The interior of your BMW may look simply beige to you, but if you damage something and need to replace any panelling or upholstery you'll discover that finding a perfect match may be harder than you anticipated. BMW, like most manufacturers, has made small changes to both the interior and exterior colour options on their vehicles over the years. If you want to find an exact colour match for your panelling or upholstery, you'll need to find the name and number of the tint used in your particular car.

  • The interior of your BMW may look simply beige to you, but if you damage something and need to replace any panelling or upholstery you'll discover that finding a perfect match may be harder than you anticipated.
  • If you want to find an exact colour match for your panelling or upholstery, you'll need to find the name and number of the tint used in your particular car.

Look at your owner's manual to discover the make, model and year of your car. You won't be able to determine the interior colour of your car without this information.

If you don't have the original owner's manual, look beneath your back seat for your car's build sheet. The build sheet is like your BMW's birth certificate and has all of the information regarding colour names and numbers, options that your car was built with and any other detail of the car's manufacture. The build sheet should be a small, rolled up sheet of paper. The interior colour is listed next to the German word "Polst."

Look under the bonnet or along the driver's side door if you can't find the car's build sheet. For some models, you can find a sticker at either of these locations that displays the name and numbers for both the exterior and the interior colours of the car.

If still needed, call a local BMW dealer and provide them with your car's Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). The dealer should be able to tell you exactly what colour the interior of your car is. If the first dealer refuses to help you, call a few other dealers until someone is willing to provide you with this information.

  • Look under the bonnet or along the driver's side door if you can't find the car's build sheet.
  • The dealer should be able to tell you exactly what colour the interior of your car is.

Enter the last seven digits of your VIN in Mitsuhiko Kanekatsu's BWW VIN Decoder (see Resources) if you can't find the build sheet and no dealer will help you. You should be able to find your original interior colour this way.

WARNING

These tips won't work if someone has replaced the interior of your car at some point.