The Mayan Prophecy Comes True For My Apricot BMW.

[Rain Man]

Okay, it'll survive, but it's a bummer.

My wife was walking to the car after her yoga class, and some fellow was trying to parallel park in front of her. As she walked up, he apparently decided that there were two parking spots, not one, and decided to back into our spot.

Tell me how this happens, but somehow he ended up more or less broadsiding our car. He hit the side of the car BEHIND the driver door, right in front of the back wheel. It didn't affect anything mechanical, but now it's got a big ol' dent in it, and my bigger worry is that it scraped up the paint.

This car's paint is very unusual. BMW didn't go to market with it, so it's not a normal BMW color. It looks like some places sell touch-up paint, but will it match on a big swath of the fender? Or am I going to have to repaint the whole car? It's 12 years old, so I'd suspect that there's some fading.

I would really hate to repaint the whole car.

It's okay. Maybe you can buy a Miata with pink and purple peace symbols and dove graphics all over it next time.

[SPchief]

I'm guessing you'll have to repaint. This time go with neon orange

[threebag]

El Jefe might have some insight to the repaint.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by threebag02

El Jefe might have some insight to the repaint.

I LOL'd

[threebag]

Step up to a Bentley. I know there is one for sell somewhere.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, it'll survive, but it's, a bummer.

My wife was walking to the car after her yoga class, and some fellow was trying to parallel park in front of her early As she w. alked up, he apparently. rently decided that there were two parking spots, not one, and decided to back into our spot.

Tell me how this happens, but somehow he ended up more or less broadsiding our car. He hit the side of the car BEHIND the driver door, right in front of the back wheel. It didn't affect anything mechanical, but now it's got a big ol' dent in it, and my bigger worry is that it scraped up the paint.

This car's paint is very unusual. BMW didn't go to market with it, so it's not a normal BMW color. It looks like some places sell touch-up paint, but will it match on a big swath of the fender? Or am I going to have to repaint the whole car? It's 12 years old, so I'd suspect that there's some fading.

I would really hate to repaint the whole car.

It depends. If he paint itself is a pretty good match, then a talented paint man can match it really well. I have a silver car, one of her harder colors to match. Dude nailed my rear bumper work. Talk with Sauto...

[Hammock Parties]

[Cannibal]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Should be something more along the lines of a Peach Bellini.

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Should be something more along the lines of a Peach Bellini.

The car is worth more than that.

[Chief Roundup]

With that much age you would probably have to repaint the entire car. But since it is Apricot in color a person would probably be glad for this opportunity.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by SPchief

I'm guessing you'll have to repaint. This time go with neon orange

Originally Posted by aturnis

It depends. If he paint itself is a pretty good match, then a talented paint man can match it really well. I have a silver car, one of her harder colors to match. Dude nailed my rear bumper work. Talk with Sauto...

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

With that much age you would probably have to repaint the entire car. But since it is Apricot in color a person would probably be glad for this opportunity.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to repaint it, because even if a patch would work I'll be paranoid about what will happen three years from now.

It's not like this car will ever be a massively valuable collector car, but my father the purist hates repainting cars and always said it'll impact its value. Since it is a non-production color, repainting it is not desirable to me.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm afraid I'm going to have to repaint it, because even if a patch would work I'll be paranoid about what will happen three years from now.

It's not like this car will ever be a massively valuable collector car, but my father the purist hates repainting cars and always said it'll impact its value. Since it is a non-production color, repainting it is not desirable to me.

Well I guess I don't understand the purist comment since the car has already been painted. It didn't come from the factory with that paint color or scheme. So in essence this would be the 3rd paint job not the 2cd. The value from deviating from an original paint job has already been deducted.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

That's hard to believe.

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Well I guess I don't understand the purist comment since the car has already been painted. It didn't come from the factory with that paint color or scheme. So in essence this would be the 3rd paint job not the 2cd. The value from deviating from an original paint job has already been deducted.

It's kind of odd, but BMW did something unusual with the Z3s. They produced them in several standard colors, but then they also had some other colors that were tested and sold in very small quantities, or maybe they were special orders. Apparently you could also get the car from the factory in a custom color. I don't know the whole story, so I could be misunderstanding something.

This site shows the general palette: http://www.zroadster.net/tim/colors/index.html

It shows 12 standard colors and 9 retired colors that I don't think we're standard. Then it shows 6 additional limited colors, 12 rare colors (of which apricot is one), and 12 individual colors, which may have been custom orders. They're all factory paint jobs, but range from apparently one vehicle in production up to thousands.

As an aside, I'm pretty sure that my car is the one in the apricot photos. It's got the same top and interior, and the same upgraded wheels.