Best colour for e46 m3

[RSVR101]

Mines steel grey which I think suits it well

Edited by RSVR101 on Friday 3rd January 19:49

Edited by RSVR101 on Friday 3rd January 19:51

[V1nce Fox]

Weekendrebuild said:

You know I’m not sure on the csl bootlid , is it a bit try hard ?

My other option is to leave the m3 as it is absolutely mint. And respray the compact in a new colour but I’m in that project for circa 12k now , maybe going little crazy again

I get what you're saying. I just like the overall line it gives the car.

[pomodori]

Imola red ,infinitely preferable to any grey or silver.

Or that mid blue colour I've seen them in .

ETA....not Estoril blue mentioned above ,a non metallic blue. ,don't know the name of.

Edited by pomodori on Friday 3rd January 19:52

[V1nce Fox]

pomodori said:

Imola red ,infinitely preferable to any grey or silver.

Or that mid blue colour I've seen them in .

ETA....not Estoril blue mentioned above ,a non metallic blue. ,don't know the name of.

Edited by pomodori on Friday 3rd January 19:52

Santorin?

[pomodori]

V1nce Fox said:

Santorin?

I'm not sure if it's Santorini but after looking at pics of them ,on E36s ,does look nice.

[Weekendrebuild]

Laguna seca is still my favourite I like the greys allso , not sure I could go with imola red I’m not a fan although looked good on a friends e90 m3

[anonymous-user]

silver grey is a fantastic colour for the car but i lust after a techno violet e46..

[essayer]

My favourite colour is Blue water, an individual colour from around 2001-2

[pomodori]

Laguna Seca was the colour I was thinking about earlier ,tried a search but couldn't find

definite answer to what colour name I was after.

[CRA1G]

essayer said:

My favourite colour is Blue water, an individual colour from around 2001-2

Never heard of Bluewater in the ///M..? looks like silverstone ll to me..? I had a E39 M5 in it.

[joe smoe87]

velvet blue
I love that colour on e46 m3

[BFleming]

My friend had an E46 M3 in Dakar Yellow which replaced his E36 M3 in Dakar Yellow. The E46 was replaced by an E46 M3 CS in Interlagos Blue.
As striking as I thought the DY E46 was, his had privacy glass all round which I think spoiled the look of it. The Interlagos Blue though... stunning.

[CRA1G]

BFleming said:

My friend had an E46 M3 in Dakar Yellow which replaced his E36 M3 in Dakar Yellow. The E46 was replaced by an E46 M3 CS in Interlagos Blue.

M3 E46 in DY is quite rare aswel,I looked a while for one but with condition,mileage and manual been paramount I ended up with silver..

[BFleming]

CRA1G said:

BFleming said:

My friend had an E46 M3 in Dakar Yellow which replaced his E36 M3 in Dakar Yellow. The E46 was replaced by an E46 M3 CS in Interlagos Blue.

M3 E46 in DY is quite rare aswel,I looked a while for one but with condition,mileage and manual been paramount I ended up with silver..

Agreed. He had a family member who worked for a dealership, so whenever one came on the system he snapped it up.
I like Phoenix Yellow, but as a colour it's a bit divisive.
I suppose it depends on whether you want to stick to an OEM colour (for your year of car) or go off piste. That Imola Red would be high on my list... and Laguna Seca somewhere near the bottom (sorry Laguna lovers).

[FredClogs]

Phoenix yellow, absolutely no doubt.

But respraying such a valuable car seems a bit rash to me.

[BFleming]

I guess the Individual colours are endless, but here's the 'stock' ones...

[arcticGT]

Clearing out some old papers yesterday and came across a 2008 magazine feature on my car - Laguna Seca was ace

[V1nce Fox]

CRA1G said:

essayer said:

My favourite colour is Blue water, an individual colour from around 2001-2

Never heard of Bluewater in the ///M..? looks like silverstone ll to me..? I had a E39 M5 in it.

Silverstone. Beautiful colour on an e39 M5.

[Weekendrebuild]

I love the interlagos blue looks great on the m5.
Bit of a curve ball but my other option would be to leave the m3 silver an go to my original plan of Laguna seca on the compact ? Or maybe interlagos Jesus bloody harder choice than I thought .. think this threads made me more indecisive




She’s nearly ready for paint .

[ds666]

Carbon Black looks really good in the sunlight when it has purple sparkles