Respray hardtop in Palmetto green

[Ringo’s Nose]

Hi guys,

I’m close to purchasing a RED hardtop for my palmetto green ‘98 2.8 but wondered if anyone knows how straightforward getting a paint shop to colour match it would be?

I would rather go for the same colour as opposed to going neutral, black, white, silver etc. However, I don’t really want a close match that looks wrong either.

In short, is the paint still available from BMW?

Cheers guys,
Steve.

 

[Nodzed]

If you go a a decent body shop that can scan your cars paint and mix paint to match exactly allowing for age/paint fade etc.

 

[Ringo’s Nose]

Thanks for the reply Nodzed.

I’m understandably nervous about spending so much and it not ending up right.

What do you think is a likely ballpark figure for this job? I’m in the UK.

 

[Richard29]

It will cost a fair amount but will look spot on if done correctly. Especially if you get the body shop to polish the rest of the car.
Dont know wher you arebut i use kraft work Essex.
Just look at other work the body shop does to see the results and type of car they typically work on.

 

[Ringo’s Nose]

I’m in Basildon so not too far as it looks as though they are Roxwell. Yeah they look pretty good. I guess I’ll give them a shout on Tuesday. Thank you Richard.

 

[Richard29]

I had sills and stone chips done and a polish last year, excellent. And Dave who runs it is a proper perfectionist.
You will probably see ferraris, mclarens and all sorts in there for paint work.