Spotted?

[listere30]

Hello people
I'm new to this so I apologise in advance if this is in the wrong place lol

I'm from the North East and was at a local monthly meet yesterday at Sea View performance and there was an e30 Zone business card thing left under my wipers and I was just wondering who it was haha
The car is a 318 saloon if that helps haha

[Morat]

Welcome
It wasn't me, but the business cards are there to hopefully bring in new members who own E30s but are not aware of this forum. I hope you find us useful, and don't be scared of the locals. Most of them bark but rarely bite...
Cheers,
Morat

[magpie]

guilty

i saw the car at cfne in blyth and the meeting last night at horden but never had a pen to stick my name on the back of the card ,first time i've used one of those cards and it worked lol .

your car sir



what colour is that ? looks too dark for calypso.

edit,i also have a few h/brakes in stock if you need one still + many other e30 parts should you ever need any

[sweep]

Liking the front plate,do the filth give you much agro?

[G-Bear]

First time I've witnessed a "spotted/was it you" thread have a result.. Not to say I don't enjoy the banter that usually unfolds.

Well done Magpie for popping a card on his car.

listere30 - welcome to the zone

[Gert_8]

Phew, glad to see it was Mick and not someone looking to recycle it..! Mind you - Mick could do that too, so, er..

[listere30]

Unfortunately I was already a member but all good lol

both front and back plates are pre-73 plates and had no agro as of yet and I've done like 300+ miles

And I have no clue what colour its meant to be all I know is it polishes up well and will benefit from a machine polish. Where do I check the colour code on this thing?

[Chris_B86]

Should be a sticker on the front left suspension tower under the bonnet

[listere30]

Yeah there is a plate there.
which is the paint code?

[Rich320I]

you probably wont have any agro until trying to get an MOT and they wont issue one, had the same with German plates non MOT legal apparently but they police don't seem to bothered.

[FinalD]

you probably wont have any agro until trying to get an MOT and they wont issue one, had the same with German plates non MOT legal apparently but they police don't seem to bothered.

I've not had a police or MOT issue with my 'D' plates, only person to mention them was the RAC bloke at a breakdown.

[Chris_B86]

Yeah there is a plate there.
which is the paint code?

Ummm don't think it has a code there, but the name of the colour should be on it. It's a black rectangle sticker with silver writing, will most likely be in German

[FinalD]

Ummm don't think it has a code there, but the name of the colour should be on it. It's a black rectangle sticker with silver writing, will most likely be in German

After the name is the paint code, right hand side of the label iirc.

E: Looking on google, it could be left or right.

[listere30]

haha trust it to be in German
I'll have a walk to my car on my break and have a look and someone on here can help me

The plate were only meant to be on over the weekend but the car is getting a lot of good attention with them because they are different

I had a guy taking photos and stuff at a car wash yesterday

[Rich320I]

you probably wont have any agro until trying to get an MOT and they wont issue one, had the same with German plates non MOT legal apparently but they police don't seem to bothered.

I've not had a police or MOT issue with my 'D' plates, only person to mention them was the RAC bloke at a breakdown.

well the MOT guy that played up about them, subsequently failed to notice a horn that didn't work and a brake light out.

however im pretty sure the regulations do state the number plate must be correct for the country the car is registered in. for instance unless your car was registered in germany effectively your plates are fake. i still run mine, and swap them over at MOT time, was just saying they are technically not lawful so far as i know.

[FinalD]

well the MOT guy that played up about them, subsequently failed to notice a horn that didn't work and a brake light out.

however im pretty sure the regulations do state the number plate must be correct for the country the car is registered in. for instance unless your car was registered in germany effectively your plates are fake. i still run mine, and swap them over at MOT time, was just saying they are technically not lawful so far as i know.

Yeah, technically mine are an MOT fail, the car came with them though and I've not bothered to get a new legal set made up. MOT in Feb was fine, driven around loads of police cars too, I will eventually bother to get some replacements.

[listere30]

Went to my car and it doesnt have the sticker on the suspension tower, any more ideas?

[Grrrmachine]

any more ideas?

Check the Wiki

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... lour_Codes

[listere30]

Looking at that its either Weinrot or Burgundrot lol
I'm not overly clever with telling colours

[Rich320I]

is it metallic or not weinrot is no metallic, burgednrot is mettalic i think may help tell them apart bud.

[listere30]

not 100% sure to be honest lol
any paint code guru's on here like?

i'll post some pics up later and see what people think

[BenHar]

Put the last seven characters of your VIN in here: http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html

That will tell you the colour it left the factory wearing.

Ben

[listere30]

Thanks Ben mate I will do that after work
Lets hope its not been painted haha

[magpie]

my monies on weinrot

[listere30]

Think your right Magpie to be honest
What an awful name

[Chris_B86]

To be fair most the reds end in 'rot' must be a kraut thing. Do you know if its ever been damaged? Just odd not to have the sticker unless its been painted in the bay

[billgatese30]

It means Wine Red/Burgandy in German, so not as bad as it sounds.

Welcome BTW

[billgatese30]

To be fair most the reds end in 'rot' must be a kraut thing.

Might have something to do with rot=red in German

[Alex]

Where do you get the cards from

[Duke137]

99% that is burgundrot because the car used to live in Staffordshire I am sure

[magpie]

Where do you get the cards from

i had about 10 of them left behind my wipers @ pod 2010

[Alex]

Ah i see

Ten zoners must of spotted you

[billgatese30]

I'll stick some in the post for you if you want Alex (or anybody else for that matter!)

[Alex]

Please Chris

[pacerpete]

haha trust it to be in German
I'll have a walk to my car on my break and have a look and someone on here can help me

The plate were only meant to be on over the weekend but the car is getting a lot of good attention with them because they are different

I had a guy taking photos and stuff at a car wash yesterday

The 'photographer' was he Chinese by any chance ?