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540i Individual color
I'm still on my search for a 540i. This one has been for sale for a while now. It's about an hour away from me. I'm not a fan of the mileage it has, but I think I'm going to look at it regardless. Can anyone guess what BMW color this is?
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What's the VIN? Let me have a shot at it. There are some other decoders that give more info.
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I had a quick look at a coupe of decoders and it didn’t state
When you look at the car , there should be a plate under the bonnet with what it is You could also try the bmw individual website and see if the colour is there but 2 issues with that The colour in the photograph may be misleading Bmw may no longer offer that colour potentially |
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Yeah, I am striking out too with all my advanced decoders. I don't think it can be Aventurine Red Metallic because this is not a "special color", but it is rare.
Definitely take a look under the hood on the driver side strut mount and let us know. I am going to go with Barbera Red. I had one with a cream interior.
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Quick google search on the vin show 92k miles, 2 owners, 1 accident reported. On the surface doesn’t seem like a great option, but may be. Color looks like either Aventurine or Barbera red, but as AP notes, there should be a color plate under the hood. Plate will show it as “Aventurine Red Metallic Individual” or whatever color it is.
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Wouldn’t that be a great job?
Working for bmw individual and devising new colours for beemers! Out of interest, how much is it for bmw to paint it in a colour of your choosing that is not offered by them? |
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There are SO many individual colors to choose from, I am not sure you would need to bring your own, but yeah, something like bright yellow, you might.
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I think Porsche calls it Paint To Sample, not sure what BMW calls it. “Basic” Individual colors are $1950 instead of $650 for normal metallics. Individual Manufaktur colors are $5000, so slightly more than frozen paint. Then there is the F10 M5 that had Pure Silver Metallic at either $7500 or $10k extra. So a paint to sample type color would probably be the in the 5k-10k range of whatever your currency is.
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Great point and it probably saves BMW from doing paint to sample.
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Someday I am going to order an Imola Red BMW with Individual Caramel Vernasca Leather, right after the 911T in Chaulk.
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I appreciate the information everyone. As stated above, between mileage and history, I doubt I'll buy the car. It's optioned well, but doesn't have much else going for it. At this point I just want to see the color in person.
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Could be but it looked legit and asked me to confirm I'm not a robot. I will try again tomorrow. --Bob
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And now we all want to see how sharp our eyes are!
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I also reckon it’s Aventurine Red, it looks the same as this Aventurine Red G31
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Sorry to say but the only way you can probably figure out the color for this is if you pop open the hood and look underneath to see if there's a "BMW Individual" sticker with the real color code on it.
I googled this car and saw the door side VIN sticker. The color code on that is 490. From a BMW document: Special request paintworks use the generic code 490. The specific colour code is then supposed to be filled into IVS. These exclusive paintworks require confirmation and pricing directly from the NSC. |
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