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Old 03-27-2008, 06:18 PM
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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.
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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.
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