Estoril?

[FredK]

only on E30 M3 Evo II and a few other Euro only models

[mikeedler]

the Macao looks nothing like that when it is a few years old. It also came on some later euro verts. we had one at my work with an all leather(doorpanels,centercoun., dash, and the seats had a funky bead style in the mittle section)
but agreed, macao looks incredible when it is taken care of. when not, it looks like a crappy grey- kinda like DS.

[E30SPDFRK]

Any pics of the Estoril? Never heard of it before.

[VacMan]

I would do Avus Blue or Carbon Black if I was going to repaint a car right now. Carbon Black looks sweet on the E46 M3. It looks black until light hits it.

A couple pics borrowed from my favorite detailing site, autopia.org.

[TwoJ's]

Nice guys, keep 'em coming. And that ^ is carbon schwarz metallic? I do like that. I was trying to stay away from black though... hmm. I need to find more pictures of it.

[VacMan]

Nice guys, keep 'em coming. And that ^ is carbon schwarz metallic? I do like that. I was trying to stay away from black though... hmm. I need to find more pictures of it.

It's not black, it is dark blue. Only looks black in the absence of light, i.e. night time. :D Search bf.c for carbon black in the E46 section and you'll have a grip of hits.

Tim

Few more from autopia, awesome restoration work done by cupra_clark:

[TwoJ's]

And here is an e30 in estoril:









My car is significantly different though. Mine will have contrast with black window, door, and bumper trim, euro plate filler, semi dark tint and a mtechI spoiler eventually. I've also got iS skirts and front lip with a splitter. It's also a late model.

And it's dropped pretty low with H&R and Bilstein sports and hyperblack kopi's.

Imola is a very nice color, but I think if I were to do a red color, It'd be zinno.

[VacMan]

Check out this thread by xtrememike at Autopia.

[TwoJ's]

Jesus that guy did a nice detail job. I just figured that the color was black because it has schwarz in the name, and that is black.

Too bad it's not a more common color, I'd like to see it in person.

[TwoJ's]

Carbon black is looking very nice from what I see. I like it better than Diamantschwarz.

I also see a matte black BMW color. Anyone know what cars it came on? The code is: 121 Mattschwartz Black Matte Standard Black.

I've toyed with the idea of a matte black.

[sschin]

I vote for Estoril.
I always liked that color.

http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteurope.de/fotost/f01295/f01295.htm

[stevofthahill]

BMW has some of the most amazing blue/purple colors out there. But I agree estoril ftw!

[DEV0 E30]

Do it. Estoril.

I would if I were to do a paint job with as much effort into a paint job as you have already.

Edit: The Estoril E30 M3 in the states I know of:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=818493&highlight=estoril+e30+m3

[cowden_12]

Bloody good detailing job i must say. Lol

[M42Technik]

The Estoril that takes the cake is Mike's friend with his M3:









Definitely one the top 5 best E30 M3's in my book...what color centers are those? Gold? They look like a pale-ish gold?