If you could have an M in any paint colour...

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:22 pm

It’s not a Toyota colour Gaz it’s a one off but doesn’t it look good? Soooooo tempted to do one my MR2’s in it...

Z4M-2006 · Post by **Z4M-2006** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:28 pm

Im not a lover of green but some can look stunning..

There was a messing metallic E46 M3 near me that i used to see,just so unusual...

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:46 pm

Techno Violet all day long

Z4M-2006 · Post by **Z4M-2006** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:21 pm

I used to have an E36 M3 in Daytona violet...

Was lovely.....

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:55 pm

Z4M-2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:21 pm I used to have an E36 M3 in Daytona violet...

Was lovely.....

What does that look like ?

Edit - looks very similar to Techno Violet ... are they the same ?

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:57 pm

Bing wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:46 pm Techno Violet all day long

That colour would go very nicely with your skirt

Angelus666 · Post by **Angelus666** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:55 pm

john-e89 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:11 pm Boring and probably no good for anything except a show car but a wet look black so deep you can swim in it....

Jesus that E46 looks so good, I’ve been seriously thinking of getting back into one again and pictures like that do not help.

derin100 · Post by **derin100** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:32 am

TomK wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:16 am
derin100 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:04 am
TomK wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:33 pm I love interlagos blue (had an m3 cs before in it and looked for a Z in the same), however I am considering repainting the car, and I am very much considering spending quite a bit more for a colour change to Oxford Green
I love it and think it would look pretty great on the Z. Maybe one day...
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Are you sure about those photos? They look like they've had very heavy post-production to me.

I've had several BMWs in Oxford Green and it looked not much like any of those colours in the photos. It looked smart enough on 5-Series Tourings (E34 and E39s). Sort of a country pheasant shoot look. I had it on an E38 740i with a tan interior and it just about worked for me. I've seen it in reality on an E46 M3 and it didn't appeal and I'm not so sure about it working on a Z4. All of those examples above do look good...but I don't think their imagines in the photos are truly Oxford Green.
I'd agree the 1st looks heavily processed.
I quite like the low key paint colour look on a car like this (I guess that's why I like the blue), but yes maybe it wouldn't work. Thanks for talking me out of it
I do like a nice green though

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Now that!!!

If you could replicate that colour, I'd be 2nd in the queue behind you!

That would look fantastic!

derin100 · Post by **derin100** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:35 am

tomscott wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:14 pm

Would be Estoril all day long for me

Favourite M colour ever, apart from the fact every model is now available in it which is a real shame. Even on the M3 it was an individual colour.

My best friend is like you, Tom...he absolutely LOVES Estoril. Yet, I just don't 'get it' on anything other than an E36 M3.

derin100 · Post by **derin100** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:40 am

Z4M-2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:21 pm I used to have an E36 M3 in Daytona violet...

Was lovely.....

Again, an E36 M3 and an E34 M5 are the only cars that colour works for me on!
I guess I remember those cars being launched so vividly...I was already on my late 20s/early 30s that I just associated those cars with those colours too strongly?
Same with Estoril.
Dakar Yellow is the same.

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:15 am

Iggy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:43 pm I've been thinking about this recently actually. I'd go with Mazda's Soul Red
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Snap! This colour looks spectacular in the flesh, really captures the light and stands out in a crowd (of non-Mazdas...).
I saw it on an MX-5 RF for sale and was soooo tempted. Bit pricey for me though, and at the end of the day 'just' an MX-5

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tomscott · Post by **tomscott** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:46 am

derin100 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:40 am
Z4M-2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:21 pm I used to have an E36 M3 in Daytona violet...

Was lovely.....
Again, an E36 M3 and an E34 M5 are the only cars that colour works for me on!
I guess I remember those cars being launched so vividly...I was already on my late 20s/early 30s that I just associated those cars with those colours too strongly?
Same with Estoril.
Dakar Yellow is the same.

Sort of Synonymous with growing up i suppose. My dads first bmw was an E36 when I was 4 and didnt really get into cars until the E46 era and he had an E46 M3 and when trying to purchase were looking for an estoril but gave up because there were so few. Bit like the unicorn car for me.

Philly_Sweden · Post by **Philly_Sweden** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:20 am

Bing wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:55 pm
Z4M-2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:21 pm I used to have an E36 M3 in Daytona violet...

Was lovely.....
What does that look like ?

Edit - looks very similar to Techno Violet ... are they the same ?

Nope, two different colors.

Papa_Zee · Post by **Papa_Zee** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:37 am

I love my Imola Red, but I would love it in this orange too... (pic courtesy - Tom Scott)

An M should not be subtle or a shrinking violet in colour, dammit!

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:38 am

Papa_Zee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:37 am I love my Imola Red, but I would love it in this orange too... (pic courtesy - Tom Scott)

An M should not be subtle or a shrinking violet in colour, dammit!

Remember seeing this at an event, thinking was too bright & nah, then a few years later I bought a Samoa Orange TT...

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