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Thought would share a few photos of what has inspired me to rebuild my 02 to be similar to a 70s period racer Alpina look.

 

When deciding on color of choice to paint my car I knew in my mind that it had to be an original BMW 2002 color that matched the year of the car and as soon as I saw the inka and black combination I just couldn’t get it out of my head!

 

So that is what I’m going with!

 

Have attached some photos of an 02 with this same color combination sourced from Stance Works and I have to say is one of my favorites and inspires me to get a wriggle on with mine and get the paint and panel sorted ASAP…

 

Who else loves this paint combo?

 

Also interested to hear from others if they have painted theirs this color combo or know of others that have, what black did they use? Was it the 02 Schwarz color or something else? My painter has suggested to either use the factory Schwarz color or even a PPG black which he has used for other cars in the past and highly recommends

 

 

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I believe Alpina used a matte or satin black on their early 02’s. It prevented glare from the sun while racing. They also painted the silver gauges black on their instrument cluster for the same reason. 
 

The color combo is classic. I don’t think you can go wrong with it. I’m currently working on a 67 pig cheek car. I haven’t finalized my colors yet. It’ll be awhile. 
 

Here are pics of my 70 though. I went through two liveries. Both inspired by period correct liveries with my own twist. First livery was Alpina inspired, the 2nd is a play on the TIK race cars. 
 

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Great looking inspirational cars!  I'm working on a full restomod including repaint and want to retain the factory Granada Red ('71 car) but love the schwarz and would love to see other combinations like you posted and see if they'd work in the Red/Black combination too.

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14 hours ago, jmr_1602 said:

I believe Alpina used a matte or satin black on their early 02’s. It prevented glare from the sun while racing. They also painted the silver gauges black on their instrument cluster for the same reason. 
 

The color combo is classic. I don’t think you can go wrong with it. I’m currently working on a 67 pig cheek car. I haven’t finalized my colors yet. It’ll be awhile. 
 

Here are pics of my 70 though. I went through two liveries. Both inspired by period correct liveries with my own twist. First livery was Alpina inspired, the 2nd is a play on the TIK race cars. 
 

F41DB77B-382A-4BB3-BD20-041EAA751941.jpeg

F953DABF-9686-470F-AF1D-56D47047E884.jpeg

Wow! Both cars look awesome!! Do you still own both? I was going to go a PPG black gloss I think 

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