Sahara Beige is Ugly

[e21bob]

What is that jack stand you have the car on?

Attached is another photo that shows the car turned on its side. The entire unit can be pushed around in the garage. The jack stand is part of the rotissarie and not touching the floor.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/files/img_1285reduced_615.jpg

[e21bob]

I was looking at your tinted windows. It looks good. What kind of tind is it?

[jrkoupe]

if you are doing a total teardown like you say, and you really dont love Sahara( which I had a 73 in 76).......then CHANGE the color.

Dont worry about hurting its value. Im a vintage car nut/fan and have seen big dollar cars go thru a color change...911's...Prancing horses...muscle.... etc etc...its not that big a deal like it used to be. ..not a big deal AT ALL

And we are talking an 02 here....not a hi dollar vintage......yet.

if its done corectly you will be fine!......

why redo the whole car in color you do not love?....makes NO sense to me.

[TobyB]

You are right. "Putty". I have a Landcruiser that color. I suck it up and deal.

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[John_in_VA]

My first, a '70, was Sahara. I like the stealthy tones!

[ziff73]

Since you are doing a full teardown and will be able to change the color so nobody but you and the car will ever know, then go for it! Like I said earlier, I'm in the same boat, and although I decided to stay stock color, since manila is pretty rare, I toyed around with colorado, inka, tiaga, riviera, pastelblau, baikal, etc...I was a mess for a couple months...hehe...finally my wife said, "what color do feel is the right color to paint it, answer immediately and that's it....now go paint the car!" she's a keeper...

[BrentF]

Changing colour is never a wise thing, value-wise and other-wise IMO. You might want to think twice about doing so after looking at this "seriously restored" '72 tii in Sahara:

http://bringatrailer.com/2011/08/02/bat-exclusive-seriously-restored-bmw-1972-2002tii/

[mcaden]

I agree with an earlier poster - Sahara grows on you over time. It is subdued and understated at first... but I think its one of the best colors. In the end its your car... enjoy.

[kris]

Sahara just needs the right accompanying colours to make it really pop. Gold wheels, saddle door panels and you are good to go. At least I think so

[mcaden]

Also even a guy with user name "malaga" laga bought a sahara car... and he had a malaga car before that. :-)

That is the POWER of sahara.

[Gordon]

Totally agree with the others on this one. Since tii's are rare, I come from the school of keeping a tii in it's original color. It will hold it's value much better. If you want a tii in a certain color, find one in that color. Unless you have real deep pockets for a complete paint job, (whole car stripped to the shell) you'll always be reminded that your tii was originally a Sahara tii. Have you priced a complete paint job here in So Cal lately? Sahara is a common color for 02's in the US market. I am now on my fourth Sahara square tail light 02. First was a 75 Euro spec 1802 I had in the Air Force while stationed in Germany. In the states, I've had one Sahara 74 2002 and two Sahara 74 tii's. Yes I've had other color 02's as well. I'm partial to Sahara. The best thing you can do for your big bumper tii is a bumper conversion from diving boards to Euro or early 02 bumpers, it will look so much better with small bumpers. Inka and golf cars are ticket magnets.

Sahara Rocks, it's an awesome color and it will grow on you.

Here's some pics of my 74 Sahara tii after a repaint in it's original color in 2010. Side marker lights were removed and bumper conversion was done at this time. I prefer square tail light 02's with Euro bumpers over roundie's, that's my own personal preference.

G-Man

[LimeySteve]

We call it Hearing Aid Beige , not a color I like, my car was that originally luckily for me it was 2 tone when I got it. I like the bright crazy colors , Inka, Golf, Mintgrun .Mad to think a German car company could come up with so many colors for 1 car is such a short period. Let's face it the 02 looks good in ANY color.

[Harv]

All comes down to condition.

John

[andrey]

There aren't really any "bad" 02 colors, but Sahara is definitely one of those bland "un color" options and it doesn't look particularly good on a small car. You're building/restoring the car for yourself (presumably), so who cares about resale value and original colors? Paint the whole thing some color you'll like seeing in your driveway or may regret spending all that time and money and then staring at beige ; )

Or just pick a color and stick with it, I suppose : )

[Harv]

I think it depends on condition. And I think Sahara suffers more than other colors when it's old and beat. When I was trying to nail down a color for my flared car, Tod at the body shop said it won't matter what color you pick, it's gonna look Awsome. He's right.

John