CSL wheels original colour code..

[Yanto_csl]

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]

I also thought yours looked the same as all the others..Unless ours are all wrong.:hahaha:

[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

[Yanto_csl]

Thx J - good intel :thumbs:

[azrael]

I would use rimfurbish, proper job

[azrael]

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

[DuncanR]

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]

paint code

anyone got the correct paint code please?

[Mark CSL]

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....

Yanto this is the real paint they are done with its in the members only section dont post on any fourms please it took me 3 years to find out :-D

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2066

[Yanto_csl]

Yanto this is the real paint they are done with its in the members only section dont post on any fourms please it took me 3 years to find out :-D

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2066

Mate - check the date of the OP !!!

[Mark CSL]

Well now you know LOL :banghead::banghead::banghead:

[flamez]

Can anyone send me the paint code please, I wanna touch up a few spots on my wheels

[billyboysm3]

This is the real paint they are done with its in the members only section dont post on any fourms please it took me 3 years to find out

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2066

[Neil M]

'Silver Chrome' is the nearest match to the OEM finish that you'll get from a refurbisher such as Lepsons, which isn't that bad a match.
If you start quoting paint codes be prepared for the price to increase substantially as it will probably be termed a 'Custom' finish. :whistle:

[flamez]

'Silver Chrome' is the nearest match to the OEM finish that you'll get from a refurbisher such as Lepsons, which isn't that bad a match.
If you start quoting paint codes be prepared for the price to increase substantially as it will probably be termed a 'Custom' finish. :whistle:

I wanted to avoid a full refurb for now if possible and just touch up some spots with the paint. If I do go full refurb in future then i'll take a look at silver chrome but if its not too much extra might have to get 'Custom finish' lol. thanks