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southlight · 09-04-2012, 02:48 PM

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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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Rich@GTBPerformance · 09-06-2012, 01:32 PM

South

Thanks for explaining the process, very interesting and involved! I'd hate to be the paint shop guy who screwed up a panel! He's in for a long weekend!

The results are really worth it though.

OSAB1 · 09-06-2012, 01:34 PM

Very cool. We have been shooting the frozen paint in our shop and it always looks great. It's a longer process but is worth it. Nice car

ALPINA B5 · 09-06-2012, 01:40 PM

nice but not my beer

09BlkSapphire · 09-06-2012, 01:41 PM

That looks amazing. Didn't know that's how BMW produces its frozen paint finishes. Thanks for sharing.

flipm3 · 09-06-2012, 01:49 PM

That is very impressive! I think is the right way to do things

1'M Blue · 09-06-2012, 01:54 PM

Very slick and looks good and clean. the process seems quite interesting .

YOLO89 · 09-06-2012, 02:05 PM

Very nice I wonder how would a frozen estoril blue or MCB look on the 1M??

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Powerbeast · 09-06-2012, 02:06 PM

Nice man

bmw1racer · 09-06-2012, 02:09 PM

Not my cup o' tea... Looks like a paint job missing its gloss coat.

Maconer98 · 09-06-2012, 02:13 PM

Wow! Looks amazing!

MSPORTWORLD · 09-06-2012, 02:16 PM

Hotness! Good info on frozen paint process...giving me ideas..

E60orBust · 09-06-2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 09BlkSapphire

That looks amazing. Didn't know that's how BMW produces its frozen paint finishes. Thanks for sharing.

Good video linked below. I did not know that the wraps didn't have the metallic depth. Sounds like someone needs to come up with a translucent wrap material to just knock down the clearcoat gloss of your car or give their wrap color selection a metallic sheen.

Dackelone · 09-06-2012, 02:28 PM

Looks good!

robotrenegade · 09-06-2012, 02:29 PM

Not a fan of this color at all. Frozen or not frozen.

M3 Piotr · 09-06-2012, 02:35 PM

Looks stunning and even better in person. Very unique paint job. The guys from BMW ///M Division even talked to the owner at the ///M Festival during the 24hr Race at the Ring back in May 2012 to get the info on the paint shop that did the job. They were very impressed. BMW ///M Division uses a paint shop in Munich for touching/repainting their Frozen Fleet, but they were impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of this paint shop.

I wish I took more pics of this car.

Ka razy · 09-06-2012, 03:24 PM

Looks stunning in my eyes!

YepItsHugo29 · 09-06-2012, 03:52 PM

Looks great!

ESC OFF · 09-06-2012, 03:53 PM

Is there any truth to horror stories of bird poo eating frozen "matte" finishes?

radiantm3 · 09-06-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ESC OFF

Is there any truth to horror stories of bird poo eating frozen "matte" finishes?

Can't be any different than gloss clear coat.

Diver · 09-06-2012, 04:23 PM

It is interesting to know how it was done. Removing the clear coat must have been a real hard job.

ESC OFF · 09-06-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by radiantm3

Can't be any different than gloss clear coat.

I would hope so but I remember reading somewhere that (BMW) makes you sign some type of realease form for their matte finishes and weather/bird damage?

09-04-2012, 02:48 PM	#1
southlight Moderator / European Editor Drives: BMW Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 6,634 iTrader: (0)	Frozen But So Hot - Painted Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe BIMMERPOST NEWS Frozen But So Hot - Painted Frozen Valencia Orange 1M Coupe 60 COMMENTS Tweet 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). Share this story OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT LIKE BMW M Owners Club Indonesia (MOCI) Driving Challenge II Event Photos/Video One Extreme 1 Series Coupe Powered by Turbocharged Forged S54 Black and Yellow - A Dakar Yellow M3 Nighttime Photo Session
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09-06-2012, 01:32 PM	#2
Rich@GTBPerformance Bimmerpost Gold Supporting Vendor Drives: A hard bargain Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 6,434 iTrader: (4)	South Thanks for explaining the process, very interesting and involved! I'd hate to be the paint shop guy who screwed up a panel! He's in for a long weekend! The results are really worth it though. __________________ Your Home For Premium BMW Aftermarket Parts www.gtbperformance.com \| sales@gtbperformance.com \| Facebook \| 973 429 2839

09-06-2012, 01:49 PM	#6
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09-06-2012, 02:09 PM	#10
bmw1racer bimmerphile, technogeek Drives: 2012 128i Coupe 6MT Sport Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Bay, SoCal Posts: 1,194 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 BMW 128i Coupe [0.00]	Not my cup o' tea... Looks like a paint job missing its gloss coat. __________________

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Maconer98 Second Lieutenant Drives: 2010 BMW 135i AW/CORAL RED MT Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NYC - Brooklyn Posts: 289 iTrader: (5)	Wow! Looks amazing! __________________ Cold Weather Pkg / Sport Pkg / Active Steering / Comfort Access / Prem Hi-Fi / Bluetooth / Rear PDC / BMW Perf 313s wrapped with Michelin PSSs / Dunlop Winter Sport 3D (winter) on 17'' Motegis / Blacked Out 135i badge / BMW Performance Grills / BMW Performance Power Kit Stage 1 / BMW Performance Exhaust

09-06-2012, 01:34 PM	#3
OSAB1 Private Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: NY Posts: 79 iTrader: (0)	Very cool. We have been shooting the frozen paint in our shop and it always looks great. It's a longer process but is worth it. Nice car

09-06-2012, 01:40 PM	#4
ALPINA B5 Private First Class Drives: the subway. otherwise the bmw. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120 iTrader: (0)	nice but not my beer

09-06-2012, 01:41 PM	#5
09BlkSapphire SFinnery Drives: 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: LA Posts: 674 iTrader: (0)	That looks amazing. Didn't know that's how BMW produces its frozen paint finishes. Thanks for sharing.

09-06-2012, 01:54 PM	#7
1'M Blue Lieutenant Drives: 1M Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OM Posts: 459 iTrader: (0)	Very slick and looks good and clean. the process seems quite interesting .

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YOLO89 Private First Class Drives: Tri-cycle Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Tampa,Fl Posts: 167 iTrader: (0)	Very nice I wonder how would a frozen estoril blue or MCB look on the 1M?? :

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Powerbeast Major General Drives: E90 M3 Dakar Yellow Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 5,415 iTrader: (4)	Nice man

09-06-2012, 02:16 PM	#12
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09-06-2012, 02:28 PM	#14
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09-06-2012, 02:35 PM	#16
M3 Piotr Lieutenant Colonel Drives: 11' E90 M3, 11' E70 X5 35i SA Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey, CA - K-Town, Germany Posts: 1,669 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW E90 M3 (We ... [0.00]	Looks stunning and even better in person. Very unique paint job. The guys from BMW ///M Division even talked to the owner at the ///M Festival during the 24hr Race at the Ring back in May 2012 to get the info on the paint shop that did the job. They were very impressed. BMW ///M Division uses a paint shop in Munich for touching/repainting their Frozen Fleet, but they were impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of this paint shop. I wish I took more pics of this car. __________________ 2011 E90 M3 Frozen Black ///M Flight

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09-06-2012, 04:23 PM	#21
Diver Colonel Drives: Black '12 135i DCT PPK Msport Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 2,030 iTrader: (0)	It is interesting to know how it was done. Removing the clear coat must have been a real hard job. __________________ See my photography at http://ronscubadiver.wordpress.com

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