[bri1042]

Nope. Never buying a black car again. The inside is dandy (just black leather with oyster highlight), but I'll never do a black exterior again.

[STR8-6IX]

Originally Posted by bri1042

Nope. Never buying a black car again. The inside is dandy (just black leather with oyster highlight), but I'll never do a black exterior again.

why not? I love how black paint looks but its hard to maintain, especially in the long run.

[hollandog]

Craving for Sakhir Orange next time (F80), Melbourne Red (F30) or EBII again (F36).

[DrifterX]

Although EBII + CR looks great, I'd go for a different exterior colour next time.

Snapper Rocks Blue or Champagne Quartz Metallic exterior look awesome...

[STR8-6IX]

Originally Posted by DrifterX

Although EBII + CR looks great, I'd go for a different exterior colour next time.

Snapper Rocks Blue or Champagne Quartz Metallic exterior look awesome...

I must say it looks OK in your picture, but I saw a blue with red interior BMW out on the road once and thought it was the most retarded colour combo ever. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but don't you think the colour contrast is just too much? it does look fine in your picture, but I think that can only be pulled off without looking tacky or flashy if you have a dark, midnight blue.

[STR8-6IX]

Guys, what is your dream BMW build?

mine would be either MG or BSM on CR F30 with a 3 stage manifold N52 + 8 speed swapped in. coilovers, (RWD!) debadge the 328i logo off the rear, catless headers, secondary cat delete, borla muffler, 19 inch rims.. etc. I would love something like this to shit.

honestly.. I would have ended up going with the f30 if it had an early model version that came with the n52 (2011 528i was RWD n52 only)

[50shadesofhockenheim]

Nardo Grey F80 on Sakhir Orange

[hollandog]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

I must say it looks OK in your picture, but I saw a blue with red interior BMW out on the road once and thought it was the most retarded colour combo ever. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but don't you think the colour contrast is just too much? it does look fine in your picture, but I think that can only be pulled off without looking tacky or flashy if you have a dark, midnight blue.

I have same combo and I like it.

[Bbb34]

Originally Posted by bri1042

Nope. Never buying a black car again. The inside is dandy (just black leather with oyster highlight), but I'll never do a black exterior again.

I always felt that they can look great in showroom condition when perfectly detailed under perfect light. Chances are they will be impossible to keep that clean in real life, at least not regular without being obsesive about detailing your car a lot. Also I find that sometimes subtle design lines/details get lost on black cars.

[bri1042]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

why not? I love how black paint looks but its hard to maintain, especially in the long run.

I love the way she looks for four seconds or so that she stays clean, but I honestly just do not have enough available time to keep her that clean. I was about to spend the money to have a good coating and paint correction done, but we decided to let go of our tiny condo and buy a house...so spending a bunch of cash to help the car look less awful got put off.

I may just be the wrong owner for a black car. Love the car anyway, though.

[metallicpea]

I have MG on black. I will not do another black interior. I like them, but have had too many and need a change. Saddle or CR next time.

My dream build would be 340i wagon, RWD with manual transmission, M sport and either silver on CR or AW on saddle. Wagon looks amazing in a lighter color to highlight the roofline. Too bad this will never be an option on the US.

[STR8-6IX]

Originally Posted by metallicpea

I have MG on black. I will not do another black interior. I like them, but have had too many and need a change. Saddle or CR next time.

My dream build would be 340i wagon, RWD with manual transmission, M sport and either silver on CR or AW on saddle. Wagon looks amazing in a lighter color to highlight the roofline. Too bad this will never be an option on the US.

everyone seems to not like dakota beige.. and everyone says its disgusting on silver paint. I dont like it as much on the f30, but on the f10 i think it looks amazing and i love my colour combo alot. what do you think?

[metallicpea]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

everyone seems to not like dakota beige.. and everyone says its disgusting on silver paint. I dont like it as much on the f30, but on the f10 i think it looks amazing and i love my colour combo alot. what do you think?

I like the beige seats, but never considered it because of the beige carpet and lower dash. Just too light to be practical for me, but since they switched the carpet to black with the beige now I would certainly consider. Never saw it with silver, so I would have to put my own eyes on it. Looks good with Black, white, blue and red though. The beige is certainly a very BMW look - it has been the same a long time now and I do appreciate that - they always looked so good, but beige carpet... keeping it clean would turn me into a crazy person.

[ouengineer]

When I was looking, my top choice was Gray with Oyster (white) interior.

White with Beige was my 2nd choice, which is what I ended up with. Only issues are how easy it is to get the carpeted floor mats dirty and the winter mats don't offer enough traction to hold my foot in place.

If I could, my next car would be blue (Estoril is top choice) with white or black interior. I've started to realize there are just too many white, black, gray, and silver cars on the road.

Can't stand red or brown interiors. Though I could see the brown growing on me at some point, I don't think the red ever will.

[STR8-6IX]

Originally Posted by metallicpea

I like the beige seats, but never considered it because of the beige carpet and lower dash. Just too light to be practical for me, but since they switched the carpet to black with the beige now I would certainly consider. Never saw it with silver, so I would have to put my own eyes on it. Looks good with Black, white, blue and red though. The beige is certainly a very BMW look - it has been the same a long time now and I do appreciate that - they always looked so good, but beige carpet... keeping it clean would turn me into a crazy person.

it is a classic BMW colour.

I cannot figure out why some venetian beige interiors have black and beige contrast leather and a black carpet, while others are all beige.

I read somewhere it had something to do with north america, or maybe the 2011 only had black carpet... I do not know. anyways..

I am very lucky I did not get the beige carpeting and I think this interior works better with silver then all beige. I do have rubber floor mats so its not a big deal. yesterday I took my dads car to a self car wash, pressure washed the carpets maybe 10 times and there was still black, muddy water coming out of them. I imagine this would clean the beige carpets fine, but I wouldnt want to deal with that it would be just an eyesore.

this is what my interior looks like.

http://f10.5post.com/forums/attachme...6&d=1279210062

vs this:

https://5series.net/info/f10/interio...rkWood_003.jpg

what do you guys prefer?

[metallicpea]

Yours looks great. Definitely prefer it.

[chuckles01]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

what is everyones current colour combo, what were they deciding between and what would you guys order/pick if you had to do it all over again?

personally, my dream BMW would be either a 6 speed manual e90 or an f30 with my drivetrain swapped into it (8 speed auto with 3 stage n52) as long as it is RWD. would get coilovers for the f30.

I currently have silver on venetian beige which everyone seems to hate.. I always liked it and always thought it looked really good on the F10, but window tints really helped clean up the look on the outside. I was debating between this model or a black/black on but I got a better trade in deal for my current one so here I am.

If I had to do it again.. I am thinking gray on red or black on brown.. I really dont know. anyone have pics with brown or red interior? which exterior colour would you choose?

To be honest, I wasn't really happy with the color combo on my car, but I didn't have much of a choice at the time. I have '14 Sport Line with imperial blue exterior (which I really like), but the only interior colors available were black and coral red. I prefer light colored interiors, but given the choices I ended up going with the black interior.

Weird, since that was the only year they had limited colors for the interior for Sport Line. After 2014, they added oyster, which would've been my pick combined with imperial blue. Plus, the ambient lighting would show up much nicer on oyster than on black.

[STR8-6IX]

Originally Posted by chuckles01

To be honest, I wasn't really happy with the color combo on my car, but I didn't have much of a choice at the time. I have '14 Sport Line with imperial blue exterior (which I really like), but the only interior colors available were black and coral red. I prefer light colored interiors, but given the choices I ended up going with the black interior.

Weird, since that was the only year they had limited colors for the interior for Sport Line. After 2014, they added oyster, which would've been my pick combined with imperial blue. Plus, the ambient lighting would show up much nicer on oyster than on black.

ambient lighting is awesome with beige leather. honestly man.. Be happy you at least got a manual. oyster would look better. (i personally would get saddle brown on blue ) black leather looks fine with blue anyways.

I'm just really happy i got a rear venetian beige colour combo with black contrasting panels and carpet. there is a pic of it above.

[5ilver-5amurai]

Originally Posted by bri1042

I love the way she looks for four seconds or so that she stays clean, but I honestly just do not have enough available time to keep her that clean. I was about to spend the money to have a good coating and paint correction done, but we decided to let go of our tiny condo and buy a house...so spending a bunch of cash to help the car look less awful got put off.

I may just be the wrong owner for a black car. Love the car anyway, though.

+1

5 time owner of black vehicles and never buying another one again. I'm extremely careful about hand washing my cars. Pre-rinse. Two bucket wash method, etc. No matter how careful I am or how hard I try, my black cars always ended up getting millions of fine lines on them that I couldn't help but notice. A little rain? Watermarks. A little salt from the road? Extreme white patches. A little dust and sand? Death by 1000 cuts.

Truth be told, I'm finding it exponentially easier caring for a factory matte paint car than a black car.

[val3ncia]

i would love another valencia orange / black interior for my next one - but would love to get the contrast stitching as an individual option.

[chuckles01]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

ambient lighting is awesome with beige leather. honestly man.. Be happy you at least got a manual. oyster would look better. (i personally would get saddle brown on blue ) black leather looks fine with blue anyways.

I'm just really happy i got a rear venetian beige colour combo with black contrasting panels and carpet. there is a pic of it above.

Yeah, beige / black panels is real nice. I think I would've been perfectly fine with beige, saddle brown, or oyster instead but oh well. I even looked into getting aftermarket leather to replace the black but ultimately decided it wasn't worth it. Otherwise, totally love my car!

[DrifterX]

Originally Posted by STR8-6IX

I must say it looks OK in your picture, but I saw a blue with red interior BMW out on the road once and thought it was the most retarded colour combo ever. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but don't you think the colour contrast is just too much? it does look fine in your picture, but I think that can only be pulled off without looking tacky or flashy if you have a dark, midnight blue.

I think it's the red interior in general; it may be a bit much for some but I don't think it's any flashier than the AW+CR which I had previously.

Tints make it more subtle btw