M8 - Individual Malachite Green metallic

SabineBimmer · 05-06-2020, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mgod

Just 5 months into owning this beast, best m car ever made

Fooled me on the first pic. Thought you were posting the new M235i GC (and started to get a little salty) until I saw the rest of the pics.

themnmd · 05-06-2020, 08:11 PM

Usually not a green person but that is nice

J-RO · 05-06-2020, 08:15 PM

I would take that car with any color.

Resjudicata · 05-06-2020, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by msm2000uk

Is this not the green that was on the '1 of 8' version they released (the one with yellow headlights)?

M

I doubt it

///M4TT · 05-06-2020, 08:25 PM

This?

Chamberlin · 05-06-2020, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LexProf

There are two malachite green colors. One is called malachite green metallic and the other malachite green dark metallic. Two different paint codes. It's explained in another thread, but I'm too lazy to link it.

Thanks for the sanity check! I'll find the thread no problem... Appreciate the heads up.

Man if I had accidentally ordered an M4 in Malachite instead of Malachite dark, it would have been another epic Atlantis vs. Atlantic thread all over again... Good thing I didn't have the spare $80k laying around at the time! (p.s. still don't!)

Luminor513 · 05-06-2020, 09:18 PM

Very nice! Like the dark metallic green. Suits the M8C very well.

CachacoF80 · 05-06-2020, 09:21 PM

Very nice. Better suited for more classy looking Astons and Jags.

Brasko · 05-06-2020, 10:34 PM

Nice to look at, but I wouldn't own.

F85MTuNED · 05-07-2020, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by nbennettksu

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgod

Just 5 months into owning this beast, best m car ever made

Lighting must be off, but very nice Malachite Green

Stop reaching...

But yeah this green is 🔥🔥🔥

Belugs · 05-07-2020, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mgod

Just 5 months into owning this beast, best m car ever made

Gorgeous car! This is frozen marina bay right? That color is beginning to really grow on me.

Mani59 · 05-07-2020, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Chamberlin

Hmmm, being a huge green BMW fan, I'm perplexed on this particular Malachite.

The Malachite I know is my favorite BMW color (next to Aegean Blue).

This is what I think of when I hear Malachite Green:
https://www.m5board.com/threads/indi...s.76172/page-2

And here's an actual color reference from BMW:

So there's no way the photography is murdering the color accuracy of these M8 shots that bad, so it must be a newer Malachite green that BMW has released in the last few years? Or the one I like is the 'dark' and the one on the M8 is the light version? Does anybody have the paint code for this individual M8? Man I was talking with my dealer about getting an individual M4 in Malachite, and I would have freaked out if it arrived in that M8's shade of green instead of the one above.

Here's some video of this 'new' Malachite green on an F90 M5:
https://youtu.be/kMJ8pGcNcYU

p.s. I messaged Shmee150 (Tim) on his new M8 Competition in Oxford Green trying to figure out if he got Oxford (1) 324, or Oxford (II) 430... he sadly didn't respond

Shmee150 (Tim) is pretty responsive on Twitter (he's responded to me a few times), give that a go if you have not already.

vcx · 05-07-2020, 02:56 AM

It looks like Tanzanite Blue, but in green: dark in the shade but lot of metallic sparks in the sun

V-Eight · 05-07-2020, 04:31 AM

really love it, but are you all sure that is the Malchite green?

But anyway, from the photos, at the sun is just gorgeous. Sporty and elegant at the same time.

Laki021 · 05-07-2020, 04:36 AM

Saw it yesterday on the street in this color, looks really cool!

AP · 05-07-2020, 08:09 AM

Green with envy

Seems to one of the colours that's not seen on many cars at the moment. Shane as it's a nice alternative

MattTheCarNut · 05-07-2020, 10:34 AM

Is this the Porsche color version?

BigSky702 · 05-07-2020, 10:36 AM

Saw one the other day, stunning color in person... really catches your eye!

Artemis · 05-07-2020, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MattTheCarNut

Is this the Porsche color version?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chamberlin

Hmmm, being a huge green BMW fan, I'm perplexed on this particular Malachite.
The Malachite I know is my favorite BMW color (next to Aegean Blue).
This is what I think of when I hear Malachite Green:
https://www.m5board.com/threads/indi...s.76172/page-2
And here's an actual color reference from BMW:

So there's no way the photography is murdering the color accuracy of these M8 shots that bad, so it must be a newer Malachite green that BMW has released in the last few years? Or the one I like is the 'dark' and the one on the M8 is the light version? Does anybody have the paint code for this individual M8? Man I was talking with my dealer about getting an individual M4 in Malachite, and I would have freaked out if it arrived in that M8's shade of green instead of the one above.
Here's some video of this 'new' Malachite green on an F90 M5:
https://youtu.be/kMJ8pGcNcYU

Origin: "Malachite" is a green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral with a chemical composition of Cu2(CO3)(OH)2.
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BMW M8 Competition:

AFAIK BMW distinguishes two types of Malachite Green (both released in the 80s):

BMW color code 179: "Akaziengrün" - "Acacia(s) Malachite Green"
BMW color code 205: "Dunkelgrün Metallic" - "Dark Green Metallic" - "Malachitgrün Metallic" - "Malachite Green Metallic"

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(source: here)

BMW color code 179: "Akaziengrün" - "Acacia(s) Malachite Green" | 1985 color catalogue (source: here):
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BMW color code 205: "Dunkelgrün Metallic" - "Dark Green Metallic" - "Malachitgrün Metallic" - "Malachite Green Metallic" | 1989 and 2000 color catalogue (source: here and here):
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F90 M5 in Individual Malachite Green Metallic (BMW code 205):
https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1503723

Compare with Porsche color code 2B5: "Malachite Green Metallic" | 2008 color catalogue (source: here and here):
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Artemis · 05-07-2020, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by V-Eight

really love it, but are you all sure that is the Malchite green?
But anyway, from the photos, at the sun is just gorgeous. Sporty and elegant at the same time.

That's what BMW M indicated (source: here):

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GKW · 05-07-2020, 05:15 PM

You could always do a wrap...

Chamberlin · 05-07-2020, 09:42 PM

Dear Artemis, thank you for your insight and research! I decided to go on the M8 Individual visualizer, and I think it has made everything clear. I'm not sure if the missing 'e' in the (German?) spelling on Malachit Green as opposed to Malachite Dark Green means anything different, but it's good to see that there are indeed two distinct colors here, and now I know I can safely order my favorite Malachite Dark when I happen onto a spare $150K USD.

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