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  • flyboyx
    R3V OG
    • Sep 2008
    • 8371

    #1

    Your favorite and least favorite e30 color combination

    i have two favorites:

    sterlingsilber/cardinal

    royalblau/schwartz
    (alpina blue is way up there too)



    least favorite:

    bronzit/tan(poor red headed step child color always taking crap from members)

    i'm personally not a fan of brilliantrot but some of our members have really pretty red cars.
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    88 cabrio becoming alpina b6 3.5s transplanted s62
    92 Mtech 2 cabrio alpinweiss 770 code
    88 325ix coupe manual lachsilber/cardinal
    88 325ix coupe manual diamondschwartz/natur
    87 e30 m3 for parts lachsilber/cardinal(serial number 7)
    12 135i M sport cabrio grey/black
  • c0rbin9
    Mod Crazy
    • Dec 2015
    • 609

    #2
    Gletscherblau and Cirrusblau are nice, especially with early Euro bumpers.

    Red and white for late model cars.

    Don't care for black, dark blue, maroon, or green.
    1991 318is Brillantrot daily driver (slow restoration)

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    • djjerme
      R3V Elite
      • Sep 2010
      • 5082

      #3
      Marrakesh Brown with Hipster Plaid (houndstooth) interior.

      Something about the Brown when done right (MTech1) on an E30, I can't stop starring at it.

      Or Hennarot with Euro bumpers on an early car. That is just cool.

      Least favorite is hard to say, I like almost any color. And done right, they are going to look great.

      But interior, tan is not good. It just never wears well and time is not kind to it.
      1991 325i MT2 Touring (JDM bro)
      2016 Ford Flex
      2011 Audi A3 - wife's other German car

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      • BobombETA
        E30 Mastermind
        • Apr 2008
        • 1575

        #4
        I like Burgondrot on early cars and Alpinweiss on late.
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        • N2MYE30
          R3V Elite
          • Oct 2007
          • 5536

          #5
          Im assuming we are talking OEM colors.

          I think that any e30 that is well taken care of is good.

          Im kinda partial to my triple blue. Any grayish with cardinal especially with a cardinal top...yummy!

          Least in the Techno violet w/ purple MT2 stich Neon green w green MT2 stitch.

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          • FireFight
            E30 Fanatic
            • Mar 2012
            • 1367

            #6
            favorite
            Schwarz and cardinal

            least
            alpine and what ever that early blue is called.
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            Zachary Ripley

            85 318i M50B25tu.
            92 525it 5 speed.
            80 244gl (m60 prepping).

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            • ELVA164
              R3V Elite
              • Dec 2011
              • 4861

              #7
              Originally posted by N2MYE30
              I think that any e30 that is well taken care of is good.



              I'm biased, but I think Cirrusblau on an early car, and Royalblau on any car (although I don't know if it was offered on plastic bumper cars...) are best. I think my interior setup is pretty cool with black door cards and tan seats/speaker covers, but I can't say if that's original or not.

              Least favorite is tougher, although maybe the variety of tans and browns as a unit. Gazellebeige, bronzitbeige, mauritiusbraun, etc. I've never seen a brown car that looked good except an XKE, and that car would look good with anything on it.
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              • stonea
                R3VLimited
                • Jan 2012
                • 2892

                #8
                I think my top four favorites are:

                Cirrus Blue/Tan Leather
                Diamond Schwartz/Cardinal Leather
                Alpine White/Black Leather
                Calypso Red/Tan Leather

                I don't know about my least favorite combo, but I'm not a fan of hellrot.
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                2001 Z3 2.5i Steel Gray/Black (Lexi)
                1988 325ix Diamond Schwartz/Black (Izzy)
                1989 325i Cirrus Blue/Houndstooth (Stitch)
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                • E30 Wagen
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 3425

                  #9
                  Favorite colors are lapis blue and malachite green, interiors with gray checkered cloth, or gray leather.
                  Least favorite is Bronzit with tan vinyl.
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                  • rturbo 930
                    R3VLimited
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 2606

                    #10
                    I'm a pretty big fan of Schwartz/Cardinal. Least favorite? Bronzit, and most blue colors. For whatever reason, I just don't think E30s wear blue very well. Cirrus is an exception.

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                    • AbsorbantNut
                      Non faccio funzionare questa merda
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 2491

                      #11
                      Delphin/schwartz/alpine white/sterlingsilber & cardinal go well together.
                      Also a fan of schwartz /diamondschwartz & the dark blue interior.
                      Henna & black interior as well

                      Not too big of a fan of brilliantrot or bronzit


                      '73 2002 m20 turbo [sold] '87 rat rod 325is [couch modded] '91 vert [daily] '88 325is [spec build v1] '84 325 [spec build v2] '99 323i vert [sold]

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                      • JasonC
                        Site Manager
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 14451

                        #12
                        Favorite
                        Schwarz/Crimson

                        Least favorite
                        Bronzit/Pearl beige

                        1992 BMW 325iC
                        1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
                        1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 140hp

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