Paint

[sharky]

Hi Guys

I have a 1989 325i Cab in 280/5 gletcherblau (glacier blue).

Every can of touch up spray I have ordered from various places has been the wrong shade. The paint is too blue unlike the original paint on the car.

Today I looked online and I found two BMW colour charts one was for 280 gletcherblau which is the exact colour of the paint I have been recieving.

The other colour chart showed 280 Glacier Blue which is gletcherblau in german and this was the exact same lighter shade that is on my car, the original paint.

Has anyone had this problem or does anyone know what is going on here with the two colour charts online and the two different shade of the same paint.

How can I get the correct shade which is the one listed as 280 Glacier Blue.

I reckon even if I order 280 Glacier Blue I will still end up with the darker shade and not the lighter one which I need.

Thanks

Neil.

[Sanchez]

Maybe take it to a place that sprays car and get them to make up a colour to suit. They should be able to stick it in a rattle can for you.

http://www.cartouchuppaint.co.uk/

He used to be good for colour match when i used him twice before but as you can see the website is forsale and ive no further info on it.

[Brianmoooore]

The /5 indicates that BMW have at least five different shades of the colour, and anything that's been in the sun for 20+ years may have changed a little by now.
Also, unless you are viewing online using a multi thousand pound studio monitor, and similarly at the sellers end, it's highly unlikely that the shade you see on the screen is the exact colour that was photographed. Colour monitors/TVs are usually set up to give reasonable skin tones. Any other colour is approximate at best.