325i sport colour !!!

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:23 pm

Just been on Pistonheads and seen a e30 sport advetised on there, The guy says its a limited edition colour {GRANITE GREY} Looks like Dolphin grey to me. The guy says only 500 were made in this colour ! Sorry i dont know how to do a link to it. Does anyone know if this was a colour or not coz i think the guy is bull shitting ?

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:52 pm

e36boy wrote:Just been on Pistonheads and seen a e30 sport advetised on there, The guy says its a limited edition colour {GRANITE GREY} Looks like Dolphin grey to me. The guy says only 500 were made in this colour ! Sorry i dont know how to do a link to it. Does anyone know if this was a colour or not coz i think the guy is bull shitting ?

It was indeed a special order colour.

Don't count on the 'only 500 made' claim though, that sounds rubbish, and I'd be almost 99.9% it would have been a lot less than that!

There were only ever just over 2000 facelift 325i sports made for a start.

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:04 pm

if you really think of it ....if it looks exactly like dolphin grey ....who cares if there were only 500 that colour....if anything it would make a respray to damaged parts later a pain in the ass!

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:11 pm

Granite is a very nice colour, better (in my opinion of course!) than dolphin.

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:15 pm

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what the colour of my car is? I think its gun barrell grey, im tryin to order a part for it (bonnett) from a member on here and I wont be able to meet him as im in ireland so can anyone hazard a very good guess?

pic!

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:18 pm

granite grey is a lovely colour. you need to see it in the flesh.

it apears black in the photos.

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:19 pm

looks diamond black

Post Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:46 am

Mine is Granite Silver, and it's definately a lighter shade than Dolphin, but darker than Lachs Silver, I really like it, but then I might be a touch biased

So far as it being a limited edition, I'm not aware of it being a limited build other than it only being introduced in 1991 when the last 325i Sports were made, which would naturally limit the number of cars in this colour.

I remember a while back there was a "what colour is your Sport" type thread and it seemed that out of the thousands of members on the zone there only appeared to be about 3 with a granite silver sport, so I guess they are quite rare.

Whether or not this adds value to the car I suppose depends on whether or not YOU like the colour, colour is probably THE most subjective aspect of any car.

Hope this helps

Post Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:49 am

Simon wrote:Granite is a very nice colour, better (in my opinion of course!) than dolphin.

Simon, do you remember my car from the first midlands rolling road day? You were there in your red sport...

Post Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:33 am

325iSportMark wrote:
Simon wrote:Granite is a very nice colour, better (in my opinion of course!) than dolphin.
Simon, do you remember my car from the first midlands rolling road day? You were there in your red sport...

Of course Mark! I also remember when the car was for sale, pictures of the car in a car park iirc, looked very nice!