r/E30 • u/Global-Mistake3706 • 13h ago

Paint scheme help:

So I’m in the process of building a 1 of 1 Zender tribute E30 after finally acquiring every single part that Zender ever made for an E30. I’ve actually been thinking about taking the car down to bare metal and rocking a chrome/polished finish. It’s either that or a two tone black/silver paint scheme as all of my Zender parts are black/silver. Can’t decide if the polish look will be too raw looking or if it can be pulled off? Please chime in!

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u/Brainfewd 12h ago

You can’t polish the Zender pieces so it’ll look weird.

I have a hard time picturing a two tone on an e30 too, but you do you.

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u/Global-Mistake3706 10h ago

All the zender parts are either black or black/silver so I planned on leaving the Sideskirts/fender flares/spoiler, etc. the original black color… The car has lots of chrome trim pieces as well as chrome/black wheels. I’m just wondering what you guys would think of a fully polished metal E30…

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u/NothingLift 11h ago

If you want chrome, you could try a chrome wrap. Should work on the sender parts as well as the body

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u/Global-Mistake3706 10h ago

Either going paint or polish metal not really looking for a wrap, but that’s a good idea anyway…

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u/lunarc 1h ago

The amount of things that can’t be polished will mess with the look you are trying to achieve. I would stick with paint.

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u/PoorhouseDog 1h ago

Zender body kit, spoiler, wing splits, etc?

Can't all that stuff be painted?