Trunk interior paint suggestions

[divedoc]

Hey all — I’m finally getting around to my Vincebar installation. From what I can tell, and also from searching around here, the factory uses some kind of grayish pain/primer on the interior sheet metal, then sort of sloppily applies the body color over it. (Maybe it’s just overspray from the paint job.)

I’ve seen people use POR15 and some other things to replicate that grayish paint. Has anyone found an actual color that matches reasonably well to the factory color? Once it’s on there, I plan to partially spray over it with Jet Black.

[bmwfnatic]

BMW sells a special spray can specifically for this purpose, they call it spare wheel paint.
Part number 51910411026, if you can’t find it, it’s RAL 7003.

I first apply primer (2k epoxy), then this spare wheel paint which is a perfect match for the factory greenish grey color, and then I spray body color from a further distance than recommended for a spray can to replicate the factory overspray.

[bavarian3]

and then I spray body color from a further distance than recommended for a spray can to replicate the factory overspray.

Interesting. I tried this with my LSB every which way using base coat. Didn't come close. Matching this interior color has been a mystery.

[specializedbndt]

An interesting topic. When i did mine i repainted the area with the factory imola color. It still looks great, but youre right, it doesnt look factory at all.

[karter16]

Hey all — I’m finally getting around to my Vincebar installation. From what I can tell, and also from searching around here, the factory uses some kind of grayish pain/primer on the interior sheet metal, then sort of sloppily applies the body color over it. (Maybe it’s just overspray from the paint job.)

I’ve seen people use POR15 and some other things to replicate that grayish paint. Has anyone found an actual color that matches reasonably well to the factory color? Once it’s on there, I plan to partially spray over it with Jet Black.

IMHO best way is to get it custom colour matched. I did this for the underside RACP reinforcement - I think I found a small piece in the trunk that was removable and gave that to the paint matcher. Easiest way to guarantee a match.

[Carbonvert]

Bumping this for the knowledge base after finishing my subframe job.

I found a site in the USA that sells 4oz aerosols of RAL colors.

http://www.crosslinkpaints.com/

Primed with a 2k epoxy aerosol primer

The bulkhead is the suggested RAL 7003.

The trunk is RAL 7016. This was the closest color ChatGPT could find when I uploaded a picture. My car is Carbon Black.

Neither are a perfect match but are acceptable IMO

[D-O]

More info for the knowledge base:

A good option for the grayish green underside e-coat is SEM EzCOAT. # 62223 Olive Green is extremely close to the factory color.

For the top side trunk area I bought a can of custom mixed Silber Grau from R&E (repaintsupply.com). The sheen does not quite match the dull finish in the trunk space, but I was not going for a concours level match.

As Carbonvert said - Neither are a perfect match but are acceptable IMO.

[BL92]

The welds need to sprayed with an anti corrosion paint such as Cold Gal before primer and paint

Cold Gal, liquid cold galvanizing is a zinc rich coating containing metallic zinc. It prevents rust and corrosion caused by welding and exposure to harsh environments. The unique blend of 99% zinc purity dust in an expoxy resin formulation produces a film which provides years of protection.