schwarz window trim

[armeN]

alright i recently painted my window trim for my calypso. it looks great and all with SEM flat black. but i bent the bottom portion a bit. not too noticable but im anal bout things so i am ordering new bottoms. I noticed I have the option of schwarz or chrome. what do you guys think? schwarz window trim on a calypso sound good or should i stick with flat black?

[Bimmerfanatik]

Re: schwarz window trim

alright i recently painted my window trim for my calypso. it looks great and all with SEM flat black. but i bent the bottom portion a bit. not too noticable but im anal bout things so i am ordering new bottoms. I noticed I have the option of schwarz or chrome. what do you guys think? schwarz window trim on a calypso sound good or should i stick with flat black?

Er, um...you painted everything black anyways, didn't you? So...order the schwarz?

PS - where'd you buy SEM Flat Black trim paint? Can't find it ova heah :)

[e30Matt]

I think that's what schwarz is -- factory shadowline trim.

[Bimmerfanatik]

I think that's what schwarz is -- factory shadowline trim.

That it is, my friend - so if he painted everything "shadowline" anyways, wouldnt he just buy the shadowline piece from the factory?

[armeN]

wait is diamond schwarz and schwarz two different colors? cuz if schwarz is just flat black already on there then fuck yea. i thought schwarz was the glossy black. anyway the SEM i bought from a local auto body paint store. you can look up local sellers here:

http://www.sem.ws/where_to_buy.php

do a supplier search

[zandi]

The question is though is the factory shadowline trim the exact same color that would match SEM trim paint?

Where to buy SEM trim paint? Look on the SEM site and find stores that offer it, any shop that specializes in body paint has it, Pep Boys and major chains DONT have it, I had to drive down to Inglewood to get mine.

How the fuck did any of you guys take off your window trim and not bend it, it ALWAYS bends, and the more you take it off the more it bends(don't ask why you'd take it off more than once, you just do).

[armeN]

well if it's flat black then it will match SEM trim paint but the question is: is schwarz flat black?

[Bimmerfanatik]

well if it's flat black then it will match SEM trim paint but the question is: is schwarz flat black?

Schwarz is flat black.

Dshwarz, or diamondschwarz, is metallic black :) AFAIK, there were no glossy trim pieces available.

[DEV0 E30]

It will match his bling bottlecaps. :o

[Il Duce]

It will match his bling bottlecaps. :o

ahahaha

[Bimmerfanatik]

It will match his bling bottlecaps. :o

ahahaha

What you laffin at? You got more bling than he does ;)

Granted, it's nice bling, but... ;)

[nando]

trim paint isn't flat black. flat black has a matte finish like primer. trim paint is semi-gloss.. just a minor nitpick. ;)

and btw Schwarz is simply german for black.

[Dave]

Not sure the OEM shadowlined black is going to match your SEM painted pieces.

[MR 325]

This topic is retarded

As nando said, Schwarz is just the German word for black. There are only 2 kinds of window trim offered from BMW, the chrome or the black [which the 318is had]. They don't offer it in glossy [car paint] black, that's most likely why you have never seen it. No, you didn't uncoverm some secret window trim, lol.

Oh and by the way, I didn't remove mine to paint it, that's pretty much how you keep from bending it. Oh ya, and I bet that factory shadowline trim is going to be WAY expensive.

[armeN]

no no i wasnt discovering anything i just wanted to know if scchwarz is flat black or the glossy black. The trim peices arent terrably expensive. it's $15 for the front and $35 for the rear.