[IanS100]

I graunched my front offside 351m whilst negotiating Adler Hey Hospital's crazy multi story exit ramp and need to buy some paint, does anyone know the silver paint code?

Cheers

[Junebug85]

Originally Posted by IanS100

I graunched my front offside 351m whilst negotiating Adler Hey Hospital's crazy multi story exit ramp and need to buy some paint, does anyone know the silver paint code?

Cheers

Hi,

The original is Silver Metallic, Code: 144

Touch up kit part number: 51910427864

Cheers

[MrPogle]

I looked into this recently and it seemed the answer was 144. However, if you look on Amazon, one of the comments says "Not a good match for 351 wheels". Now maybe the guy has refurbed or replica wheels and doesn't know or maybe he didn't shake the paint up properly but I decided to get it fixed by a wheel shop instead. The results are so good that I can't see the repair and it was nearly 50% of the circumference so it's not like I don't know where to look.

[IanS100]

Thank you both for the info: This is about 33% of the circumstance and although the kerb has ripped all the paint off down to the aluminium, it's right down by the tyre beading so isn't too noticeable, but it's still very annoying. A professional fix is definitely the way to go but I'll probably do a temporary job (fingers crossed for a half decent match using 144) till later in the year when I've got the winter wheels on, that's if it's consistently cold enough to warrant using them this year, but that's another story.

[MrPogle]

Did you try the 144 paint? Does it match? I have a couple of stone chips I could do with filling.

[IanS100]

I'd already bought some "BMW Silver" touch-up from Paints4U so I gave that a try. A couple of coats of silver followed by a couple of lacquer and it's and very good match to the original 350M silver.

[MrPogle]

Cheers. I'll invest in some of that. The chips are deep but very small so even a fair match would be good enough.

[IanS100]

Applying the paint with cocktail sticks or toothpicks works better than a brush on small chips, you can buy little sticks made for the job but they're much more expensive and very little better.