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Title: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: RoMocop on April 07, 2013, 10:28:23 pm
Hi guys. I have managed to clip my front wheel twice now over the past month or so. Does anybody know of a good paint to buy that is a close match to the BBS hyper silver colour? Anybody have any tips/advice on how to repair this damage?  :ashamed: :sad1:

Cheers

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Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: RoMocop on April 08, 2013, 04:19:29 pm
Can anybody give me some advice please.  :sad1:
Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: 18stuart88 on April 08, 2013, 04:51:49 pm
Closest colour i know of that is to that silver is reflex silver LA7W from your local VW or paint shop. Can get it in touch up of spray form to do a trial test. 
Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: MC71 on April 08, 2013, 05:03:47 pm
BBS are very secretive when it comes their paint codes IIRC, seems odd I know, they're only silver after all!  :stupid:

A load of threads on other forums and no answer one way or the other. There are a fair few different colours of silver as far as BBS are concerned, even the Silver colour used on the CH, CH-R and VZ wheels are all different apparently even though the wheels are (roughly) the same in appearance.

I've been looking into it just in case I FUBAR on of my BBS VZ's (with no luck).

Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: Hedge on April 08, 2013, 07:16:50 pm
Quote from: RoMocop on April 08, 2013, 04:19:29 pm
Can anybody give me some advice please.  :sad1:

Don't let Mandy drive again.  :scared:
Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: Mandy on April 09, 2013, 02:44:22 pm
Quote from: Hedge on April 08, 2013, 07:16:50 pm
Quote from: RoMocop on April 08, 2013, 04:19:29 pm
Can anybody give me some advice please.  :sad1:

Don't let Mandy drive again.  :scared:

Oi... you bitch! :surprised: :P

I was not behind the wheel when the incident(s) occured FYI. :innocent:

Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: Hedge on April 09, 2013, 08:00:03 pm
Glad to hear it Mandy.  :love:

You could always get all 4 powder-coated. I know a place.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: Mandy on April 09, 2013, 11:06:08 pm
Quote from: Hedge on April 09, 2013, 08:00:03 pm
Glad to hear it Mandy.  :love:

You could always get all 4 powder-coated. I know a place.  :smiley:

Ian, I'm glad you're able to recommend him a place, as I can't... I don't kerb my wheels enough to need to know about these kinda places.  :laugh: :P
Title: Re: Damaged my rim. BBS colour help please.
Post by: wheelygood on April 10, 2013, 02:31:30 am
a local paint/bodyshop suppliers will mix some paint to match