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Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:54 pm

are these still available from stealers and has anyone used them in the past and what results have you had ?

I need to do a bit of color-coding and think I will give them a try
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:01 pm

ive bought cans before from bmw. about £5 for a 150ml can iirc. a good quality spray nozzle giving a splatter free finish on a par with a bodyshop finish. perfect colour match as well in comparison to halfords made up spray colour cans.
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:06 pm

think there nearer £12 now but you get the laquer aswell.
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:08 pm

£12 for a 150ml can?
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:09 pm

cheers fuzzy seems cheap at about £5 a can

I had some made up at a paint shop last year cost me almost £60 for 2 cans and the match was crap
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fuzzy wrote:£12 for a 150ml can?
yeh a the same in laquer. thats how much i paid for calypso from bmw
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jaffro wrote:
fuzzy wrote:£12 for a 150ml can?
yeh a the same in laquer. thats how much i paid for calypso from bmw
a 100% price jump in 2 years? 8O
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:19 pm

cheers carl did you get a good match?
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I thought this thread was going to be about four pots! 8O :D
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bmwsport wrote:I thought this thread was going to be about four pots! 8O :D
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e30topless wrote:cheers carl did you get a good match?
absolutely perfect match :P
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Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:41 am

i also bought off bmw mauritius blau £12 comes with laquer and matched perfect :D
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i bought sterling silver and was a perfect match, ts a bit pricy but the nozzles are excellent, halfords ones run really easily asthey spurt it out rather than spray a fine mistlike the genuine ones.
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I wouldnt use any other rattlecans but the bmw ones. The quality difference between them and every other can I've used is immense. The lacquer is very good also.
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Just bought three packs of laches from Cotswold BMW.Not yet had chance to try them,but I got a colour can and a lacquer can in each pack.Billed £34.28 plus Alistar Darling.
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daimlerman wrote:Just bought three packs of laches from Cotswold BMW.Not yet had chance to try them,but I got a colour can and a lacquer can in each pack.Billed £34.28 plus Alistar Darling.
so thats 6 cans in total? 3 colour and 3 laquer for £34? i bought a box of 6 cans of my white for about the same, certainly not the £12 each being mentioned for 150ml cans?
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Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:05 pm

Strange, i paid exactly the same as jaffro and Corkie. £12. Still got it,unused and unopened Lasur blue +laquer.
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i think its getting confused. its still about the £5-£6 a can that i paid if your get the laquer with the colour for £12 :D
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According to Cotswold's invoice,my packs are list at £13.44 plus VaT.....zoner's discount is worth having!!
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it appears to me that cotswold's are more exspensive than my local stealers.
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fuzzy wrote:i think its getting confused. its still about the £5-£6 a can that i paid if your get the laquer with the colour for £12 :D
yeh but you cant buy them separate they come in a pack!!!
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fuzzy wrote:i think its getting confused. its still about the £5-£6 a can that i paid if your get the laquer with the colour for £12 :D
yeh but you cant buy them separate they come in a pack!!!
True, you have no choice.
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you can if you have a flat colour with no laquer.
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