granite silver....

[SHAKEELE30]

Is granite silver e30s rare, or are they just like any other colour...

[lyricalnut02]

rare indeed

[pukar]

and nice, look particularly good in tech II sport. there was a chap who had one about 4 years ago on here for sale and it was dropped 40mm and had some dished BBS with black centres. i am prone to OEM, but it did look really nice

[bennydotc]

It was introduced for the E36 I believe so only got used on late E30s. My old Tech II Sport

[B7]

^^^^ This

Suchy's is Granite I believe.

[suchy]

Yup sure is

It was a special order option only in the final few months of production and yes it was introduced for other models.

I am biased but it is a lovely colour...

[alexdejonghe]

Yup sure is

It was a special order option only in the final few months of production and yes it was introduced for other models.

I am biased but it is a lovely colour...

As is mine...a very late convertible.



Bugger to find parts for though....

[suchy]

As is mine...a very late convertible.
Bugger to find parts for though....

Mostly the same parts as every other E30 so not sure what the problem is?

[alexdejonghe]

As is mine...a very late convertible.
Bugger to find parts for though....

Mostly the same parts as every other E30 so not sure what the problem is?

Colour! Resprayed parts never match the look of 20 year old panels in my experience.....perhaps the bodyshop I've used are rubbish, they were very cheap....

[e30topless]

Granite is Lovely, much better than lachs or stirling !

[suchy]

As is mine...a very late convertible.
Bugger to find parts for though....

Mostly the same parts as every other E30 so not sure what the problem is?

Colour! Resprayed parts never match the look of 20 year old panels in my experience.....perhaps the bodyshop I've used are rubbish, they were very cheap....

I know, was just teasing!
Yes it is a b*stard colour to match aparently, as with all metallics I'd imagine, direction of light blah blah...

[suchy]

Granite is Lovely, much better than lachs or stirling !

I tend to agree but as I mentioned above my viewpoint is slightly biased

[alexdejonghe]

Mostly the same parts as every other E30 so not sure what the problem is?

Colour! Resprayed parts never match the look of 20 year old panels in my experience.....perhaps the bodyshop I've used are rubbish, they were very cheap....

I know, was just teasing!
Yes it is a b*stard colour to match aparently, as with all metallics I'd imagine, direction of light blah blah...

You guys seen one or know one that's being broken?

[suchy]

Colour! Resprayed parts never match the look of 20 year old panels in my experience.....perhaps the bodyshop I've used are rubbish, they were very cheap....

I know, was just teasing!
Yes it is a b*stard colour to match aparently, as with all metallics I'd imagine, direction of light blah blah...

You guys seen one or know one that's being broken?

Nope! I'd hate to see one broken for profit, yes stockpiling the parts would be great, but not many of them around so would be a shame

[DanThe]

Ive had several Granite E34's

[suchy]

Ive had several Granite E34's

Don't think many of the body panels are interchangable Dan

[DanThe]

No but you can get plenty of E30 frag in an E34 touring

[goosiegander]

No but you can get plenty of E30 frag in an E34 touring

[pacerpete]

Nothing special about granite silver, it's just another insipid dreary grey hue . It is rare because it did not come out till 90/91.

[suchy]

Nothing special about granite silver, it's just another insipid dreary grey hue . It is rare because it did not come out till 90/91.

It is special and it is a lovely shade of insipid dreary grey

Yes ok it isn't one of those odd 70's colours like Ital yellow or Marina green or Supermirafiori orange etc. that look great today as a welcome blast from the past to distract from the plethora of fleet white A6's & 5 series, but it is still a nice dull grey hue so there...

[zaust]

Half of my tech 2 was granite silver and the other half was dolphine gery. not rare colours at all.

[pacerpete]

Half of my tech 2 was granite silver and the other half was dolphine gery and the other half was rust / P40 not rare colours at all.

[zaust]

Not in your neck of the woods anyway. I use paper matchett


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