15" BBS X spoke wheel color

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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:00 pm

Hi guys just woundering if anybody knows the OEM colour code for the standard 15" bbs x spoke wheels that came as an optional extra on the motors back in the 80's - 90's ?
Is this paint available from the dealers and or would any wheel refurb company provide this with their services?

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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:03 pm

do you mean the motorsport one? Negaro Silver??
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:23 pm

Please see picture on the link below:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... 5s_Car.jpg

I taped Negaro silver into google and it looks much darker to what i had in mind. :)
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:10 pm

are the weels on this link

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Negaro Silver? :mad:
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:11 pm

No - that's just the standard silver
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:13 pm

Is this the silver that cam as standard at time of production?

As i have seen many origional bbs x spoke wheels this colour. I have only seen a few which are Negaro Silver not many though.
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:16 pm

Negaro Silver only came on the motorsport versions of the Cab,
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:51 pm

So i am guessing any other normalish silver should work on the wheels for the origional look.

Has anybody used any silvers close to oem if so do you have the colour codes of the pain used?
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:51 pm

Wurth Felgensilber is what you need I think... It's the default silver choice for most German marques..
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:25 pm

Any generic alloy wheel silver will look fine but the proper colour is Polaris Silver (BMW code 60).
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:27 pm

Kedge wrote:Any generic alloy wheel silver will look fine but the proper colour is Polaris Silver (BMW code 60).
I've got a BMW Polaris touch up kit if the OP wants it, just send us a PM :)
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Post Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:55 am

Thank you all

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Kedge spot on fella thanks allot :) :)