what silver are bbs ?

[dips346]

does anyone know what silver the normal 15" bbs are sparyed in ?

[ah]

I think its Polaris silver.Your best bet is to phone a BMW dealership up.I phoned up Cooper BMW of Thames Ditton Surrey,a very helpful lot.

[Theo]

Yeah, I seem to remember it being polaris silver too.

[B7]

Polaris is the one Dips mate

[dips346]

thanks everyone

[jaistanley]

out of interest, what colour are the darker motorsport cabs bbs's sprayed in?

[Splondike]

out of interest, what colour are the darker motorsport cabs bbs's sprayed in?

Nogaro silver isn't it ?

[georgen]

Original BBS wheel paint for BMW's is called "Felgen Silber", which translates to "Wheel Silver". There are two shades of it IIRC.

[bss325i]

out of interest, what colour are the darker motorsport cabs bbs's sprayed in?

Nogaro silver isn't it ?

Motorsport convertible BBS are polaris outers and nagaro centre's.

[sideshowbob]

You are entering into a minefield here. I have just sprayed my 15'' BBS wheel centres using the Felgen Silber colour. To me it seems a bit too silvery compared to the colour of the actual wheel. However you have to remember that you are comparing new paint work to a paint that is 16 - 20 years old and been covered in road film, brake dust, etc. If you are repainting the whole wheel plus centre caps this is not an issue but just beware the 'new' colour is alot lighter silver than the worn silver of old wheels.

[georgen]

You are entering into a minefield here. I have just sprayed my 15'' BBS wheel centres using the Felgen Silber colour. To me it seems a bit too silvery compared to the colour of the actual wheel. However you have to remember that you are comparing new paint work to a paint that is 16 - 20 years old and been covered in road film, brake dust, etc. If you are repainting the whole wheel plus centre caps this is not an issue but just beware the 'new' colour is alot lighter silver than the worn silver of old wheels.

Fair play, but I've just sprayed my centres with Felgen and the match is spot on. This was on old wheels too. I'm not saying that ALL wheels will match, it's just that my wheels did.

[Alex]

did mine polaris and looks spot on

[stevieallstars]

well this is handy, i need to do mine cos i just won these centre caps off fleabay for £25,,,just have to paint them now

[Alex]

they look a bit tacky them center caps

[stevieallstars]

well they were on red wheels i think the guy had a show car
he was selling allsorts of bits like rear boot build,,,red
bootlid liner,,,red
and a few other bits,,,red

[Alex]

well they were on red wheels i think the guy had a show car
he was selling allsorts of bits like rear boot build,,,red
bootlid liner,,,red
and a few other bits,,,red

i know who ya mean now i remember seeing a bloke selling lots of red e30 bits, boot panels and stuff

[stevieallstars]

thats the kiddie

still £25 for a set of caps, cant be bad

[Alex]

not too bad for 4, there 25 quid each new

[maddogg]

I've got a set of Motorsport alloys that i took off mine as one or two of them were buckled slightly when I got it. They are nogaro with polaris rims as standard. I got a normal set of ebay and had them refurbished but they told me they couldn't two tone them but could spray them anthrocite (not sure on spelling) which is not too far off nogaro and diamond cut the rim. I was very unsure to start with but must say they look the muts nuts....

not too sure what to do with the original set. I wouldn't feel comfotable selling them unless the buckles could be dealt with. I guess worth keeping incase some ar#ehole nicks mine...