Is Pistachio Green a 2 or 3 Stage Paint?

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can’t find any info on this.

pistachio seems to contain both Pearl & Metallic flakes. Are they mixed in together and applied as a basecoat or is the pearl colour painted over the base coat ?

not sure if it’s a 2 or 3 stage any help would be appreciated.
 

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Not sure can answer your specific question but some colours have specific undercoat my Dakar yellow uses an arctic white base but my Orinoco green pearlescent goes straight on the primer .
If your saying pistachio has metal and pearl that will be in the pistachio itself then lacquered on top but nay have a base colour to give to green its hue.
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Not sure can answer your specific question but some colours have specific undercoat my Dakar yellow uses an arctic white base but my Orinoco green pearlescent goes straight on the primer .
If your saying pistachio has metal and pearl that will be in the pistachio itself then lacquered on top but nay have a base colour to give to green its hue.
Stephen.
That’s very interesting. When you say undercoat do you mean the primer that is used on your Dakar yellow is Arctic white ? It seems that on my pistachio paint code it has ‘pearl beige’ written underneath.
would this be my primer colour?
 

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I think the colour in smaller font on the sticker is the colour of the engine bay and the inside of the bonnet and boot.
 

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I think the colour in smaller font on the sticker is the colour of the engine bay and the inside of the bonnet and boot.
From research that seems to be what a lot of people are saying. I originally thought it was the primer colour.
However on the Dakar yellow Z3 it says Fueller Alpineweiss but the underneath is still painted as yellow.

make it make sense BMW !!
 

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Never seen a sticker like that. Every one I’ve seen follows the same convention. Maybe the Individual cars are different.
 

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My Dakar is not a sport or an M but a customer ordered individual model ( and as far as i know still the only individual Dakar on the forum as the rest are either 1.9 2.2 or 3.0 sports or M roadster or M coupe) and it has the same individual sticker on the opposite side to the chassis number one.
But my Orinoco green is a factory built late made pre face-lift individual model so it also has individual sticker but different from the dakar as doesn't say colour on it.

And yes the colour stickers on the strut turret refer to body main colour in your case pistachio green metallic and the smaller one is the engine bay and boot inners colour pearl beige.

What you find with this inner and outer colour list is there are varieties depending on age and colour

As an example my 2 non metallic zeds
one pre face-lift and one face-lift both same colour on sticker so the dakars says Dakar yellow twice outside is gloss finish but inner wing same as youes that sort of satin sheen.
Metallics can get more complicated and the inner wing colour can be more dependent on the outside colour but if the 2 are the same for example
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On the Arctic silver the 2 look the same but they aren't.
The exterior is Arctic silver metallic
The underbonnet is Arctic silver ( non metallic) so looks different from exterior.
My Orinoco is being a 98 on model T reg last of the pre face-lift its a kind of hybrid model and has a lined roof and multistage airbag face-lift seat frames a tu Euro 3 spec engine in a Euro 2 car so also like a lot of the darker face-lift model engine bay it is Schwarz ( black)
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Even the colour stickers themselves aren't 100 per cent accurate as list mibe as Orinoco Metallic by mine is a proper pearlescent colour and has no metal just silica prisms
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So the long and short of it is Bmw don't like to make it straightforward when then can just maje it complicated instead 🤔 🙄 😕 😅.

Stephen.
 

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That’s a great explanation thanks for clearing it up Stephen :thumbsup:
I must say I’m jealous of the Dakar Yellow fantastic Colour on the Z
 

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Currently sitting in the driveway no tax and mot at the moment :bag:

Yes my first zed great colour in a zed 3
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Mine has some repaired and redyed (by myself) M seats which i kinda miss as great seats
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Stephen
 

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A proper looker she is :)
Mines currently garaged up as well, awaiting a few panel replacements & a full respray.
I might need to add some M Sport seats to the list :whistle:
Goodluck with your Z3!!
 
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