Choose your Automotive paint color for your 1988 BMW 3-Series

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Restore Your 1988 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 1988 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
1988 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Zinnoberrot 138 138 Zinnoberrot
1988 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Alpine White 146 146 Alpine White
1988 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Diamantschwarz Metallic 181 181 Diamantschwarz Metallic
1988 BMW 3-Series Touch Up Paint | Alpine White II 218 218 Alpine White II
1988 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 1988 BMW 1-Series, 2-SERIES, 3-Series Cabrio, 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, Z-Series, Z3, Z4, or Z8?  If you're still not sure, take a look at our All 1988 BMW Models page.  Or, just go to our page dedicated to BMW Touch Up Paint

Why The Two-Step Paint System?

Your 1988 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:

Dennis K, owner of a 1988 BMW 3-Series from Spokane, WA

The order came quick.

Henry C, owner of a 1988 BMW 3-Series from Chantilly, VA

Only manufacturer who custom mixes an provides the paint in a spray can. While I have not used it yet due to temperature, I am looking forward to using it when it warms up. Great service, quick delivery of a custom product. BMW no longer provides this color but did provide the paint code.

W Sumpter S, owner of a 1988 BMW 3-Series from Rock Hill, SC

Automotive Touchup is the only company I will use for paint matching. Their colors are spot on and the quality of the paint is superior. Their Clear Coat works like magic too!

Martin A J, owner of a 1988 BMW 3-Series from Madera, CA

Great product, but they could do a better job of getting the product out of the door in into the mailbox.

Andrew T, owner of a 1988 BMW 3-Series from Gettysburg, PA

Touch up paint arrived promptly as ordered and at a much lower cost than I had found elsewhere. This was a hard to find color for my 25 year old BMW. The color match was fair, but not perfect. Considering the paint on the car was aged and had been repainted years ago, this is probably the best that can be expected without great cost. The brush in cap, paint kit filled stone chips and small scratches very nicely. I found it did not go on smoothly in larger scrapes. This would perhaps require a spray can. Overall, I consider it a good product at reasonable cost. Maybe I'll try the spray can for the larger scrape later.

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