Paint

this website allows for e21 color comparsions...

http://www.e21-board.de/wbb//farbtabelle/normal.html

Brilliantrot 1990 325iS

the issue of paint color...specifically, red is something that has been sitting on the back burner of my mind from the drive to pittsburgh from hollywood...

red is extremely hard to pick because my experience is to often when i ask owners the actual ppg color or something similar...they 'farmed' the work out and they don't have a clue...often people buy their cars 'finished' and the color was selected by the previous owners...

while i'm posting for the record here...let me say just for the record...i should confess that RED is NOT my first choice...in fact there are many colors that i prefer over RED...but while i don't prefer like red as a first choice, i dislike changing any car's original color worse than my general aversion to RED...this 320i isn't my first restoration...but...i've never had a car that was 'finished'...i'm just sayin...that's a weird answer to me...

this Brilliantrot 1990 325iS e30 is a solid color that i've considered...the current paint color is Korral and its a '90's color...the car was 'refreshed' in the '90's which explains its higher mileage, and good condition...the '90's cosmetic refresh was pivotal to this deeper restoration i've been attempting...

my mind changes constantly when it comes to color...today, brillantrot is pretty appealing.

BMW Paint/Color

Korall
(Red)
BMW 020
Rez.-Nr. 3117
Rez.-Nr. 3117 (D)

BMW	KORALL [PRIMER]	420	2000	-	SOLID
BMW	KORALL	420	1998	2000	METALLIC

 Verona

(Bright Red) BMW 024 Rez.-Nr. 301

Source - http://www.rennsport.net/color_chart/color_chart.htm

Brilliantrot

Brilliantrot [Orange Tint is to strong]

Models 1980- on (facelift Sept. 1979) see below
 

Standard paintwork
Colour no.	Name			Description
012	Sierrabeige			Beige
016	Iberischrot			Bright red
028	Phönix			Orange-red
070	Golf			Bright yellow
085	Chamonix			Cream white
086	Schwarz			Black
140	Biskayablau			Medium blue
141	Zederngrun			Medium green
142	Sepiabraun			Dark brown
Metallic paintwork (clearcoat)
013	Topasbraun-metallic			Medium brown / copper
018	Rubinrot-metallic			Medium red
037	Fjord-metallic			Light blue
045	Arktisblau-metallic			Dark blue
055	Antrazitgrau-metallic			Dark grey
060	Polaris-metallic			Grey / silver
064	Turmalingrun-metallic			Medium green
075	Resedagrun-metallic			Light green
143	Kaschmir-metallic			Gold
Upholstery colours – available in cloth and leatherette
Cloth		Leatherette	Name & description
0075		0005	Schwarz – black
0076		0006	Marineblau – blue
0077		0007	Nylonbraun – beige
0078		0008	Hellgrau – grey
0079		0048	Farngrun – green

MX5 True Red

016 iberischrot

Nice Shade of Red