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A wee bit bored at present so I thought I would ask what peoples favorite BMW paint choices are? Top 3, I will start with mine. 1 Techno Violet 2 Estoril Blue 3 Hell Red

Oh hahaha, trust me to not read the big warning note on the listing.

Black Sapphire Metallic and Estoril Blue.

For me different cars look better in some colours compared to others, for example a white E30 looks nice and crisp whereas a white X5 looks like a fridge. So I would say the best E30 colour is Dolphin Grey.

The fog has lifted in the Tron, so my Estoril and Topas Blues are out, plus I have a growing liking of Oxford Green...

technoviolet, avus blue, oxford green. And Dakar Yellow! ?

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Hi All, I have finally decided that I am looking to put this on the market, with plans to go to an E92 335i I feel I can't really own two hefty cars (although I'd love to). It's a great car, Drives extremely well and has been very reliable. It is quick as you can imagine, Breaking traction very easy at WOT. I have taken this on long drives across the country and it is an awesome car to drive. It's an 1989 320i NZ New Touring. LVV Certified, WOF and Rego. All parts are near new and have been installed since 5000kms done since the swap. Drivetrain: Engine: 2003' S54b32, At approx 110,000kms. New OEM parts done within last 5000kms (Since and during swap) New coils, Spark plugs, Gaskets throughout, Waterpump, All coolant hoses, MAF, CCV and hose to airbox, O2 sensors. Fully rebuilt VANOS with Beisan kit, Beisan anti-rattle kit, Beisan Oil Disk, Upgraded Cam bolts I have a valve shim kit, may do the adjustment sometime soon otherwise available, plus I have all the valve cam timing tools. Gearbox: 6-Speed Getrag 420g from the E46 M3 Lightweight Aluminium flywheel, 14lbs Sachs clutch kit. Rogue short shift kit. Delrin bushed shifter linkage. Diff 3.73 LSD, Completely rebuilt by Kayne Barry Motorsport. 4x new clutches (~40% lock). Z3M coupe 3 core radiator, 16" thermo switch controlled fan. AFE Stage 2 air intake, custom Fiberglass airbox E30 S54 Ergen Motorsport Headers, Exhaust system runs from headers twin 2.5" stainless to behind the gearbox, then merges into a 3" Stainless system with Vibrant Resnator and Borla rear muffler. Aftermarket oil cooler mounted behind the front grills Walbro 255lph fuel pump, New fuel lines throughout, with new E46 M3 external 5bar FPR mounted in the engine bay. Steering and Suspension; Z3 Steering rack, New tie rod arms XYZ Coil over suspension, 450/670 spring rates Rear Powerflex trailarm bushes, Subframe mounts New rear handbrake shoes New rear UUC OEM E30 brakes, Hawk Pads UUC E30 BBK in the front, 300mm rotors, Hawk pads Braided brake lines Body and interior; Lachsilber original paint, cleans up very well but has some small dings and scratches, notable the front and rear bumpers have some scuffing and paint damage. Genuine Mtech 2 kit Recaro cloth interior Illuminated 6 speed M shifter, E36 Window switches M Sport button Genuine 16' ACS Wheels I'm going to start quite high, I really can't put a price on all the money I've put into this and the list above is no way near complete. I have tonnes of receipts totaling stupid amounts of money for the swap. If you are serious, flick me a PM and we can talk. 25k ono, to get the ball rolling. And yes I'm asking 'e46 m3' money, but this E30 is something else

My dilemma: 1.What is the worth of this vehicle as a race car? 2.What would this be worth as a road going track car? 3.What would it's worth be if it was half-caged, trimmed and road registered? Interested in anyone giving opinions and advice on the above spec; and even checking it out in the 'For Sale Forum' for more detail. NB I had a e30/m50 as in pics and in #3 livery

I agree, in fact I think it's right up there for what it is... In the aftermath of covid19 it's an entirely new world out there...

I don't think it's actually that cheap at all. It sat on Trademe 2-3 years back for a longgggggg time (from memory over 12 months, private listing). Something doesn't quite add up with that car - it appears to have been re-registered, there's orange peel on the front quarter panels, and the interior looks pretty well used. Why would you replace the floor mats with odd ball replacements at 58k?

Well I'm biased but certain shapes look best dressed in certain colours E39, Orient Blue Metallic and Stirling grey metallic and the E60 looks great in Olivin Green metallic

Dan Slater and Slater fabrication would be able to make you up something no problem. He was the one that built the E34 M30 Turbo race car a while back which was amazing. Mines only the E34 M30 Turbo race car that is incomplete and sits in a shed.

Carbon black is pretty trick

Lots of good ones but Delphine Metallic is one of my favorites, nicely balanced. Colour palette for the older models was impressive, it seemed to have to dwindled over time.

I've been told i'm weird for liking it but damn, the things Id do for an oxford green e46 m3.

Not even factory msport. Has odd coloured side skirts too. To me the car looks ugly and just weird but everyone has different tastes so..

If I was going to do a swap on my old E30 Tech 1 it would have been an N52. Amazing motor. Tons of them around (Every 330 and 130). And with the horrible covers off, a loom tuck and some paint they don't look too bad. One of these and a ITB conversion would be awesome.

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