Subject: Agree with you there... Author: Gcracker : member since May, 2004 : 241 posts Posted on: 2006-06-16 09:39:53

Hmm... That certainly looks purple to me, too. What's more, it looks correct, as in the way I remember them looking. Keith, would you agree that pantone 268 looks like the purple in that picture? I just wonder about the absence of color balancing here. If you look in the Bentley ///M book, most of the pics are balanced, with a few exceptions, like the M1 car, and a few engine pics of the EVO with the white background and motorsport stripes. The balanced pix seem to prefer to make the badges look blue... and the badges I got from the dealer for the boot-lid are blue. My steering wheel badge is definitely purple, as are my seat badges, but I assumed they were sun-afflicted.

I will definietly be doing some research as I decide if whether or not I'll be doing some small Ebay business with these badges.

BTW, I also found out that my guy has ties with a fella that makes "stickers" like the silverado badge on the B-pillar on the truck. Looks like a puffy clear sticker with the lettering buried beneath 2mm or so of clear polymer. I'm interested in making so other badges, like Bimmerboard, or E28... well, you get the idea.

'88 M5 193k (Engine being rebuilt)
'87 528e 214k "is" package (falling apart)

• ///M5 Badges from ebay, revamped. (pic) - Gcracker 2006-06-11 14:25:12 (471 views)
  • Take a look here. (pic) - Gcracker 2006-06-16 19:18:25 (389 views)
  • BMW ///M-Colors - kff 2006-06-14 13:36:31 (413 views)
    • Pantone 268 is ver purple, like plum! - Gcracker 2006-06-16 09:30:23 (619 views)
  • You've got mail! (nt) - AL 2006-06-12 16:41:41 (283 views)
  • So I guess I need to find the actual BMW ///-colors for your - kff 2006-06-11 23:26:28 (319 views)
    • He did a copy from my ///M. The middle color is 'sapphire' (nt) - Gcracker 2006-06-12 11:35:08 (283 views)
      • then again, if you want purple... we can do that too! (nt) - Gcracker 2006-06-12 11:35:50 (329 views)
        • What we want is the EXACT BMW specified color. - kff 2006-06-12 15:03:15 (320 views)
          • (He copied from my books, and the internet) - Gcracker 2006-06-13 08:47:44 (294 views)
            • I found the glasurit paint codes last night and I know I have - kff 2006-06-13 10:26:18 (359 views)
              • I have a brand new seat emblem that has never seen the sun.. and the middle is (pic) - Bruce 2006-06-13 10:43:18 (361 views)
                • Agree with you there... - Gcracker 2006-06-16 09:39:53 (270 views)
                  • Man, I gotta start proof-reading! (nt) - Gcracker 2006-06-16 09:41:08 (312 views)
                • I had that problem with my computer a while back... - kff 2006-06-14 13:27:47 (269 views)
  • isnt the middle colour purple? - Bruce 2006-06-11 15:14:36 (404 views)