rodybmw

Thanks for the M5 pics Alex......Do you know for a fact that this is indeed what they call "ALU Shadow"? As far as I can tell this trim looks just like the ALU Feinschliff in sg530's car, which brings me back to one of my original questions: If this is in fact the ALU Shadow (which I assume it is, since that is the only brushed Alu trim listed as available on the M5), then what is the difference between this and the Alu Feinschliff in sg530's car to warrant a different name. Also, why did they use the name "shadow" which is normally used with darker colors?.....this looks like a light shade to me.

Alex.br

Thanks for the M5 pics Alex......Do you know for a fact that this is indeed what they call "ALU Shadow"? As far as I can tell this trim looks just like the ALU Feinschliff in sg530's car, which brings me back to one of my original questions: If this is in fact the ALU Shadow (which I assume it is, since that is the only brushed Alu trim listed as available on the M5), then what is the difference between this and the Alu Feinschliff in sg530's car to warrant a different name. Also, why did they use the name "shadow" which is normally used with darker colors?.....this looks like a light shade to me.
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Sorry Rudy, where did you see this info about "ALU Shadow"? I just checked it with my dealer and they told me that ALU Feinschliff is the same of ALU brushed.
They didn't notice anything about ALU Shadow!

rodybmw

Initially I assumed that the M5 brushed aluminum trim was the Alu Feinschliff becuause it looked identical to pictures I had seen of the Feinschliff. I then looked at the "Build your BMW" on BMW UK's website as well as the PDF brochure on BMW.de and noticed that BMW UK called it "Brushed Aluminium Shadow" and BMW.de called it "Alu Shadow, geb?rstet". If you go to page 14 of the German PDF borchure (Click Here), you'll see in the left hand column in the "Interieurleisten:" section it is listed as "Alu Shadow, geb?rstet".

I tried to look up the part numbers in the ETK parts CD and sure enough there are references to both ALU Shadow and ALU Feinschliff in the M5 section, and they have different part numbers for each trim.....yet in all the pictures of the M5 the brushed aluminum (if it is in fact the Alu Shadow) looks exactly the same as Feinschliff.

It got even more confusing because the ETK also lists something in the Aluminum trim section called "Anthrazit", for which I have seen no other reference anywhere else, certainly not in the M5 brochure.

I don't really care about the Anthrazit.......but I would be happy if I could find out whether all the pictures of the M5's with the brushed aluminum trim that I have seen are in fact the Alu Shadow, and if so why do they look identical to the Alu Feinschliff even though the part numbers are different.

Alex.br

Hi Rody,

Any news? I ordered the ALU Feinschliff trim. This is the brushed one. I found that the Anthrazit is something like satin. This trim comes on the new 320 series and for me it looks like a painted trim.

About the ALU Shadow ...... nothing

6spdMan

My set of 12 pieces of fineline trims, ///M door sills, and hinged storage compartment went in on 5 Aug. What a difference from the alu wave cut/ruthenium door handles originally in the car. The best part is the installer only charged me US$60 for all 13 items because he had to touch up the M5 mirrors anyway, so the front door panels had to come off anyway. Gotta love installers who know what they're doing and aren't unionized.

SleepR

What type E60 5 series is this? That steering wheel is on the SMG models (U.S.A), but this appears to be a 6-speed manual?

6spdMan

That's a bog standard M Sport Package which is available in most LHD and RHD markets (except, notably, for the North American and Singapore/Malaysia markets).

The M Sport Steering Wheel with SMG cut outs is identical to the one in the picture except for the price (70% more) which gets you tri-coloured stitching and cut outs for the SMG paddles on the back of the spokes at 9pm and 3am..

SleepR

Thank you for the info.

Well, DANG! I'll have to wait until BMW NA brings the M Sport package 550i to the USA market! How long do you think that will be? 2007? 2008?

I don't care much for the aluminum trim, but the steering wheel, shift knob, and pedals, are the TEETS

Does the M Sport Package come standard with that aluminum trim, or can you get brushed aluminum, or plain black maple?

That's a bog standard M Sport Package which is available in most LHD and RHD markets (except, notably, for the North American and Singapore/Malaysia markets).

The M Sport Steering Wheel with SMG cut outs is identical to the one in the picture except for the price (70% more) which gets you tri-coloured stitching and cut outs for the SMG paddles on the back of the spokes at 9pm and 3am..
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