Calling all space grey owners

Bfc1882 · 02-01-2014, 09:29 AM

Looking at a couple of options for my next car and a nice space grey e60 has popped up. Is it easy to clean and does it show up scratches well. Pros cons welcome. Really wanted another Le Mans blue one but they are quite rare.

zltm089 · 02-01-2014, 09:32 AM

Space grey FTW!!!!

Bfc1882 · 02-01-2014, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by zltm089

Space grey FTW!!!!

Which means

zltm089 · 02-01-2014, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bfc1882

Which means

For The Win!!!

MandMs335Msport · 02-01-2014, 09:52 AM

Space Grey here, and it is an easy color for, how to say it, longer than wanted intervals between cleanings. My wife uses it as a daily driver, nurse, sometimes night shifts, so yea, it gets cleaned about every 7-10 days, doesn't get too bad for a dark color.

We were looking at a black one, yea, right, test drive, came back and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a week. Love black, not for this family. Our last E46 was white, the best looking color for not washing regularly, you can go a month easy. My daily is a big Ram Diesel, silver, also a good color for not showing dirty, just personally really sick of silver vehicles.

REcap, the space grey is an easy color to keep clean and it doesn't look too bad after long intervals...

CHeers, BTW, my wife is English!

Bfc1882 · 02-01-2014, 10:12 AM

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For The Win!!!

Ha ha I'm with you although I always thought Le Mans blue were the fastest ha ha

Bfc1882 · 02-01-2014, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MandMs335Msport

Space Grey here, and it is an easy color for, how to say it, longer than wanted intervals between cleanings. My wife uses it as a daily driver, nurse, sometimes night shifts, so yea, it gets cleaned about every 7-10 days, doesn't get too bad for a dark color.

We were looking at a black one, yea, right, test drive, came back and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a week. Love black, not for this family. Our last E46 was white, the best looking color for not washing regularly, you can go a month easy. My daily is a big Ram Diesel, silver, also a good color for not showing dirty, just personally really sick of silver vehicles.

REcap, the space grey is an easy color to keep clean and it doesn't look too bad after long intervals...

CHeers, BTW, my wife is English!

Cheers for the reply. Does it hide scratches well with it being close to a bare metal colour

Alex.J · 02-01-2014, 12:41 PM

Doesn't hide scratches any better than any other paint!

It's not the colour that shows scratches it's the difference in depth!

They look awful if the scratches is primer thickness as a white/light grey colour stands out on it!

My good ladies has a scratch on the bootlid from a cat sliding across it, looks terrible!

Jase 320d · 02-02-2014, 05:25 AM

Swirls then!

Black cars are atrocious at showing paint damage

Silver / grey hides most swirl / slight scratches

Bfc1882 · 02-02-2014, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jase 320d

Swirls then!

Black cars are atrocious at showing paint damage

Silver / grey hides most swirl / slight scratches

That's what I was thinking. Just sold my Le Mans blue 330d and that was a pig to clean getting swirls out etc. not quite as bad as black mind

bmwak · 02-02-2014, 07:02 AM

After owning numerous Silver cars, I decided to go for Space Grey, and do not regret it at all. It looks amazing when the sun hits it and really suits the E92 chassis imo. It hides swirls quite well (unlike black) and suprisingly, stone chips are also more difficult to see (probably because the primer underneath is grey too. Stone chips can also be easily touched in, without it standing like a sore thumb. I've touched in one or two in mine and honestly, I find it difficult to find them when I wash it now. Touching up stonechips on a silver makes your car look like its got an acne problem.

IMO, its easy to maintain and looks stunning - go for it

ComputerKnowHow · 02-02-2014, 09:03 AM

+1 Just gone from Le Mans Blue to Space Grey and as I'm up and down the motorways I find Space Grey so much easier to not be offended by the dirt on it! At 52k miles and unless you were really inspecting it you'd think it had done half that.

Nothing beats Le Mans Blue though (IMO); all polished up on a dusky evening it looks like the car's made of blue stained glass.

MandMs335Msport · 02-02-2014, 10:31 AM

Funny, the other car we were looking at when we bought out space grey was lemans blue, I see one once in a while and wonder if we made the right decision. Love that blue. (The blue car had about 8k more miles, and was very slightly modded) so we walked and picked the space grey.

Very happy with the color for sure, and didn't realize the primer was grey also, so if there are rock chips and deep scratches, as previously stated, it might be even a better choice.

Cheers

Bfc1882 · 02-03-2014, 02:01 PM

Cheers for the replies ended up getting a silver merc instead

tkong · 03-10-2014, 11:47 PM

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After owning numerous Silver cars, I decided to go for Space Grey, and do not regret it at all. It looks amazing when the sun hits it and really suits the E92 chassis imo. It hides swirls quite well (unlike black) and suprisingly, stone chips are also more difficult to see (probably because the primer underneath is grey too. Stone chips can also be easily touched in, without it standing like a sore thumb. I've touched in one or two in mine and honestly, I find it difficult to find them when I wash it now. Touching up stonechips on a silver makes your car look like its got an acne problem.

IMO, its easy to maintain and looks stunning - go for it

what'd you use to fill up the stone chips? Ive a couple on my hood from rocks lol. awk old thread....sorry i was doing search

bmwak · 03-13-2014, 02:19 PM

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what'd you use to fill up the stone chips? Ive a couple on my hood from rocks lol. awk old thread....sorry i was doing search

Hey mate, I use Chipex or Halfords touch up stick, depending on the intensity of the chip. I'm managed to get amazing results using either of them.

Kuroblack · 03-13-2014, 03:33 PM

I've found the Space Grey to be really good at holding a shine - it seems to respond really well to the Dodo Juice stuff, Rainforest Rub brings it up brilliantly, as does Orange Crush believe it or not. I keep mine topped up with Megs UQD and it's a great look.

I think it hides the dirt really well, looks great most of the time, instead of just some of the time with other colours - lots of depth beneath the surface and I've had some great results using Scratch X 2.0 on various light marks.

Go for it

Kuroblack · 03-14-2014, 06:26 AM

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Was using Dodo Juice Born to be Mild but found that it was not leaving enough of a sheen behind... so using the BMW Stuff and sometimes Megs Ultimate Wash n Wax... topping off with Autoglym SRP, DDJ Blue Velvet... and sealing with Chemical Guys M-Seal

Top stuff

how do you find the M-Seal?

02-01-2014, 09:29 AM	#1
Bfc1882 Private First Class 12 Rep 163 Posts Drives: F30 335d Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Scunthorpe iTrader: (0)	Calling all space grey owners Looking at a couple of options for my next car and a nice space grey e60 has popped up. Is it easy to clean and does it show up scratches well. Pros cons welcome. Really wanted another Le Mans blue one but they are quite rare.
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zltm089 Banned 278 Rep 7,686 Posts Drives: 335i SE Coupe Space Grey Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: LONDON iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 BMW 335i [10.00]	Space grey FTW!!!!
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MandMs335Msport Private First Class 4 Rep 131 Posts Drives: 335i M-sport, '10, etc Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Luis Obispo County, CA iTrader: (0)	Space Grey here, and it is an easy color for, how to say it, longer than wanted intervals between cleanings. My wife uses it as a daily driver, nurse, sometimes night shifts, so yea, it gets cleaned about every 7-10 days, doesn't get too bad for a dark color. We were looking at a black one, yea, right, test drive, came back and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a week. Love black, not for this family. Our last E46 was white, the best looking color for not washing regularly, you can go a month easy. My daily is a big Ram Diesel, silver, also a good color for not showing dirty, just personally really sick of silver vehicles. REcap, the space grey is an easy color to keep clean and it doesn't look too bad after long intervals... CHeers, BTW, my wife is English!
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Alex.J Major 63 Rep 1,241 Posts Drives: BMW E92 335i MSport Join Date: May 2013 Location: Nottingham iTrader: (9)	Doesn't hide scratches any better than any other paint! It's not the colour that shows scratches it's the difference in depth! They look awful if the scratches is primer thickness as a white/light grey colour stands out on it! My good ladies has a scratch on the bootlid from a cat sliding across it, looks terrible! __________________
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02-02-2014, 05:25 AM	#9
Jase 320d Wheelbarrow Edition 66 Rep 1,608 Posts Drives: Arctic 320d Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Dumfries and Galloway iTrader: (1)	Swirls then! Black cars are atrocious at showing paint damage Silver / grey hides most swirl / slight scratches
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bmwak Major 119 Rep 1,237 Posts Drives: 440i M-Sport Gran Coupe Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London iTrader: (4)	After owning numerous Silver cars, I decided to go for Space Grey, and do not regret it at all. It looks amazing when the sun hits it and really suits the E92 chassis imo. It hides swirls quite well (unlike black) and suprisingly, stone chips are also more difficult to see (probably because the primer underneath is grey too. Stone chips can also be easily touched in, without it standing like a sore thumb. I've touched in one or two in mine and honestly, I find it difficult to find them when I wash it now. Touching up stonechips on a silver makes your car look like its got an acne problem. IMO, its easy to maintain and looks stunning - go for it
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02-02-2014, 09:03 AM	#12
ComputerKnowHow Private 6 Rep 59 Posts Drives: F31 330d Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Staffordshire, England iTrader: (0)	+1 Just gone from Le Mans Blue to Space Grey and as I'm up and down the motorways I find Space Grey so much easier to not be offended by the dirt on it! At 52k miles and unless you were really inspecting it you'd think it had done half that. Nothing beats Le Mans Blue though (IMO); all polished up on a dusky evening it looks like the car's made of blue stained glass.
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MandMs335Msport Private First Class 4 Rep 131 Posts Drives: 335i M-sport, '10, etc Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Luis Obispo County, CA iTrader: (0)	Funny, the other car we were looking at when we bought out space grey was lemans blue, I see one once in a while and wonder if we made the right decision. Love that blue. (The blue car had about 8k more miles, and was very slightly modded) so we walked and picked the space grey. Very happy with the color for sure, and didn't realize the primer was grey also, so if there are rock chips and deep scratches, as previously stated, it might be even a better choice. Cheers Last edited by MandMs335Msport; 02-02-2014 at 10:32 AM.. Reason: bad, bad, grammar
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Bfc1882 Private First Class 12 Rep 163 Posts Drives: F30 335d Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Scunthorpe iTrader: (0)	Cheers for the replies ended up getting a silver merc instead
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03-13-2014, 03:33 PM	#17
Kuroblack Private First Class 16 Rep 105 Posts Drives: E92 330d Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Lancs iTrader: (0)	I've found the Space Grey to be really good at holding a shine - it seems to respond really well to the Dodo Juice stuff, Rainforest Rub brings it up brilliantly, as does Orange Crush believe it or not. I keep mine topped up with Megs UQD and it's a great look. I think it hides the dirt really well, looks great most of the time, instead of just some of the time with other colours - lots of depth beneath the surface and I've had some great results using Scratch X 2.0 on various light marks. Go for it
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