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Hey guys, for you west coasters that know my car, it's in the caring hands of coupeking right now getting the full repaint and interior restoration.
I have moved back to the east coast (hello Virginia coupers) to take on a new job and have left my beauty behind for the restoration.
Anyway, my car was originally Nachtblau but resprayed a slightly lighter, brighter blue by the previous owner. That was fine with me even though she wasn't 100% factory original.
The color chip I left behind with my car has crumbled to dust so there is little to go by to match her up, so I am considering new paint choices in the blue family. Baikal is close but a little light in my view. Nachtblau is too dark for me and not as gemlike. Fjord is beautiful, but too light for me. I've looked at the other BMW blues through the ages including Orientblue (317), Lazurblue (294), Baltic Blue (178) and Atlantic Blue (041). For the Orange County guys, which blue do you think comes closest to what I had?
I really like the 70s colors, especially the more flamboyant ones like Ceylon, but that's probably too big a change and not right for my interior. Turkis Blue is kind of neat too.
FYI my interior is Lotus White.
Thanks for your opinions!
I have moved back to the east coast (hello Virginia coupers) to take on a new job and have left my beauty behind for the restoration.
Anyway, my car was originally Nachtblau but resprayed a slightly lighter, brighter blue by the previous owner. That was fine with me even though she wasn't 100% factory original.
The color chip I left behind with my car has crumbled to dust so there is little to go by to match her up, so I am considering new paint choices in the blue family. Baikal is close but a little light in my view. Nachtblau is too dark for me and not as gemlike. Fjord is beautiful, but too light for me. I've looked at the other BMW blues through the ages including Orientblue (317), Lazurblue (294), Baltic Blue (178) and Atlantic Blue (041). For the Orange County guys, which blue do you think comes closest to what I had?
I really like the 70s colors, especially the more flamboyant ones like Ceylon, but that's probably too big a change and not right for my interior. Turkis Blue is kind of neat too.
FYI my interior is Lotus White.
Thanks for your opinions!