BBS Wheel Paint

[martauto]

I have these on my 318TI and they only need a coat of paint as they are in excellent nick with hardly no marks at all.
I was going to rub down and go straight for paint but need to know which paint description to use as in colour.

Any ideas please?

Mart.

[harry_p]

bbs advised someone on here a while back that the closest match for their e30 wheels was VW diamond silver, which is a nice bright colour, and easy to get hold of. just make sure you give them a good coat of lacquer.

whatever you do, steer clear of generic off the shelf 'wheel silver' colours as ive tried several makes over the years and they have all been dissapointing.

[martauto]

Mart.

bbs advised someone on here a while back that the closest match for their e30 wheels was VW diamond silver, which is a nice bright colour, and easy to get hold of. just make sure you give them a good coat of lacquer.

whatever you do, steer clear of generic off the shelf 'wheel silver' colours as ive tried several makes over the years and they have all been dissapointing.

Thanks Harry

[harry_p]

this is a wheel done in diamond silver, could have done with more lacquer, but i was in a bit of a hurry

[Dezzy]

this is a wheel done in diamond silver, could have done with more lacquer, but i was in a bit of a hurry

Doesn't look alot wrong with that colour in that picture. Doesn't look a bad finish either. Pictures can tell a thousand lies though

[e30topless]

Polaris silver is the best match

[Kedge]

Polaris silver is the best match

That's what i thought, but think that's for the OEM wheels. Those in the original post look darker.

[adit]

Polaris silver is the best match

it doesn't seem that Halfords stock Polaris Silver, only Titanium and Arctic:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65505#tab3

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165505

[Jim320i]

Polaris silver is the best match

I got some 'ready made' Polaris Silver in the past as I was gonna touch my wheels up a bit so to speak and the colour match was terrible.

[pukar]

i thought it was polaris as well..

try paints4u, i had some dolphin metallic and the colour was great and a good price too..

[harry_p]

Polaris silver is the best match

I got some 'ready made' Polaris Silver in the past as I was gonna touch my wheels up a bit so to speak and the colour match was terrible.

yep, i had heard that too, then i read about bbs themselves recommending vw diamond silver, and happened to have a tin in the shed as the mrs' golf is the same colour. tried it and thought it worked well.

i've not compared it directly to a standard bmw bbs wheel though.

it's also a very common colour and most places will have it on the shelf.

paints4u made me up some estoril blue 335 in aerosols and the colour is a mile off

[harry_p]

Doesn't look alot wrong with that colour in that picture. Doesn't look a bad finish either. Pictures can tell a thousand lies though

pic was more for an idea of the colour, it's a nice cool, aluminium silver. a lot of silvers have yellow in them which gives a warmer tinge to the colour which doesnt work very well on wheels.

the finish isnt bad, but doesnt polish up with the depth it would if i'd spent more time and put a bit more lacquer on, then polished them up, certainly a lot better than most 5 minute refurbs anyway

[martauto]

Polaris silver is the best match

Is this a "slightly" darker shade Steve?

Mart.

[threelander]

hi there are three different shades of the vw diament silber as bbs call it lol but ithink that would be the match if you got the right shade.i just forget the code now but i got it from bbs themselves

[adit]

this is what the Halfords website shows:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165505

Volkswagen manufacturer's codes: L97A, Z4, 9957.