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I've seen the F30 M Sport Estoril Blue color referred to as Estoril Blue II.

Is there a difference between the Estoril Blue that came on previous cars and the one that comes on this car?

[Itgb]

Estoril Blue was a solvent based paint, and Estoril Blue II is a water based paint.

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Originally Posted by Itgb

Estoril Blue was a solvent based paint, and Estoril Blue II is a water based paint.

Does that cause the paint to look different vs the solvent based version?

[Itgb]

Originally Posted by verbs

Does that cause the paint to look different vs the solvent based version?

No 2 paints are ever the same; even different lots of the same paint. Converting a paint from solvent to water base will result in some difference as the composition has changed. Since there haven't been any real life pictures of the 2 versions next to each other, it is hard to tell if BMW tried to keep it as close as possible or took the opportunity to make some tweaks. Once the M-Sport cars start showing up, some better comparisons can be made.