My Piano Black Interior Trims
10-03-2008, 03:42 PM
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Just painted them.
I always liked the piano black trims, but I was worried about too much black since I had an all-black interior. Now that I have installed a Silverstone (Silverstone = very light gray, somehow whitish) fully leather center armrest and door armrests too, also Black upper with Silverstone lower section fully leather dashboard with HUD (all OEM M5 parts) I decided to paint them in piano black color. I used code# 688 - 2layer BMW pure black water based color, BUT... when finished the color layer and was ready to clear-coat them, I poured over them some "stardust" to make it somehow individual. That way I won't have problem with the real dust that the black color shows so clearly. Real dust now will make the effect more realistic
Here are some pics from the process and the result.
More pics from the final result with trims installed will follow, I just have to let them completely dry for 1-2 days.
I always liked the piano black trims, but I was worried about too much black since I had an all-black interior. Now that I have installed a Silverstone (Silverstone = very light gray, somehow whitish) fully leather center armrest and door armrests too, also Black upper with Silverstone lower section fully leather dashboard with HUD (all OEM M5 parts) I decided to paint them in piano black color. I used code# 688 - 2layer BMW pure black water based color, BUT... when finished the color layer and was ready to clear-coat them, I poured over them some "stardust" to make it somehow individual. That way I won't have problem with the real dust that the black color shows so clearly. Real dust now will make the effect more realistic
Here are some pics from the process and the result.
More pics from the final result with trims installed will follow, I just have to let them completely dry for 1-2 days.
10-03-2008, 03:45 PM
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
Classy Looking forward to the install 
Looking forward to the install
10-03-2008, 03:59 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550i Jet Black on Black Leather, SAT with Paddles, Logic 7, Comfort Seats, NAV, Sport Package, PDC, Xenons, Sirius, Trinity 12W LED Angel Eyes, RPi GT Exhaust, M rear spoiler, ACS Roof Spoiler, Tinted Tail Lights, Bimmian Carbon Fiber Pillar Trim, Bimmian Shadow 550i emblem, RPi Scoop, E60 Forum Cling, Mtec bulbs in fog lights, Mtec 2W LED for License Plate Light Bulbs, K&N Filter, Bimmian LED Smoked Side Markers, Blackout roundels, Carbon Fiber Kidney Grills.
Retired Rides - 1989 325i convertible, 1995 M3, 2002 X5, 2005 545i, 2008 X5 (Lemon)
It kind of looks like Sapphire Black inside and out!!
10-03-2008, 07:43 PM
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My Ride: '05 545 Titanium Silver, Black Leather - Nav, Logic 7, Cold weather.
Mods:
Carbon filter removed.
M5 iDrive knob.
Umnitza license plate LEDs.
MP3
40% 3M tint
ACS Anti-Roll(sway) bars
RPI Scoop
G-tech Pro RR
CF Roundels
CF Wheel caps
Looks great...I'd love to see the installed pics.
