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Cool Frozen But So Hot - Painted Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe

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Frozen But So Hot - Painted Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe
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There are not many things people complain about when it comes to the 1 Series M Coupé (1M). But, one of the main complaints was its limited color choices. BMW offered only three colors for the 1M: Alpine White, Sapphire Black and Valencia Orange.

With very few exceptions, BMW turned down requests to produce 1Ms in other (read: Individual) colors. For this reason, many a 1M owner decided to address this “shortcoming” in the aftermarket. One of these included this Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe - the only one we know of in existence.

Inspired by the "frozen" matte paints offered by BMW, the car's owner brought his Valencia Orange 1M to a friend's paint shop to have the paint converted to a frozen color. That's right, this is no mere vinyl wrap. The outcome looks amazing and involved quite an interesting process. It entailed removing (most of) the original factory clear coat without scratching the Valencia Orange paint and then replacing the clear coat with BMW's original factory frozen/matte clear coat (P.S. this is the only difference between a standard BMW color and their frozen colors). What made the process even trickier was the inability to touch up the frozen clear coat. The paint shop had to clear coat an entire part (e.g. roof or hood) correctly at once or do it all over again.

To make this happen, the owner was without his car for weeks, but the outcome was clearly (no pun intended) worth it. By the use of BMW’s original frozen clear coat, Valencia Orange retained its vibrant and rich metallic color with depth, something you lose with a matte vinyl wrap.

We wish the driver many happy and safe miles in this truly unique and -- at least to these eyes -- stunning 1 Series M Coupé.

Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe


Second half of photos above are from the 2012 M Festival and taken by Piotr (M3 Piotr).


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