Alpine White OR Black Saphire - that is the question....

[alexmish]

Thanks guys - "classy" is the word I was looking for! My car will be custom ordered, so I don't need to worry about looking for one on dealer lots!

Interesting thought about aero kit... I seen many pics with it, I'll think about that!

[BGM]

If you are worried about how quickly a car gets dirty then you shouldn't even be looking at a black. I've always gotten Jet Black (in my '01 X5 and now) it has the more "pop" vs. Sapphire (which looks more "milky" in appearance). I would never run my car or any $70K car through an auto wash no matter what color--I always hand wash (I realize not all can do that due to climate). My $.02.

[alexmish]

Here in North East hand washing is limited to 7-8 months a year, so I need to be realistic about that. I used to hand wash way more frequently, now with kids taking more time, that has been deprioritized, so car wash every 2 weeks is my way these days.

[Naz24]

There it is! Aero kit, with alpine white. Tastefully modified, classy and clean.

Over modded cars suck in my opinion. And Alex, it seems like you agree. White with black interior, or even consider the tobacco color... Both are winners. I would never get the tan interior... Yuck.

[alexmish]

Thanks Nazario! The interior options are limited to black or beige, given I am getting perforated seats as part of the luxury seating/ventilated set. So black on the inside, with aluminum trim.

[hqt7979]

Sapphire black on dove white here. 3 months old. It gets a bath once a week but mind boggling on how to keep wht leather from staining. Love every minute of it.

[Crash513]

My last X5 was Black Sapphire, but I decided to with AW this time. It gets very hot in the summer where I live, and I can say that it's true that the white car stays cooler in direct sun. I have the rare Tobacco interior, which looks very nice over the white paint. It's a nice alternative to black, but the black interior cars I looked at were all nice too. I only miss the black because it looked a lot more badass with shadowline trim.

On the other hand, my wife is on her 2nd Black Sapphire 5 series. I don't think she will ever own another color, and it REALLY looks killer when it's clean. Of course that's the other problem with black... IMHO, owning both, I think the black is harder to keep clean .

I hope this helps. Either choice is a winner on this body style, if you ask me.

[X-cellent]

Alpine white with new Aero kit looks great! Depending on how brave you are you can add the side "skirts" as well (though I'm not sure they work with running boards).

Someone on here has that exact truck (5.0) ...used to have a black one..great photo's of it...best looking X I've seen in a while (IMO).

Swirls are there in white, but very hard to see. If you use an automated wash and want it to stay "fresh" looking white will hid a lot more of the swirls than BSM, but will show where the car wash misses (as does almost all colors) and doesn't have the same "pop" that a black or BSM car does.

Three white cars in my household right now...before kids my cars were all black, then a bad MB in black turned me off to the color...went with a few silver ones and they were by far and away the easiest vehicles to deal with....but my wife wanted white..happy wife = happy me!

[Edge647]

I have a BSM X5d and love it. Having said that, I will get AW with an aerokit for my next one only because I'm lovin' the AW with tint look

When the BSM has a mirror shine, it looks awesome. I agree its a b*tch to keep clean and it shows swirls, but that's what the car detailers are for I've never owned a black car and wanted the "bad a$$ but classy" look (BSM with tint) - its a fun look to carry around.

IMO - Not sure if you've never had a black X5 before but it might be fun to try especially since you will be giving it back in a few years.

Either way, ya can't go wrong.

[rh71]

unless you do something special to it, the black is too pedestrian. AW, no question. With tint.