[jm8571]

Does anyone know if I can buy flat black trim to replace titanium trim? I found carbon fiber trim, but didn't like the gloss and textured look. Thanks in advance.

 

[SONET]

You will probably have better luck getting an answer to this at the fanatics board, but I'll give it a shot.

There have been some pics of Canadian 330's with the M Package (?) posted here that have a really cool checked kind of pattern. It appears to be a flat black and a satin black checked. Looks awesome... I don't know if anyone would be willing to do it, but maybe you could look for someone trading it out for yours?

Otherwise I haven't seen black trim in anything other than an E46 M3. Have you thought of removing your trim and having it professionally painted?

Good luck,

--SONET

 

[bmw325]

robg

There are 4 possibilities for you:

There is a black leather version of the trim

There is the alumninum black cube trim that the SONET mentioned, and that comes on the european and canadian sport package 2 cars.

There is a dark matte grey trim that comes standard on the 4 cylinder cars in the rest of the world.

There is a high gloss black trim that used to come standard on the 325i here. Granted this isnt "flat black" as you requested, but you might like this trim.

IF i have time later in the week ill try to track down the part numbers for you if you're interested in any of these descriptions.

 

[RChoudry]

Hey Robg,

What's going on?

 

[jm8571]

Re: robg

There are 4 possibilities for you:

There is a black leather version of the trim

There is the alumninum black cube trim that the SONET mentioned, and that comes on the european and canadian sport package 2 cars.

There is a dark matte grey trim that comes standard on the 4 cylinder cars in the rest of the world.

There is a high gloss black trim that used to come standard on the 325i here. Granted this isnt "flat black" as you requested, but you might like this trim.

IF i have time later in the week ill try to track down the part numbers for you if you're interested in any of these descriptions.

Robg, if you know of a website/vendor that sells any of these, that would be most helpful.

 

[DrBimmer]

Re: Re: robg

Robg, if you know of a website/vendor that sells any of these, that would be most helpful.

The "high-gloss" trim came standard on all the 99-01 323/325 models in grey, black or sand respectively, and in black on the 01 M3. I am sure that you can find some one with a 323/325/M3 that upgraded from the high gloss black to something else and wants to get a few bucks for their old trim that is probably otherwise useless to them.

Search ebay, the classifieds here and at bimmer.org, E46fanatics, etc....

 

[bmw325]

DrBimmer made a good correction, the gloss black only came on cars with a black interior (and tanin red in 2001).

Try CircleBMW, they have the best prices on BMW parts. I have a 325i w high gloss black and might consider trading for the titanium, but I haven't made up my mind yet.

Rchoudry-- Im doing ok, still messing around with steering retrofits though. Good luck with your new car!

 

[Mr Paddle.Shift]

Re: robg

There is a dark matte grey trim that comes standard on the 4 cylinder cars in the rest of the world.

Ahhh!

this is the set I am going to replace my gloss black trim with! It's actually known as matt graphite.

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