They claim it's the only one in the country. Sonderlack a great name..

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewit ... 0566491155
That's lovely! Ripe for an engine swap too. Has anyone swapped an M5X into an E30 and kept the aircon?
Such a great colour..
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