WARNING: Halfords Alpine White

[agent006]

Basically, it isn't.

More of an Alpine Greyish-Beige. I've not spent a huge amount of time flatting and polishing yet but it's fairly plain that it's not the correct colour match. Worth bearing in mind chaps.

[smithy318i]

I have had this before with Halfrauds paint. Basicly the wrong paint was in the can. I took the used can back and they replaced it with another can (the right colour).

mine was pretty obvious though, because the can top didn't match the paint in the can.

[Kos]

what do you expect, its been sitting on a shelf for months and paint goes off!!!


just go a to a paint shop and they will make it for you and put it in to spray cans and match up your shade of paint correctly

for example there a 3 shades of dolphin grey , 3 for diamond black
!!!

[agent006]

Paint shop? Never knew such a thing existed for the public.

I'll take the can back to halfods and get some from BMW instead.

[Kos]

any paint suppler for body shops will help you out, its all mixed up in house !!

[fuzzy]

theres 3 shades of alpine white,its alpine white 1 on the shelves but they will mix up the other two in shop if you ask.they fcuked mine up 2 out of 3 times though so best going to bmw with your chassis number and getting it

[Kos]

you have alpine white I which has 3 shades

then alpine white II has 2 shades

confused yet!!!

[mattG]

Brown Brothers will mix a can for about 12-15 quid while you wait

[Kos]

last time i got some, it was £21 for 3 400ml cans

[fuzzy]

£5.34 for a 150ml can from bmw with a good quality fine spray nozzle

[mattG]

not sure what size can std size can, is the bmw mixed there and then or could it be old?

[fuzzy]

the halfords mixed cans are 300ml and £9.99.i bought bmw cans last week and they look new but theres no way of telling for sure but they are the right shade.

[mattG]

kos deal sounds good 3 big cans for 21quid , freshlymixed must be better (if its the right colour)

[Dan318-is]

OT Matt you got PM

[fuzzy]

thats the problem with halfords,theyve mixed up paint for me 3 times but its ended up wrong twice

[mattG]

didn't know they mixed on site.

318-is just seen pm ,pmed backed

[cliffybabe]

I used Halfords paint on my tech 1 fornt and rear valances i think i must of been lucky though

[HairyScreech]

paint shop near ,e is primeraly a trade suplyer but will do 500ml cans for £8.99

wessex auto colours btw.

[fuzzy]

paint shop near ,e is primeraly a trade suplyer but will do 500ml cans for £8.99

wessex auto colours btw.

you must be bored today if your trawling through these old threads

[maxfield]

Don't forget there is more than one shade to most BMW colours.

[andye30nut]

i use gils motor factors in glasgow. there best for getting right paint. i used to work for halfords i no the problems we had with paint. then you get a new guy into work thinks he can make paint tins and cans but fucks it up and customer comes back going crazy. DONT BUY HALFORDS PAINT. specialy of the shelf stuff. where i worked we had a paint delivery of cans once every six months inless we were really short.

[HairyScreech]

nahh was actually looking at any threads to do with zinober red/pink and preventing the fadeing.

think iv got all 3 shades of zinober pink on mine.

[gra325i]

dont forget if you want the perfect match you need to use the right colour of primer

[NicoG]

^^ = Correct.

[geo1400]

dont forget if you want the perfect match you need to use the right colour of primer

Mines is Alpine white II and I've just done my wing mirror using a dark grey primer... It's come out a darker tone than the rest of the car!!

What sort of primer is best for Alpine white II?

Geo

[gra325i]

i checked with Bmw bodyshop and they said light grey..
HTH

[geo1400]

I'll try again...