I have an Orient Blue 6mt Sedan going in for a full respray this spring. It doesn’t have any rust or body damage, just normal wear and tear and a faded roof. I hear Orient is somewhat rare, but carbon black is only a tiny shade off of Orient Blue. In my situation would you preserve the value by an OEM quality blue respray.. or go Carbon Black to go with an exclusive M color to the “4 door m3”? It would be the first as I know.. and have a bit of a cool factor.. but I typically prefer restore over mod. It is going to a shop 5 hours away that does very impressive work with pearl and metallic paint jobs so carbon black would be very easy for them. They can also add pearl or flake, but I think I want to go with a 100% oem color. (Though.. the carbon black could be tweaked slightly to best fit the contours of this car if necessary using a little more blue or black pearl, etc)
The vehicle does have a past rebuilt title, if that matters. It does make me slightly more willing to take a chance on colors etc. (it’s not a show car.. but a 91,000 mile driver with lots of life left). Just happy to get back into a ZHP after not having one for 5 years. For a while there I always had at least one