What's My Color?

**riverflyer** · February 9th 2013, 14:43

oooh, that has always been my favorite. Isn't there a stratus/beige car somewhere (here)?
I was going to swap seats to the BMW performance seats but was told they would not fit. Love those seats, too bad. Heres a pic for anyone unfamiliar with them.

If anyone with a stratus car wants to trade.......

**riverflyer** · February 9th 2013, 14:45

Ha, a bit of a disjointed post. I saw the dinan car with the different seats and that got me thinking about seats in the middles of my response to stratus.

**Norcal** · February 9th 2013, 15:34

Those seats look amazing. Won't fit because of the airbag maybe? Can they be ordered from BMW? What car are those in?

**JohnAnthony** · February 9th 2013, 16:12

Originally Posted by Norcal

Those seats look amazing. Won't fit because of the airbag maybe? Can they be ordered from BMW? What car are those in?

Z8 air bag or seat air bag?

to me it looks like the bottom bolsters are too wide for the Z8

**riverflyer** · February 9th 2013, 16:23

I think the deal is, U.S. dealers can not order them so they must be euro spec only. Maybe has to do with testing regs and not enough quantity to meet some requirement.
I have asked again, now that this thread got me thinking, what exactly is the reason they will not fit in Z8. Will let you know, or better, I will start a new thread under mods so as not disrupt this one. John

**2112** · February 9th 2013, 17:48

Originally Posted by macfly

The two tone tail lights do look nice on the stratus.

+1

I love them on all the colors.
.

**macfly** · February 12th 2013, 02:40

This isn't a Z8, but it gives a pretty good feeling for what the mysteriously missing Chiaretto Red would have looked like on our cars. This is a Jaguar color called Opalescent Maroon, but it is very close to BMW's Chiaretto Red.

**zilver8** · February 12th 2013, 02:44

Ok, so it's not the real thing but looks very close to Chiaretta Red.

**thegunguy** · February 12th 2013, 02:52

I've seen it on an M5, and it's more brown...close to that E-type. The render is a beautiful red.

**JohnAnthony** · February 12th 2013, 11:02

Man z8 owners missed out with no chiaretto

...orinocco green + matching interior would be another great z8 combo

**Doug Dolan** · February 15th 2013, 21:30

Riverflyer,
My 2002 Z8 is Stratus/Crema. There are three others noted on this site (dwz8, Flick & lgouger).

**zilver8** · February 24th 2013, 13:48

Red looks good with Alpina wheels

**zilver8** · April 9th 2013, 03:21

One of the rare two-tone cars in Madrid...

**macfly** · April 9th 2013, 04:19

It really isn't a very attractive scheme when seen from this angle.

**riverflyer** · April 9th 2013, 06:15

I agree completely. Just does not do it.

**JohnAnthony** · April 9th 2013, 11:33

i think it's the black car that doesn't work well, the grey one with creme works much better #repost

**macfly** · April 9th 2013, 13:33

I'd still call it more odd than exquisite.

**Gammaman** · April 9th 2013, 13:57

The side is kind of cool, reminds me of a Route 66 era Corvette. Not a fan of the front end treatment, however.

**zilver8** · April 16th 2013, 10:57

Found another red Alpina! This one is in Dusseldoft, Germany.

**zilver8** · April 27th 2013, 03:51

Did non-Alpina Z8's ever have body colored mirrors in any production years? Here's a red car with red mirrors and Alpina wheels for sale in Germany.

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat...eatures=EXPORT

**macfly** · April 27th 2013, 07:39

That's an odd hybrid, a Z8 with Alpina rims and mirrors, but if it has Alpina suspension it'll be a winner!

**zilver8** · May 2nd 2013, 11:21

Not sure if this is factory or a repaint but it looks like silver and white. Not crazy about the two tone at all but if it's the real thing it has to be quite rare.

**zilver8** · May 13th 2013, 10:38

A pair of Alpina's in rare colors... stratus and Alpina blue

**zilver8** · June 1st 2013, 15:13

Alpina blue with tan top

**macfly** · June 1st 2013, 17:10

That's interesting, the UK cars get the US rear valance for the larger UK plates, I'd never noticed that before.

**Norcal** · June 3rd 2013, 13:41

The photo looks like topaz, not alpina blue?

**macfly** · June 3rd 2013, 13:57

They're very close, but I can see the slightly lilac hue is there, especially in the smaller shot on the right.

**Norcal** · June 3rd 2013, 14:23

The small shot on the right is a different car. Look at the blue in the rear liscience plate area... That is alpina blue (ish). So it's not that the hue is off on the whole pic. .????

**macfly** · June 3rd 2013, 14:40

I'd guess that the small pic is the same car with the hardtop on, I don't think there'll be that many blue Alpina's in the UK.

The difference between the two is pretty subtle...

**zilver8** · June 8th 2013, 12:53

Not exactly a "what's my color" car but still very unique. Saw this on the Z8 facebook page. It's described as a car that was "upgraded" by BMW Individual. Anyone know the owner/story?

**Kevin** · June 8th 2013, 15:12

If my memory serves me right, it has a Hamann rear diffuser and exhaust.

**Z-acht** · June 8th 2013, 15:23

Hi Carmen, it was me who wrote this on the Facebook page :-) I visit the car dealer who sells the car because I was curious too. It appears to be a "normal" Z8 sold in Germany, exported to Belgium and now to Holland. The sales person told me that the car went to the "Individual" department were the seats were retrofitted and the the door sills probably too. I did not start the discussion about NOT being a Individual because the sales person was not very interested. So it is a sales gimmick ....and I hope a future buyer will keep his eyes open because the price is 20 to 25 euros to high ...and that is rather a lot of money for 2 seats and a 2 door sills. @Kevin: it has also a Hamann exhaust

**ron's rocket** · June 15th 2013, 21:56

The more I look at those seats, the more I like them. The foam on my seats will need to be replaced in the next couple years...I think I'll take this pic to my auto interior guy and see how many thousands he wants to do something like this.

**zilver8** · June 25th 2013, 10:51

Nice tops!!! They didn't come from BMW this way but they sure look good.

New fabric tops from here...

http://www.ck-cabrio.de/verdecke/cab...eck-2000-2003/

**Norcal** · June 25th 2013, 13:45

Those really do look nice!

**macfly** · June 25th 2013, 14:18

Ohhh, those really are nice!

**ron's rocket** · June 25th 2013, 16:54

I really like the red, but I'd hate for it to go pink after some sun fade.

**jawz** · June 27th 2013, 20:43

Originally Posted by Norcal

Those really do look nice!

Ian - You too may have one that color. You haven't ever seen your top, have you?

**Norcal** · June 28th 2013, 01:30

Ha! Rarely..... I've been told its black. Now that my wife has been joining in the fun, I have unfortunately been using it more lately. A tan top woul be fun.

**zilver8** · June 30th 2013, 12:17

This group needs a red car!!!

More photos here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ganisch...7634406105380/

**zilver8** · July 21st 2013, 11:29

Nice looking stratus car in Dusseldorf with 20" motorsport wheels

**jawz** · July 22nd 2013, 01:36

Nice find Zilver. Did you notice the interior color?

**Norcal** · July 22nd 2013, 02:56

The color matched wheels look awesome (IMHO). Perhaps the best combo I've seen on a z8.

**Z8doc** · July 22nd 2013, 03:02

I agree Norcal !! Looks awesome. The HyperSilver looks good too and I am sure Black would look good. Not sure if the color matched Red or Topaz would look as good though -- yikes!! (Although, the blacked out on a Red would probably look good)

**Norcal** · July 22nd 2013, 03:06

Lowered suspension too?

**zilver8** · July 22nd 2013, 10:25

Originally Posted by jawz

Nice find Zilver. Did you notice the interior color?

Looks like it might be black. Hard to tell with all the reflections in the windows. The body colored wheels do look great on this car.

**zilver8** · August 15th 2013, 10:38

Stratus with beige top...

**Doug Dolan** · August 15th 2013, 14:18

Wow! That is gorgeous. Makes me want to replace my black top!

**zilver8** · August 25th 2013, 12:39

Another variation of the factory two-tone

**Z-acht** · August 25th 2013, 12:41

Not a bad combination....maybe we cold arrange an exchange here ;-)

**zilver8** · August 29th 2013, 11:07

CHROME

wish there was a better shot...

**macfly** · August 29th 2013, 13:48

I always wanted to see one wrapped that way, wonder where's the plate from?

**Z-acht** · August 29th 2013, 15:42

I think Japan

**Doug Dolan** · August 29th 2013, 16:28

Looks like it's got a "wing" and different lower side & rear section "cladding". Shame to mess with a beautiful shape like that.

**Z-acht** · August 29th 2013, 16:55

Maybe a Hamann car?

**macfly** · August 29th 2013, 16:58

I'm guessing it's a Hamann special, as all those parts, and the twin exhausts are Hamann.

The palm trees and odd third world looking architecture made me think this was in one of the Gulf states, the plate looks likes it's Arabic text, and for fun you can see a whole lot more chromed cars in the Gulf states here in this dedicated site! http://chromeautos.blogspot.com

**Z-acht** · August 29th 2013, 19:40

Andrew, you are right: the picture is shot Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

**zilver8** · October 3rd 2013, 08:36

Nice shot of a stratus with beige roof car...

**zilver8** · October 6th 2013, 11:54

Stripes again! Doesn't look like the same car from the bottom photo...

**Z-acht** · October 6th 2013, 14:28

I think it is the same car but exported from Germany to Switzerland Vice Versa. Not my cup of tea

**Norcal** · October 6th 2013, 16:51

The stripes are too far apart. Even if one were to do stripes.

**zilver8** · October 13th 2013, 02:17

Here's a pair of Hamann cars that I found... have always seen them in silver. Not crazy about that rear spoiler or rear valance on the car.

**vzben** · November 3rd 2013, 13:57

I think this z8 has brown leather seats:
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**macfly** · November 3rd 2013, 19:39

The hoops and cabin backing are all still black, which looks a bit odd.

**zilver8** · November 11th 2013, 11:19

Topaz with M6 wheels looks great

**macfly** · November 26th 2013, 23:53

Here's an interesting visualization of a red car with silvered upper and lower grilles from one of the EU for sale sites.

**Norcal** · November 27th 2013, 01:11

I like it!

**Z-acht** · November 27th 2013, 06:59

On a black car it looks better....IMO the red does not need extra attention

**zilver8** · February 25th 2014, 10:04

A super clean topaz/black car... is it someone's car from here?

**macfly** · February 25th 2014, 15:38

Never seen that car out and about.

**zilver8** · March 13th 2014, 10:23

A very nice black/crema Alpina with an interesting trunk lid roundel. I had no idea they were the same size!

**boomster** · March 13th 2014, 11:17

I wonder whether the roundel included in the box with each "Book" was intended to give the owner the opportunity to swap out the standard BMW roundel with the Z8 identifier. Could it have evolved from BMW's decision to eliminate the Z8 call-out that apparently was on the rear bumper of the prototype cars?

Bill

**macfly** · March 13th 2014, 14:39

That's interesting, I had never thought they'd be the same size either. I have no idea if it was planned, or just a coincidence of standardized ordering of parts from suppliers.

**ron's rocket** · March 15th 2014, 20:31

I'm not a big fan of the blue and white roundels. I was thinking about changing the hood and trunk roundels out for a black and white set. The Z8 roundel looks great on the trunk...I'll take a look at the one included with "the book", but it might be worth ordering a new one rather then removing anything to change the book and its presentation.

**zilver8** · March 20th 2014, 11:00

Here's an old picture of the Z8 safety car. It looks good in white

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