E30 Zone

Refurb guy just picked up my wheels and asked what colour i wanted them, he said most go for Titan Silver as its the new BMW wheel spec and nice and bright, would this be the right choice, any pics of different silver would be appreciated.

I think that Polaris Silver is the original colour for 15" BBS.

felgensilber is the original colour. Literally translates as wheel silver.

Went to dealer today and they quoted Nogarosilber, i'd told him Nogaro is darker but he said thats the original colour, i think Titan silver it is unless anyone can confirm different.

granite silver?

i done my wheels in polaris and they are too dark.
so i'm doing them again in a brighter colour and i read that a guy selling his brand new bbs centre caps Quoted them being granite silver?

i always use titan looks clean and fresh how much you paying for refurb if you dont mind me asking

Cook318IS wrote:felgensilber is the original colour. Literally translates as wheel silver.

Just been poking around detailingworld and a BMW emplyee has also mentioned Felgen but also said Titan was almost identical and this is used on BMW and Mini wheels.

So titan it is then, roll on Wednesday when they're returned.

i do mine myself and this time i'll pay to have them clear coated to finish them off.
i'm doing away with the autosol now.


the winter has killed my effort.
i have some v,clean 14"bbs to roll on in the meantime.

The full refurb including centre cap, plastic nut and inner side of wheel works out at £175.

The guy is mobile although has his own premises, does alot of work for Audi dealerships.

This thread hurts me today. I've just kerbed one of my minty mint e39 alloys this afternoon !!!!!!!

PG325 wrote:The full refurb including centre cap, plastic nut and inner side of wheel works out at £175.

The guy is mobile although has his own premises, does alot of work for Audi dealerships.

that IS cheap

unlucky Trev

Theo325 wrote:I think that Polaris Silver is the original colour for 15" BBS.

Theo's correct, code 555 or 559 iirc

I thought the standard silver is Polaris. I think the motorsport alloys are Nogaro with Polaris rims as standard.

so it's still not confirmed

I have a polaris car and it is a very close match to E30 alloys

polaris was my thoughts on this. Seem to remember it being confirmed some time ago.

PG325 wrote:Went to dealer today and they quoted Nogarosilber, i'd told him Nogaro is darker but he said thats the original colour, i think Titan silver it is unless anyone can confirm different.

Nogaro is the Motorsport colour ,iirc.

Ooops, missed your post maddog.

PG325 wrote:The full refurb including centre cap, plastic nut and inner side of wheel works out at £175.

The guy is mobile although has his own premises, does alot of work for Audi dealerships.

Could you let me know his contact details?

caneswell wrote:

PG325 wrote:The full refurb including centre cap, plastic nut and inner side of wheel works out at £175.

The guy is mobile although has his own premises, does alot of work for Audi dealerships.

Could you let me know his contact details?

Whereabouts are you as he only travels from Bristol to (Exeter, Swindon, Cardiff and Gloucester)

Sterling is also pretty close - I sprayed the plasic centres of my BBS caps in Sterling as I happened to have a rattle can lying around, and it's not an obvious difference to Titan on the outer cap rings - there are so many angles for the light to sit on on BBS that colour match isn't absolutely crucial anyway.

Nogaro is totally different though, same as the wheels in Maddogg's sig.

According to this site BBS wheels were also available in Nogarosilver and Granitsilver, unfortunately they don't say what the original non-option colour was.....

http://felgenkatalog.auto-treff.com/

think i'll go with Granitsilver this time

Does anybody know the powder coat name (or code) for something VERY similar to the Polaris Silver?

Presuambly Polaris is a BMW paint code rather than standard type thing.