Casa de Mesa’s M3 color change from blue to blue

[SeñorEnglish]

Looks great!

[Casa de Mesa]

For anyone local to NC, Mayan-Viking and I are putting together a drive the weekend of Oct 21/22.

Preliminary details here:

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/regional-section/southeastern-us/237044-nc-m3-meetup

[Casa de Mesa]

Where are my Laguna Seca pictures????

FINALLY got the car next to a Laguna Seca Blue car. Mayan-Viking and I organized a quick drive through the NC and VA mountains yesterday (more on that HERE) and David325is showed up with his beautiful 2002 LSB. B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l car he has and I still have a deep love for LSB - what a color.

These pictures are not great and in person, the difference between the colors is more apparent. With how much fun the drive was yesterday, I suspect we'll have an opportunity in the future to get some better shots!

[02_lsb]

You came through!!

[Casa de Mesa]

You came through!!

I don't mess around.

[Tbonem3]

I think you've succeeded in picking a color with a lot of POP!

[Casa de Mesa]

I think you've succeeded in picking a color with a lot of POP!

Yeah, subtle it is not. 😀

I will say - LSB is such an iconic color. David's car is gorgeous in the flesh.

[usdmej]

LSB really stands out in direct sunlight but shark blue really outdoes it in these pics

[Epoustouflant]

Picked up another dream car of mine. A 2012 Cayman R.
Some impressions:

1. It turns directions very rapidly, whether that's due to input on the steering wheel or mid-corner throttle lift off. It definitely has trailing throttle oversteer! Love it.
2. The steering feel is incredibly good. One of the last Porsches with hydraulic steering.
3. It's much more functional than I expected. The frunk is huge and the trunk is pretty big too.
4. The stock, manual sport seats are fantastic. I cannot see "upgrading" these for carbon buckets that a lot of people lust after. And in the Porsche world, the buckets are $10-14k... yikes.
5. The Porsche tax is real on certain parts. The Cayman R only shift knob and boot replacement is $1400. What?
6. The radio is the worst radio in any vehicle I've ever owned. Except for the '85 CJ-7. I didn't buy it for the radio though.
7. The fabric door pulls are pretty cool, but sorta clumsy to use. It takes both arms to open the door.
8. The AP Racing brakes are fantastic and the braking system as a whole has incredible feedback/feel and perfect heel-toe placement.
9. The cable actuated shifter took me some time to get used to it but I absolutely love it now.

Some pics below.

First wash after getting it.

I missed this - congrats! Absolutely amazing chassis and I miss mine every day.

[jet_dogg]

I'm so glad you painted this the color you wanted brosef.

All these csl and oem builds are boring and have been done to death a thousand times over.

[02_lsb]

I'm so glad you painted this the color you wanted brosef.

All these csl and oem builds are boring and have been done to death a thousand times over.

lol. Grumpydog over here is 100% right.

[jet_dogg]

lol. Grumpydog over here is 100% right.

I don't miss 100% of the shots I take.

[Casa de Mesa]

I'm so glad you painted this the color you wanted brosef.

All these csl and oem builds are boring and have been done to death a thousand times over.

Thanks man. Appreciate you letting me bounce more than a few ideas by you during the process.

lol. Grumpydog over here is 100% right.

Lol

[caivs]

Just came across this thread from google, wow! Absolutely stunning. Always loved this color on VW but it looks so fucking good on this m3. Do you have an instagram for the car or something? Would love some more pics here as well .

[Casa de Mesa]

Just came across this thread from google, wow! Absolutely stunning. Always loved this color on VW but it looks so fucking good on this m3. Do you have an instagram for the car or something? Would love some more pics here as well .

Hey thank you caivs! Really appreciate it. Color changing this was a leap of faith but so glad I did it!

I don't have an Insta account. I gave it up after I closed my small business a few years back. I'll see what I can do to get some new pics up here. I need to use my wife's big-boy DSLR to get some real pics of the car. Looking at a few pics on here they look very much like the camera phone pictures they are, ha!