My m-code bee was originally orange and automatic. Now that it is black and a 4spd, I am still in love with it after all these years. Had I put it back to original, it would have been sold as soon as I finished it if I even finished it at all. Go with your heart. By the way, I've gotten some pretty serious offers on my car, and it's about as far from stock as it gets.
Restoring a car to look "only" as good as the factory made it is like getting a boob job for your wife and having the doctor make them two different sizes to seem more natural
