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The best exterior colour for the M5 E39?

59K views 113 replies 81 participants last post by  m5crazy2001  
#1 · (Edited)
Which one do you like most?
 
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#5 ·
Carbon Black.. so black it is really BLUE
 
#6 ·
I really do like Carbonblack a lot but it's a dog to maintain - not sure what to get next :confused2
 
#7 · (Edited)
Easy answer for me.....

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But if I could get ANY color in the world then I'd go with Chrome Silver....lovelove
 
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The only m5 color unique to all other bmw car colors is lemans blue, and the matching blue/black 2-tone interior mates perfectly. Some people think the lemans blue is too flashy, but they probably haven't seen it in real life. Nobody has ever told me it looked 'loud.' The color has many different tones depending on the wax and lighting. After collecting numerous webphotos of this color i still had trouble deciding, until i saw it in a showroom. It looked so awesome i ended up buying the car. Actually, i can think of no other car/color combination which can so deftly combines luxury and sporty tones. As a comparison i recently saw an audi s4 with electric blue exterior/ blue/black interior and thought it looked awful. Other M5 colors i've seen in real life include black (agree about the stealth, but do you really want the same color as all the other beamers out there?) , carbon black (seems a bit purple at times to me) , silver (look ma, no swirls) , imola red, clearwater blue (sleeper color) , avus blue (similar to lemans ), and charietta red (imo the ugliest).
 
#11 ·
You can't go wrong with any of them, for the most part. My personal favorites are LeMans Blue, Black (Jet or Carbon, and Silver. There is something to be said about all of them as they all have their own qualities. How hard is LeMans to maintain?

Travis
 
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LMB............ Hands Down
 
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I debated long and hard on this very question as each color has it's own merits. I looked at several and decided that Titanium Silver was my favorite. :wroom:
 
#25 · (Edited)
Aussie2U said:
...Notice how some of us just have to show off every chance we get? ... :1:

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That's a great photo. Is that your car, and is it LMB?

Andre's Carbon Black beast was beautiful and interesting. The color seemed to change depending upon the light and the viewing angle.

But I'm rather partial to LMB/LMB myself lovelove