POLL: What's the most desired / sought after E28 colour?

[the Tanned One]

#1 Royal Blue w/beige int. #2 Cirrus Blue #3 Silver w/Blk. leather or Dk. gray cloth When & if i ever get the "Turd" running again! Goal is to Euro bumper it & repaint it Orient blue > body,bumpers,shadowline & have Alpina "ghost" stripes in blue & green pearl !!! All i`d left to do after all of that would be a TCD Turbo m20 kit Then i could croak a happy camper !! LOL!!!

[Brian in TN]

My favs are diamond black on black - red on black( I will have one of these. Oh yes I will) - black on black.
In that order.




[Edit by Brian Da Parts Pimp on [TIME]1108417372[/TIME]]

[clangpap]

Rare, who knows? Reading the replies it seems I may have the only saphirblau mettalic (at least admitted to). Perhaps it was only available on the 84 533i. Yes it came with the "unnatural" dark blue leather.

[Enchanter]

This is a rare color.. I am interested to see how many others have this color...


It is called Graphite Metallic

[Mike in Louisville]

Hey, how did that Savannah Beige 533i get Euro bumpers? Although probably not the color I would have chosen, my '84 528e is Balticblau metallic. I would have bought the car in a darker blue or DiamondSchwarz if I was the original owner, but I don't have an all-time favorite color. Too many good ones to choose from. Here's the Baltic:

[Mike in Louisville]

Enchanter, that is a beautiful car. The graphite looks great. Headlights have wipers but not the windshield? No nozzles? Sorry, I've never seen an Alpina in person, what's up with all of that? Thanks.

[shifty]

[QUOTE="Enchanter"]This is a rare color.. I am interested to see how many others have this color...

It is called Graphite Metallic[/QUOTE]

The H&B 533i Turbo that was in Cali a year or so back was Graphite.

I've seen maybe 2 or 3 more on top of that.

[Al Canuck]

I may have you all beat for the rarity factor. My 85 535i is Zobelbraun - Metallic, with
Pearlbeige cloth seats. Don't see that combo every day, if ever!

Al

[dab]

[QUOTE="a"]I have never seen a green e-28. some shade of dark green mettallic would be my favorite. I have grown into lachsilber/ cardinal however[/QUOTE]

Perhaps a smaragdgrun metallic would be to your liking: http://www3.telus.net/bmw535i/exterior.shtml

[deepdiver]

I'll go with the Burgundrot. who's e28 is that in the picture?

[Rich Euro M5]

Mike in Louisville,

The 533i got the bumpers the same way all US/NA 5ers get them, installed by the owner.

I installed the bumpers and Euro headlights during the initial resurection of my 533i from driveway ornament to driver. At the same time I did the bumper upgrade I also installed a G265 transmission mit M5 Clutch/Pressure Plate and Autosolution SS. The original transmission failed in 1998 and my 533i sat in the driveway for 2 years while I collected the parts.

When the pics where taken at 5er Fest #1, the interior had also been replaced with one from an '87 535is with the exception of the front seats. The front seats where E21 Recaros custom upholstered to match the Tan Beige 535is interior. Ditto for the rear headrests.

Rich

[Mike in Louisville]

Thanks Rich, that's what I figured, I didn't know if I was remembering correctly that 533i's were US only. I believe I've seen that color on an e21, but never an e28. Looks like a very nice car.

[booker]

dab,

The color of your car is awesome! I remember seeing pics of it about a year ago. I couldn't remember whose car it was, but always admired it. You definitely get my vote for rarest color.





OK, maybe a tie with Al Canuck.

You guys got lucky up there in Cananda!

[IceHaus Dave]

My personal favorite is LachSilber. It has to be in good shape though. When cleaned up, this color is gorgeous!

Dave

[BMWJustin]

Good to see you back dave.. BTW nice avitar
Justin

[Rich in Tupelo]

Articblau met. with pearlbeige interior is the current favorite.. also love the lachsilber / cardinal red and Artic white / Cardinal red combos..











Rich

[smackmybutter535i]

Euro hartge, black on black

[Shawn D.]

[QUOTE="deepdiver"]I'll go with the Burgundrot. who's e28 is that in the picture?[/QUOTE]

Ryan Rissler in the Atlanta area. It's a 528e with the "i" treatment, M5 swaybars, Bilsteins, H&R springs, and a 3.73LSD. He used to frequent our autocrosses, but I haven't seen him around lately. AFAIK, he's never posted to either Roachfly or the mye28.com boards.

[Layton]

[QUOTE="deepdiver"]I'll go with the Burgundrot. who's e28 is that in the picture?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Shawn D."]Ryan Rissler in the Atlanta area. It's a 528e with the "i" treatment, M5 swaybars, Bilsteins, H&R springs, and a 3.73LSD. He used to frequent our autocrosses, but I haven't seen him around lately. AFAIK, he's never posted to either Roachfly or the mye28.com boards.[/QUOTE]

I haven't seen Ryan or his 5er in a l-o-n-g time..... Need to look back in some records and see if he's still in town!

[Layton]

And one of these days . . . . I think I'll have to have one of our beloved 5er's coated in Turkis Green Metallic, a pre '75 BMW color:



But for now, I'm enjoying Diamantschwarz...... am always partial to Cinnibar, too -- rare and very cool.

- Layton

[BMWJustin]

Layton, I agree with the color choice. My favorite vintage colors are as follows in no particular order: Turkis Green, Riveria Blue, Inka orange, and Atlantik Blue.

[John SCB]

White of course....can't imagine why?!
Just wish BMW would have made the rear spoiler ALL white.