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duncs500 wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:54 am Only two wheel options? How do you get those frozen gold babies like what Harris had on his M2?

I think they're from the M Performance range so am guessing mega bucks but they do look good with some colours...

Gavin wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:55 am The dark blue does look good. I guess you want to be subtle so java green is probably out?

The colours look odd on the visualiser thingy though so as you say, hard to know how they would look in the metal.

I do like a dark green on an estate, oak green or similar, Audi did that shade a while back but not sure whether it would suit the M3

Yes, green looks lovely on the visualiser, but like Daytona, I think looks almost shiny "foil" (in a Panini sticker) sort of a way in bright(?) light?

duncs500 wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:54 am Only two wheel options? How do you get those frozen gold babies like what Harris had on his M2?

5 options on the configurator - choice between black, orbit grey or two colour.

Ah, I thought that colour thing was the configurator. All the wheels look a bit samey on the configurator as well though.

There’s an aurora diamond green on the black page that I’d like to see irl. Also frozen black. 13 Black colour options!? Jeez!!

Also carbon black would be my default choice but I’m curious why black blue is like aswell..

IanF wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:50 pm There’s an aurora diamond green on the black page that I’d like to see irl. Also frozen black. 13 Black colour options!? Jeez!!

Also carbon black would be my default choice but I’m curious why black blue is like aswell..

Who knew there were so many shades of some of these available... some of them really don't look that difficult.

Black everything with red leather maybe... I've not seen many frozen colours in the flesh - don't know how they look and how they'd age.

duncs500 wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:40 am Ah, I thought that colour thing was the configurator. All the wheels look a bit samey on the configurator as well though.

So, once you sit and do the build they take you over to an area with a larger screen when you can scroll around the car, do different colours, alloys etc and see if from different angles against different backdrops. But the issue was, it wasn't a massive screen (35/40"?) and the screen was very dark, so things like the different alloys weren't clear and it was even difficult to see the real difference between the dark blue and black roof.

As expected, I now have no idea what colour to go for, so the next 6 months are going to be a nightmare.

You'd think they would have a nice big 4k display with a wide colour gamut and calibration - even just one for the whole showroom to make such decisions but nah, still rocking the cheapest Dell computers usually with piss poor displays
I like the Green but I'm slightly biased towards it. I guess all you can do is visit BMW showrooms and see if they have any normal M3s or M4s in the colours you would like.

Mito Man wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:07 pm You'd think they would have a nice big 4k display with a wide colour gamut and calibration - even just one for the whole showroom to make such decisions but nah, still rocking the cheapest Dell computers usually with piss poor displays

I like the Green but I'm slightly biased towards it. I guess all you can do is visit BMW showrooms and see if they have any normal M3s or M4s in the colours you would like.

Exactly my thoughts... Weird that they don't have that as standard.

Yeah, I've started to have a look online to get pics of cars in the wild so to speak.

Mrs Mike has googled the price now and that went better than expected (she is like Victorian Dad from Viz and thinks things should still cost what they did about 30 years ago), but does say she is "needing" a new horse soon....

Am now wondering about Thundernight with these alloys... Not sure if having 21s on the rear would ruin the ride though. And have asked how much the paint and wheels would add to the cost.