I think the beauty, and secret, of the M3W is the ability of every owner to customise the car as they see fit, and judging by the "oohs" and "aahs" on this forum, every time a picture appears, there doesn't seem to be a colour scheme shown yet, which hasn't received approval. The only other car I can think of where this has happened was the original Mini, back in the '60's? For the record, I think a lot of chrome looks dazzling, but wouldn't want the expense or work myself.
I like the sound of Grahams theme [what is steampunk?] and mat black has the advantage of not showing polishing swirls, which is why I went for a light colour. Do be aware though of the invisibility of dark colours and the need to travel with headlights on during daylight. I adopt this even with a light [ish] colour, especially on my country roads here in Somerset.
