1M only made in three factory colors... Ohh Really!?!? Frozen Blue and Frozen VO...

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

ARE you sure about that story? I seem to remember that the good folks at ///M saw this car in the garage at the 24h of N a few years back. They asked the owner(who worked at a body shop) how he made the car frozen... bc Garching said it could not be done. The owner simply said they sanded all the clear off the standard VO factory paint. lol
Maybe Artemis can chime in... he is our 1M Wiki!!!
Dackel

Originally Posted by Mark 1M

The member who posted this has worked for M devision for many years and was involved with making the CSL M3 i dont think he will be wrong

On the one hand it is reported that it was indeed a paint job and thus no wrap, but on the other hand it is also reported that it was an aftermarket job (not performed by the BMW Leipzig factory where all 1M cars were manufactured):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...11&postcount=2
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=740548
http://www.1erforum.de/bmw-1er-m-cou...ml#post1811547 (post #26)
http://www.bmwblog.com/2012/09/03/bm...lencia-orange/

[Artemis]

See also (http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...p?p=12637183):

Originally Posted by M3 Piotr

Looks stunning and even better in person. Very unique paint job. The guys from BMW ///M Division even talked to the owner at the ///M Festival during the 24hr Race at the Ring back in May 2012 to get the info on the paint shop that did the job. They were very impressed. BMW ///M Division uses a paint shop in Munich for touching/repainting their Frozen Fleet, but they were impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of this paint shop.
I wish I took more pics of this car.

[superchargedman]

This vid showcases a beautiful blue and an amazing akra exhaust.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by superchargedman

This vid showcases a beautiful blue and an amazing akra exhaust.

That blue 1M wasn't a factory painted car. It belongs to a Swiss 1Addicts member here who had it painted in San Remo Blue. It was featured on the front page a few months ago.

[Ringer]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

That blue 1M wasn't a factory painted car. It belongs to a Swiss 1Addicts member here who had it painted in San Remo Blue. It was featured on the front page a few months ago.

San Remo Blue? I thought Monte Carlo Blue. In the video though it looks like Interlagos Blue!

Lol

Very beautiful car though.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Ringer

San Remo Blue? I thought Monte Carlo Blue. In the video though it looks like Interlagos Blue!

Lol

Very beautiful car though.

BMW made two (Individual)MCB, 1M's for some very special customers.

A Swiss 1M owner recently painted his 1M in San Remo Blue... bc he had a bad experience with wrapping his last car. He posted pics and we ran a story on the front page (about)two months ago.

new color (blue) on my 1M
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1075623


Dackel

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

BMW made two (Individual) MCB, 1M's for some very special customers.

BMW Individual is not offered at BMW Leipzig. Mere mortals like us can forget about getting other colors than those on offer.

BMW declined requests for another exterior color than those on offer (except if you had a truly exceptional relationship with BMW and significant deep pockets).

The 1M was built 6309 times. Here are the known few exceptions to the "No BMW Individual" rule (if previously stated info over here is correct):

1 x Sepang Bronze
1 x Techno Violet
2 x Atacama Yellow
2 x Monte Carlo Blue
2 x Polaris Silver
3 x Java Green (one with the Black Mamba stripes)

It was a time-consuming, expensive manufacturing process to get each of these 1M cars a different color than AW, BSM or VO.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Artemis

BMW Individual is not offered at BMW Leipzig. Mere mortals like us can forget about getting other colors than those on offer.

BMW declined requests for another exterior color than those on offer (except if you had a truly exceptional relationship with BMW and significant deep pockets).

The 1M was built 6309 times. Here are the known few exceptions to the "No BMW Individual" rule (if previously stated info over here is correct):

1 x Sepang Bronze
1 x Techno Violet
2 x Atacama Yellow
2 x Monte Carlo Blue
2 x Polaris Silver
3 x Java Green (one with the Black Mamba stripes)

It was a time-consuming, expensive manufacturing process to get each of these 1M cars a different color than AW, BSM or VO.

Luc - I thought the Sepang Bronze wasn't done by BMW AG but by a BMW dealership in Asia. ?

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

Luc - I thought the Sepang Bronze wasn't done by BMW AG but by a BMW dealership in Asia. ?

Correct. It was done by Munich Automobiles, the world’s first and only exclusive BMW M dealership (Singapore).

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590549
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590650

[mrphil]

Originally Posted by Artemis

BMW Individual is not offered at BMW Leipzig. Mere mortals like us can forget about getting other colors than those on offer.

BMW declined requests for another exterior color than those on offer (except if you had a truly exceptional relationship with BMW and significant deep pockets).

The 1M was built 6309 times. Here are the known few exceptions to the "No BMW Individual" rule (if previously stated info over here is correct):

1 x Sepang Bronze
1 x Techno Violet
2 x Atacama Yellow
2 x Monte Carlo Blue
2 x Polaris Silver
3 x Java Green (one with the Black Mamba stripes)

It was a time-consuming, expensive manufacturing process to get each of these 1M cars a different color than AW, BSM or VO.

Are those 11 cars part of the 6309 final build numbers?

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by mrphil

Are those 11 cars part of the 6309 final build numbers?

Yes, I believe so.

[eeghie]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

So we all know the 1M was only made available in one of three factory colors (AW, BSM, and VO). And we also know that BMW did make a "few" cars for some connected Individual's. That Bronze 1M in Singapore comes to mind. BMW has also hinted they might have made only a handful of other colors - no word on what colors though. ...

I wonder what other colors we will see down the road that BMW "did not make" but really made.


Dackel
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He're some 1M OEM individual Monaco Blue (for sale) pics with source Mobile.de link. Whatever the owner did to get him/herself this unique color, he/she's asking a ~20k€ premium for it. VIN not fully displayed

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by eeghie

He're some 1M OEM individual Monaco Blue (for sale) pics with source Mobile.de link. Whatever the owner did to get him/herself this unique color, he/she's asking a ~20k€ premium for it. VIN not fully displayed

Yeah... I saw that a few days ago too. SCOTT26 always said these few Individual "special order" 1M's did cost a lot - almost as much as the 1M's base price. So I am not surprised to see a 20K bump over a "normal" 1M color.

Dackel

[1'M Blue]

Wow . Stunning !!

[ilikebmxbikes]

wowowowowowoww - price seems very fair

[swagon]

I REALLY wanna see the Polaris Silver. Hope the owners went full 2002 turbo theme - M stripes and all that stuff.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by swagon

I REALLY wanna see the Polaris Silver. Hope the owners went full 2002 turbo theme - M stripes and all that stuff.

I "heard" that there were only two cars built in Polaris Silver - and one of the owners sits on BMW AG's board. He also owns a 2002 Turbo in the same color!

[EldRick]

You want frozen VO?
Just go over it with some steel wool - shouldn't take more than a couple of hours...