New Colors From July: Frozen Pure Grey Metallic & Frozen Portimao Blue Metallic

BMWGirlFL · 05-23-2023, 09:20 PM

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Frozen Pure Grey metallic and Frozen Portimao Blue metallic will be available for the BMW 3 Series Sedan, BMW 2 Series Coupé and high-performance BMW M2 ... from July 2023.

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globa...or-summer-2023

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Albator_IIII · 05-23-2023, 09:30 PM

Thanks but no thanks.

LCDRJohn · 05-23-2023, 09:41 PM

It is a shame we can't have the non-frozen variants!

M_Power Rob · 05-23-2023, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LCDRJohn

It is a shame we can't have the non-frozen variants!

Silver? Really?? Non-frozen versions = B-O-R-I-N-G

Albator_IIII · 05-23-2023, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Power Rob

Silver? Really?? Non-frozen versions = B-O-R-I-N-G

Disagree here. I love my non-frozen Silver Grey paint. It shows all the nuance of the "flame" surfacing sunny or overcast.

Plus, frozen seems like beotch to maintain and will be an outdated fad.

RemoWilliams84 · 05-23-2023, 09:59 PM

That frozen blue is amazing

M_Power Rob · 05-23-2023, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Albator_IIII

Disagree here. I love my non-frozen Silver Grey paint. It shows all the nuance of the "flame" surfacing sunny or overcast.

Plus, frozen seems like beotch to maintain and will be an outdated fad.

Just my opinion on the colors. Everyone likes what they like, thats why they make chocolate and vanilla.

As far as frozens being s fad...frozens and matte finishes have been popular for many years. Dont see it ending any time soon.

wavyyyy · 05-23-2023, 10:04 PM

The frozen blue m2 looks amazing

boxdotjpeg · 05-23-2023, 10:07 PM

As amazing as the frozen paints look, I don’t think I can bring myself to order it because of the upkeep. Still no Dravit Grey on the M2 even though it is already used in the same factory.

Westside Guy · 05-23-2023, 10:08 PM

IMHO, the frozen colors look really cool but are a hassle to maintain. Also forget about using touchup paint for rock chips.

johnnie311 · 05-23-2023, 10:18 PM

I will stick to my original plan of BSM with expel stealth.

kgelfen360 · 05-23-2023, 10:29 PM

Frozen is hard to take care off. I think normal with stealth PPF much better choice.

Westside Guy · 05-23-2023, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnie311

I will stick to my original plan of BSM with expel stealth.

Xpel Stealth gives you the best of both worlds, you have a Frozen look along with PPF protection against rock chips.

Ctothej · 05-23-2023, 10:33 PM

Ah eff off.. I wanted the blue... sigh

MT6 · 05-23-2023, 10:57 PM

I saw frozen Portimao blue M3 at my dealership 3 weeks back shows very well.

FryCookOnVenus · 05-23-2023, 11:05 PM

Super disappointing. I'm on the waitlist and was excited to get pushed back to MY2024 because of the possibility of new colors.

Was hoping for Isle of Man Green, or Portimao or maybe some fun surprise. But frozen colors do not do it for me.

Even ignoring the upkeep, in my humble opinion they look like a rattle can job, conceal a car's lines, and have already felt played out for years.

I'm sad.

boxdotjpeg · 05-23-2023, 11:18 PM

At a 2nd look, I noticed this BMW Press article is very similar to that posted yesterday on the BMWNA press site. Both cover almost the same subjects aside from the US specific i4 xDrive40 or iX1 for across the sea.
I could be wrong, but now I’m somewhat doubtful of the frozen colors being offered in the US on the M2 just like they did for other markets with the 3 series. Could be looking into it too much, but just an observation I wanted to mention considering how frozen paint availability has historically differed among the markets.

DSTR · 05-23-2023, 11:43 PM

Fail..........Thank gods of all Toronto red was available for my order.
Frozen is flat looking boredom for paint. Just the normal M4 colors would = major improvement.

Long Beach Blue as my 17 M2 was superb!!!

cfm56d7b · 05-23-2023, 11:58 PM

This request is unlikely to get any attention from BMW paint department but here it is.

Make San Marino Blue available for any model at a reasonable price.

VIERsr · 05-24-2023, 12:16 AM

That's all?

Not a fan of frozen paints (plus individual colors cost madness and take a long time to get), why not a normal Portimao Blue or IOMG? So disappointed.

xmanpro · 05-24-2023, 12:18 AM

I think frozen will look good on these rides.

M2siast · 05-24-2023, 12:19 AM

“BMW doesn’t offer this car in many colours, we need more colours.”

- BMW provides more colour choices.

“Why not the colours I wanted? BMW shouldn’t offer these new options.”

Does that make sense guys?

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