no more sparkling graphite in 09 335i?

kalsha · 09-14-2008, 03:18 PM

I just checked on build your own bmw, there is no sparkling graphite choice?

chrisE92 · 09-14-2008, 03:28 PM

nope! sucks doesnt it.. it was one of the nicer colors too

kalsha · 09-14-2008, 03:30 PM

is there a way to custom order it in any way, or its just completely out.

Jake C · 09-14-2008, 03:48 PM

Custom paint orders are usually a no on the 3 series. However there has been conflincting information on custom paint orders in the US. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110862 http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110443
Although I think there was a custom ordered M3 but I think it was limited to 5 total. http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/08/25/fi...ue-bmw-m3-e92/

I guess I would ask your CA and see if you can and if so what the cost would be.

- J

KevinO · 09-14-2008, 04:15 PM

Yeah, I just ordered my facelift E90. This is my second BMW, and the second time I missed out on that color. They also dropped it from 03->04 (might have been a slightly different color then).

I wound up going with Montego Blue.

vgame64 · 09-14-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinO

Yeah, I just ordered my facelift E90. This is my second BMW, and the second time I missed out on that color. They also dropped it from 03->04 (might have been a slightly different color then).

I wound up going with Montego Blue.

Montego's quite nice as well.

kalsha · 09-14-2008, 04:32 PM

if you check another post i put up yday, my car got totalled and i love sparkling graphite and im hoping with the settlement money i can buy another one, but ther eis no more SG so im even more sad lol.

iheartsole · 09-14-2008, 04:41 PM

yeah i heard that to no more SG

but i got the last one at my dealer so thank god . originally was suppose to get space gray but they had none left.

Deda · 09-14-2008, 04:50 PM

Its a pitty,that was very good color for serie 3.

BM2006i · 09-14-2008, 04:56 PM

why did bmw usa discontinue that color? too many on the road?

Clark Kent · 09-15-2008, 01:52 PM

Kalsha, I feel your pain. I got my 335i SG w/ lemon interior just in March of this year. Four months and one sleepless night on the road later, my car was totaled and now I'm shopping for an '09. I'm grateful I came out uninjured from the accident but feel like my biggest loss in the whole ordeal was not being able to get that SG back.

Kruz · 09-15-2008, 03:44 PM

For those that MUST have SG, I am entertaining bids above $50,000 for mine. See description in my sig. Cash only....no trades please.

MastaK · 09-15-2008, 04:00 PM

At first I wasn't too fond of my SG... but I'm beginning to like it as the color matches well with red leather.

Joonsup · 09-15-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BM2006i

why did bmw usa discontinue that color? too many on the road?

b/c it's the same color as barney or an eggplant

SpecC · 09-15-2008, 04:05 PM

it's common enough as is..

methodtim · 09-15-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by joonsup

b/c it's the same color as barney or an eggplant

This made me chuckle.

Clark Kent · 09-15-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by joonsup

b/c it's the same color as barney or an eggplant

it's even funnier coming from someone that seemingly drives a SG himself (garage pics).

Joonsup · 09-15-2008, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Clark Kent

it's even funnier coming from someone that seemingly drives a SG himself (garage pics).

haha yeah i know. that's why i can make fun of it since I drive one myself

superlubricity · 09-15-2008, 06:29 PM

I love my eggplant -> http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171083

09-14-2008, 03:18 PM	#1
kalsha Private First Class 11 Rep 147 Posts Drives: MY09 Space Gray E92 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	no more sparkling graphite in 09 335i? I just checked on build your own bmw, there is no sparkling graphite choice?
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09-14-2008, 03:48 PM	#4
Jake C Lieutenant 18 Rep 409 Posts Drives: 2009 335i 2010 335d Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: US/UK iTrader: (0)	Custom paint orders are usually a no on the 3 series. However there has been conflincting information on custom paint orders in the US. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110862 http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110443 Although I think there was a custom ordered M3 but I think it was limited to 5 total. http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/08/25/fi...ue-bmw-m3-e92/ I guess I would ask your CA and see if you can and if so what the cost would be. - J __________________ In Memory of LeRoi Moore 1961-2008.
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KevinO Warrior-Poet 7 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW 335i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Jose, CA iTrader: (0)	Yeah, I just ordered my facelift E90. This is my second BMW, and the second time I missed out on that color. They also dropped it from 03->04 (might have been a slightly different color then). I wound up going with Montego Blue.
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kalsha Private First Class 11 Rep 147 Posts Drives: MY09 Space Gray E92 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	if you check another post i put up yday, my car got totalled and i love sparkling graphite and im hoping with the settlement money i can buy another one, but ther eis no more SG so im even more sad lol.
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iheartsole Brigadier General 85 Rep 4,929 Posts Drives: 08 335i coupe Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego iTrader: (2)	yeah i heard that to no more SG but i got the last one at my dealer so thank god . originally was suppose to get space gray but they had none left.
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Deda Major General 564 Rep 7,034 Posts Drives: BMW M5 comp Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Croatia iTrader: (0)	Its a pitty,that was very good color for serie 3.
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Clark Kent Private 6 Rep 89 Posts Drives: 335i Monaco, Oyster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (0)	Kalsha, I feel your pain. I got my 335i SG w/ lemon interior just in March of this year. Four months and one sleepless night on the road later, my car was totaled and now I'm shopping for an '09. I'm grateful I came out uninjured from the accident but feel like my biggest loss in the whole ordeal was not being able to get that SG back.
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Kruz Major 22 Rep 1,083 Posts Drives: 2021 M2C 6MT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicagoland iTrader: (4) Garage List My garage spot [0.00] 07/07 BMW 335xi [8.50] 2001 Honda CBR600F4i [0.00] 2007 Husqvarna SM610 [0.00] 2004 Chevy Tahoe Z71 [0.00] 2005 Harley Davidso ... [0.00] 2007.9 335xi [6.50]	For those that MUST have SG, I am entertaining bids above $50,000 for mine. See description in my sig. Cash only....no trades please. __________________ 2021 BMW M2 Competition, BSM, Exec Pkg, 6MT GONE:07/07 E90 335xi SG Black Dakota\|Alum\|ZSP\|2AB\|ZPP\|ZCW\|Nav\|CA\|6FL\|PDC\| Blacklines\|3M Summers: 235/40/18 265/35/18 Hankook Ventus V12 on VMR 701s A/S: 225/40/18 255/35/18 Pirelli PZero Nero M+S on OEM 162s
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MastaK Private First Class 12 Rep 144 Posts Drives: E92 335xi 6SP Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	At first I wasn't too fond of my SG... but I'm beginning to like it as the color matches well with red leather.
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