335d colours whats the feeling out there?

[B19 RUS]

Hello im reaching spec non changeable point for my 335d m sport and I cant shake the images of a white car Donut of here had recently it was luveeeeeeeerly!

Got these images off e92post.com as a taster



I already have a saphire/red in se trim and I just cant make my mind up for my M sport. I know residually black is possibly more universal but its my car so bugger anyone else

Whadya all think, specially Donut on residuals

PS Id like to have a red interior again but might be a tad too OTT on a white car so maybe black?

Edited by B19 RUS on Monday 17th September 23:50

[gizlaroc]

Personally I would pay the £600 for individual paint and go with Moonstone, not flat white it is more like a mother of pearl colour, but still looks white, fresh and modern.....

[B19 RUS]

gizlaroc said:

Personally I would pay the £600 for individual paint and go with Moonstone, not flat white it is more like a mother of pearl colour, but still looks white, fresh and modern.....

worth considering but i dont really want to add to cost or leadtime..Thanks though

[gizlaroc]

White then!

To be honest you will loose thousands on a new one anyway, so get the colour you prefer.

[Jonny TVR]

I think white with red interior will look good. Its a classic combination. Just look at the beautiful classic Jags for example from the sixties and seventies and before that were in white with red leather interior... can't remember any BMW's from that era with that colour combo but go for it.

[Gimlet]

Mine's Space Grey with Coral Red Leather interior and Aluminium Trim.
Looks great. (Sorry no pics yet)

[Gruppe1875]

White ... it's stunning in the flesh, esp witht the coral red leather

[cerealsurfer]

Individual Mora



with black or cream or grey interior

I have a new 320d M coupe in this color

[clonmult]

cerealsurfer said:

Individual Mora



with black or cream or grey interior

I have a new 320d M coupe in this color

That is absolutely stunning, with a cream interior especially.

Can't say I'm a big fan of any of the shades of white though; hate to say it, but it looks cheap and ever so slightly tacky .....

[Donut]

Cheers Rus It was stunning wasn't it!

You wait till you see the car I'm in tonight! Buy me a pint and you can have a go


Anyway on topic...

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

[drivin_me_nuts]

...colour creates illusions....

big car + light colour = less weighty, can make car seem smaller (but also if inappropriate can look 'wrong' eg a metallic pink M5 could/would look wrong
big car + dark colour = heavy car, more serious

small car + light colour = lighter car - more inconsequential, better handling, more nimble
small car + dark color = heavier car - details can get lost - a 'sporty' 2 seater convertible in black may not look as sporty as the same car in a bright red


Mix in with this your own ideas towards certain colours and your choice will emerge. Ask 10 dfferent people what looks good and you will (probably) get 10 different answers..

My view is that white looks great on smaller cars and those with a more sporting intent. On a car like a 3 coupe then I would be more inclined to stick with the darker more solid metallics - no light blues, whites or creams and I would tend towards the more robust colours - mainly because for me I associate darker colours with presence...(My M5 is carbon black, by previous 2 328s were also variations on metallic blacks, saab 900s were red, small hatchback type things were whites and reds)

[B19 RUS]

Donut said:

Cheers Rus It was stunning wasn't it!

You wait till you see the car I'm in tonight! Buy me a pint and you can have a go


Anyway on topic...

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Got a 325 ci E92 in Monaco blue with jade, that looks fabulous!!

[gizlaroc]

Donut said:

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Spot on, the graphite does look nice.

Edited by gizlaroc on Tuesday 18th September 14:24

[B19 RUS]

gizlaroc said:

Donut said:

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Spot on, the graphite does look nice.

Edited by gizlaroc on Tuesday 18th September 14:24

I cant get on with the dark grey it in my eyes doesent quite look as nice as space grey. I had a silver grey cab in Silver grey that was phat.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/lola8976/Ca...

[Donut]

B19 RUS said:

gizlaroc said:

Donut said:

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Spot on, the graphite does look nice.

Edited by gizlaroc on Tuesday 18th September 14:24

I cant get on with the dark grey it in my eyes doesent quite look as nice as space grey. I had a silver grey cab in Silver grey that was phat.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/lola8976/Ca...

Are you having an M Sport?

Le Mans is nice!

[alfaspiderman2]

mine's Graphite with Lemon leather and I'm really happy with the colour choice

[B19 RUS]

Hi Duncan yes the plan was/is to have an M sport 335d but something momentous has just occurred that has changed that

Donut said:

B19 RUS said:

gizlaroc said:

Donut said:

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Spot on, the graphite does look nice.

Edited by gizlaroc on Tuesday 18th September 14:24

I cant get on with the dark grey it in my eyes doesent quite look as nice as space grey. I had a silver grey cab in Silver grey that was phat.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/lola8976/Ca...

Are you having an M Sport?

Le Mans is nice!

[Donut]

B19 RUS said:

Hi Duncan yes the plan was/is to have an M sport 335d but something momentous has just occurred that has changed that

Donut said:

B19 RUS said:

gizlaroc said:

Donut said:

White if you can, if you can't Sparkling Graphite with Red or Black with Jade Grey

Spot on, the graphite does look nice.

Edited by gizlaroc on Tuesday 18th September 14:24

I cant get on with the dark grey it in my eyes doesent quite look as nice as space grey. I had a silver grey cab in Silver grey that was phat.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/lola8976/Ca...

Are you having an M Sport?

Le Mans is nice!

M3 per chance!!

Sorry I couldn't get back round to you but next time I promise you can have more than a passenger ride

[B19 RUS]

I have thought about this and I love the white coupes so I have gone for-

• E92 335d msport, acrtic white, Coral red leather, 19`s, dark grey wood trim.

Changed the dash trim to wood as im not too fond of the red leather with silver trim. I wish I could have the piano black/coral combo I have in my current 335d se as it looks fabulous.

Part of my descision process was made thinking that the world does not need another black, siver or grey BMW and white is a little different from the norm. Delivery is due first week of September so I will have to fin a buyer for my current 335d coupe.

[Jonny TVR]

well done ... what about the gloss black trim? i specified this on my 535d .. looks more modern than wood and doesn't look tacky like the metal/ silver