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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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I was under my hood looking for the exact color of my car (its black) and I found the little BMW sticker that said Shwarz 2.... is this the color... Im so lost.....hahaha
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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Unless I am way off base, you wont find the name of the color stamped anywhere on your car. Its a paint code that is built into the VIN. Call any dealer and they can tell you the name if you provide that VIN # I dont recall which specific set of those numbers are the paint code, but they can tell you

Originally Posted by gbaty0001' post='1029388' date='Oct 10 2009, 01:18 PM
I was under my hood looking for the exact color of my car (its black) and I found the little BMW sticker that said Shwarz 2.... is this the color... Im so lost.....hahaha
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by gbaty0001' post='1029388' date='Oct 10 2009, 04:18 PM
I was under my hood looking for the exact color of my car (its black) and I found the little BMW sticker that said Shwarz 2.... is this the color... Im so lost.....hahaha
Schwarz II is also known as Jet Black. My 2007 was Jet Black and my 2009 X is Jet Black. All it says is Schwarz II under the hood.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gbaty0001' post='1029388' date='Oct 10 2009, 02:18 PM
I was under my hood looking for the exact color of my car (its black) and I found the little BMW sticker that said Shwarz 2.... is this the color... Im so lost.....hahaha
Yes, schwarz is the color black in the German language. Try out the translator at www.dictionary.com. Other colors: silber -> silver, rot -> red, blau -> blue, grau -> gray.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pkancel' post='1029392' date='Oct 10 2009, 04:30 PM
Unless I am way off base, you wont find the name of the color stamped anywhere on your car.
You are way off base. It's located under the hood on the passenger fender, at least on most newer E60's.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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Good to know I was wrong, its about time they made that information available so you dont have to call the dealer.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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thanks C, I didnt know what to think
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The color name is on my passenger fender under the hood too.. Spacegrau Metallic
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='1029408' date='Oct 10 2009, 03:55 PM
You are way off base. It's located under the hood on the passenger fender, at least on most newer E60's.

Yeah, even on the older ones as well. I noticed it first on a friends E30 this past summer; hadn't even noticed it on mine.
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Originally Posted by SilberGrauE60' post='1029395' date='Oct 10 2009, 03:34 PM
Yes, schwarz is the color black in the German language. Try out the translator at www.dictionary.com. Other colors: silber -> silver, rot -> red, blau -> blue, grau -> gray.
Still doesn't tell if Schwarz 2 is a BMW paint code, though, which was the OP's question.
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