Estoril?

[TwoJ's]

I'm nearing the completion stage of body work and priming. I'm debating over what color I should paint my car. It was schwarz, but nearly all of that paint is gone now, and all of it will be shortly. I am leaning towards alpine because I've always loved white e30s.

But I am intrigued by estoril on an e30. I've seen one non-M example, but everything was painted, and it lacked contrast. Plus, it was an early model. If I were to do estoril, I'd repaint all trim in satin black and go for as much contrast as possible. I've got a euro plate filler for that reason as well.

Enough babbling, what color? If Other, tell which you recommend.

[Julien]

honestly, i'd say neither.
alpine: to bland (without bling wheels, smoked/red tails, fat lip, nice drop, etc)
estoril: I just have a thing against non e30-colors
...and you will always be able to tell the color change.
I'd say either shwartz or d-shwartz, both look fantastic when new and will less "pimp my e30"..


Julien

[smonkbmw]

carbon schwarz metallic e46 m3 color.

[mikeedler]

my old touring was carbon schwarz, and IMO the color didnt look as nice on the e30 lines as on the newer cars.

I say go for the estoril. It looks so nice on the M tech e46tourings over here, and you saw how nice it looks on euro3s car. one of my favorite colors!

paint it electric orange! j/k

[Stevie30]

Alpine FTW!

[JGood]

gazellenbeige

[FredK]

Catepillar Yellow or
John Deere Green

[Jscotty]

You could always go the ghetto route and paint it with that color shifting paint.

[M42Technik]

Imola Red

[BenM]

Mauritius Blue, Calypso red, or the best.....











Macao Blue as shown here:





:grin:

[Turf1600]

bronzit

[Tavern Gnome]

bronzit

x2

[M42Technik]

Wow that Macao Blue is AMAZING. Seriously, it almost reminds me of Diamantschwarz...What BMW's did that color come on originally?

[Widm3r]

Mauritius Blue, Calypso red, or the best.....











Macao Blue as shown here:





:grin:

Such a hot color...

What about lemans



Brian

[BenM]

Wow that Macao Blue is AMAZING. Seriously, it almost reminds me of Diamantschwarz...What BMW's did that color come on originally?

- E30 M3 Evo 2, Cab, Cecotto/Ravaglia, and Europa Meister
- Euro E34 M5

I think that's it, so its a pretty rare color.

I'm all about Mauritius Blue too. Here's a picture of a IX Touring with it: