Choose your Automotive paint color for your 1983 BMW 3-Series

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Restore Your 1983 BMW 3-Series Finish In Two Steps

Select Your BMW's Color (Step One)

AutomotiveTouchup paint products are custom mixed to perfectly match the color of your 1983 BMW 3-Series using a basecoat/clearcoat system just like factory specs. To insure a proper match, you’ll need to know your vehicle’s color code, so you can find it on the chart below. The paint code can be located underneath the hood near the front strut tower, on the firewall, or the passenger side wheel housing. Click here for BMW paint code location chart and paint code label examples.

Chip Color Codes Color Description
1983 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Alpine White 146 146 Alpine White
1983 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Jet Black 668, U668 668, U668 Jet Black

 

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Did you choose the wrong model? How about the 1983 BMW 1-SERIES, 2-SERIES, 4-SERIES, 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, 8-SERIES, Alpina B6, Alpina B7, I3, I4, I8, IX1, IX2, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, Roadster, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, Z3, Z4, or Z8?  If you're still not sure, take a look at our All 1983 BMW Models page.  Or, just go to our page dedicated to BMW Touch Up Paint

Why The Two-Step Paint System?

Your 1983 BMW 3-Series is painted at the factory with a high quality basecoat/clearcoat system. This two-step paint system consists of step one, the basecoat, which is your car’s actual color, and step two, the clearcoat, the specially formulated clear paint that protects the base color and provides the luster and deep shine your vehicle came with when new. AutomotiveTouchup products faithfully reproduce your vehicle manufacturer’s basecoat/clearcoat system.

Here's what our customers are saying about our Touch Up Paint:

Dana J P, owner of a 1984 BMW 6-Series from Arlington, WA

BMW Burgunrot Metallic #199 1) The grey primer is relatively thin and requires many coats to achieve any build thickness. I applied two coats before wet sanding and another two coats with additional wet sanding to get a good surface. 2) The color base coat covered fairly well but to get best application required short sweeping strokes. Attempts to apply long sweeping strokes resulted in surging from the can and inconsistent layering of paint material. 3) Consistent coverage was achieved with short strokes and alternate cross-hatch pattern. Final result looks good.

Tom L, owner of a 1984 BMW from Somerset, NJ

The color didn’t match, we tried you and NAPA and bother off. Not sure but pretty sure this was a BMW mistake. Thanks.

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