CSL wheels original colour code..

Yanto · 18-04-2011, 07:47 PM

Chaps,

Went to Lepsons at the weekend to get my original set looked at / refurb price etc after the McDonalds drive through incident a while back.

Anyway, the chap there said they are currently sprayed a different colour to original....some other "silver" colour and not the "silver chrome" colour of the original..

Is this right ? Cant say I have ever noticed the difference in pics and parked alongside fellow owner cars. Not concerned about authenticity of the wheels as they have all the correct stamps, but I can only think they have been incorrectly sprayed the wrong colour on a previous refurb and the previous owner (s) not noticed...

So IS silver chrome the original colour ??

Yours confused....

Bounce · 18-04-2011, 08:43 PM

I also thought yours looked the same as all the others.

.Unless ours are all wrong.

M5 Powered · 19-04-2011, 01:00 PM

Hi Yanto,

The OEM wheels have a chromey almost blueish look to them. Some refurb places call it high power silver but nearly none carry the original paint / code as shown in the members area.

My pal's wheels (which are in the for sale section) have just gone to Rimfurbish (Team Dynamics) in Westbrom along with the OEM paint code. They have said they can match OEM and will apply the correct base primer so we shall see.

The one thing with Lepsons, while they are good, they tend to coat over existing finishes if the wheel isn't badly damaged, rather than taking it back to bare alloy. This also increases the tendency for the paint to chip off under flex (as happened with my old M5). They fixed it, but complete bastard sending one wheel to Swindon and it wasn't quite the same colour when it came back.

Best

Jonathan

Yanto · 19-04-2011, 09:35 PM

Thx J - good intel

azrael · 20-04-2011, 10:04 AM

I would use rimfurbish, proper job

azrael · 20-04-2011, 10:06 AM

See here http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-b...erfection.html

DuncanR · 20-04-2011, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M5 Powered

Hi Yanto,

The OEM wheels have a chromey almost blueish look to them. Some refurb places call it high power silver but nearly none carry the original paint / code as shown in the members area.

My pal's wheels (which are in the for sale section) have just gone to Rimfurbish (Team Dynamics) in Westbrom along with the OEM paint code. They have said they can match OEM and will apply the correct base primer so we shall see.

The one thing with Lepsons, while they are good, they tend to coat over existing finishes if the wheel isn't badly damaged, rather than taking it back to bare alloy. This also increases the tendency for the paint to chip off under flex (as happened with my old M5). They fixed it, but complete bastard sending one wheel to Swindon and it wasn't quite the same colour when it came back.

Best

Jonathan

Silver bullet may step in here with his 2 pennuth, he had same experience with Lepsons and paint chipping off

redsportt · 22-10-2013, 10:47 PM

anyone got the correct paint code please?

jairrel · 08-10-2017, 07:20 PM

The colour code is A55. Not all paint suppliers have this.

Greetings.

Paulgreatheadcsl · 01-11-2017, 09:25 PM

Anymore info on this paint code? Grey base coat or black and if they haven't cot the code what's the closest colour?

18-04-2011, 07:47 PM	#1
Yanto CSL Register Uber-poster! Moon Lander Champion! Ragdoll Master Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Docklands, London Posts: 5,931 Casino cash: $40036	CSL wheels original colour code.. Chaps, Went to Lepsons at the weekend to get my original set looked at / refurb price etc after the McDonalds drive through incident a while back. Anyway, the chap there said they are currently sprayed a different colour to original....some other "silver" colour and not the "silver chrome" colour of the original.. Is this right ? Cant say I have ever noticed the difference in pics and parked alongside fellow owner cars. Not concerned about authenticity of the wheels as they have all the correct stamps, but I can only think they have been incorrectly sprayed the wrong colour on a previous refurb and the previous owner (s) not noticed... So IS silver chrome the original colour ?? Yours confused....

18-04-2011, 08:43 PM	#2
Bounce CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 7,057 Casino cash: $35793	I also thought yours looked the same as all the others..Unless ours are all wrong.

19-04-2011, 01:00 PM	#3
M5 Powered S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: May 2009 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 297 Casino cash: $2712	Hi Yanto, The OEM wheels have a chromey almost blueish look to them. Some refurb places call it high power silver but nearly none carry the original paint / code as shown in the members area. My pal's wheels (which are in the for sale section) have just gone to Rimfurbish (Team Dynamics) in Westbrom along with the OEM paint code. They have said they can match OEM and will apply the correct base primer so we shall see. The one thing with Lepsons, while they are good, they tend to coat over existing finishes if the wheel isn't badly damaged, rather than taking it back to bare alloy. This also increases the tendency for the paint to chip off under flex (as happened with my old M5). They fixed it, but complete bastard sending one wheel to Swindon and it wasn't quite the same colour when it came back. Best Jonathan __________________ M3 CSL, Silver Grey, 2004, Factory de-limit, Alcon BBK, Rogue Rear Control Arms, Turner Top Mounts, Braille CF Battery Last edited by M5 Powered; 19-04-2011 at 01:03 PM.

20-04-2011, 10:04 AM	#5
azrael S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Portsmouth/Reading Posts: 1,292 Casino cash: $9290	I would use rimfurbish, proper job __________________ Ashley Shaeffer BMW - Wooo

20-04-2011, 10:06 AM	#6
azrael S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Portsmouth/Reading Posts: 1,292 Casino cash: $9290	See here http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-b...erfection.html __________________ Ashley Shaeffer BMW - Wooo

19-04-2011, 09:35 PM	#4
Yanto CSL Register Uber-poster! Moon Lander Champion! Ragdoll Master Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Docklands, London Posts: 5,931 Casino cash: $40036	Thx J - good intel

22-10-2013, 10:47 PM	#8
redsportt Wonky 'L' after Washing Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 7 Casino cash: $686	paint code anyone got the correct paint code please?

08-10-2017, 07:20 PM	#9
jairrel Wonky 'L' after Washing Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 8 Casino cash: $869	The colour code is A55. Not all paint suppliers have this. Greetings.

01-11-2017, 09:25 PM	#10
Paulgreatheadcsl S3 - On the open road Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 90 Casino cash: $2334	Anymore info on this paint code? Grey base coat or black and if they haven't cot the code what's the closest colour?