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Mar 27, 2008 | 06:18 PM

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C's Bimmer

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Originally Posted by Casper' post='552035' date='Mar 27 2008, 10:14 PM

I disagree with your assesment of carbon black when you say it looks blue 98% of the time.

It is black with blue hue, it looks black inside my garage, on shade, etc. it looks blue in bright sunlight. It looks bluie 53% of the time.
Is a great color, especially when clean and polished and in a sunny day.

And it hides the swirl marks and imperfections A LOT better than Jet Black. My e39 was Jet Black and now this...but this could be my last. Keeping it immaculate is impossible.

Mar 28, 2008 | 04:21 AM

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My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i Sport Carbon Black Metallic/Cream Beige Manny tranny and other stuff Recently gone, but never forgotten: 2005 Ford Mustang GT (hence the name) Torch Red/Crimson Manny tranny and every option available for that year 2002 Chrysler 300M Special Brilliant Black/Light Taupe/Dark Slate Autostick and goo-gobs of neat features that I will sorely miss

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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='552036' date='Mar 27 2008, 09:18 PM

And it hides the swirl marks and imperfections A LOT better than Jet Black. ...

Agreed. I've had 4 black cars before, and it was pretty much impossible to avoid swirl marks. They appear at the very first hand wash and only get worse over time.