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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: gazman on 01 September 2008, 17:35
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I need Help! :embarassed:
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As you can see I have scuffed one of my Pescara alloys. I have been to 2 diffrent alloy refurb centres and both of them turned me away at the door because they can`t match the colour of the alloys.
Not wanting to Pay for all 4 to be done a difrent colour i was hoping some one out there might have got theirs done and could let me know where?
Many Thanks
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Where are you located?
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Sorry im located down in the SE of Kent
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Ive also scratched one of mine, which im heading to Leeds on wednesday to see what the wheel specialists say.
www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk (http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk)
Spoke to a guy today, said £40 for a refurb but he just didnt seem right, asked if I wanted to pay VAT or cash :undecided: Think I will give his dodgy company a miss.
TT says its: QQ9 Titan grey
as per my thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90170.0
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Ive also scratched one of mine, which im heading to Leeds on wednesday to see what the wheel specialists say.
www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk (http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk)
Spoke to a guy today, said £40 for a refurb but he just didnt seem right, asked if I wanted to pay VAT or cash :undecided: Think I will give his dodgy company a miss.
TT says its: QQ9 Titan grey
as per my thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90170.0
is he sure its titan grey ?
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I got the part number off the back of the wheel. Went into the local dealer and got him to check the system. It came back Titan Grey.
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I got the part number off the back of the wheel. Went into the local dealer and got him to check the system. It came back Titan Grey.
oh, i thought someone had tried titan grey and it was way way off ?
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I got the part number off the back of the wheel. Went into the local dealer and got him to check the system. It came back Titan Grey.
oh, i thought someone had tried titan grey and it was way way off ?
Me too, I thought it TagnuT who tried it and said it was too dark :undecided:
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Sorry im located down in the SE of Kent
Try www.SpitAndPolish.co.uk - they have an excellent reputation. :smiley:
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Ive also scratched one of mine, which im heading to Leeds on wednesday to see what the wheel specialists say.
www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk (http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk)
Spoke to a guy today, said £40 for a refurb but he just didnt seem right, asked if I wanted to pay VAT or cash :undecided: Think I will give his dodgy company a miss.
TT says its: QQ9 Titan grey
as per my thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90170.0
is he sure its titan grey ?
That's what ETKA states! :wink:
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I got the part number off the back of the wheel. Went into the local dealer and got him to check the system. It came back Titan Grey.
oh, i thought someone had tried titan grey and it was way way off ?
Me too, I thought it TagnuT who tried it and said it was too dark :undecided:
It was too dark, the wheel looked like it had spots!!!! :sick:
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Yeh I though it would be to dark after I checked a Titan colour swatch, did you see the paint tagnu ?, could yours have been applied to thick ?
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008208.jpg)
I just applied a small drop. It looked promising at first, on closer inspection it was too dark to match.
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
But that is the wrong code! You have been supplied 0Y7, where as the wheels paint code is QQ9 - so no wonder it didn't match!
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
But that is the wrong code! You have been supplied 0Y7, where as the wheels paint code is QQ9 - so no wonder it didn't match!
When the parts guy looked the part number up on the system there were two paint codes. One code VW didn't do any more. So I bought the other one. :smiley: I'm sure that they were both listed as Titan metallic.
I did write the codes down somewhere..............
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
But that is the wrong code! You have been supplied 0Y7, where as the wheels paint code is QQ9 - so no wonder it didn't match!
When the parts guy looked the part number up on the system there were two paint codes. One code VW didn't do any more. So I bought the other one. :smiley: I'm sure that they were both listed as Titan metallic.
I did write the codes down somewhere..............
There are two codes, but one is for "Titan metallic" Y7P, and the other is "Titan grey metallic" B7U - and both are still available. Dunno why they don't match the QQ9 though! :huh:
Maybe contact BBS directly. The correct "German" name is "BBS Design" - and just to make sure we're both singing from the same hymn-sheet, the alloy part no is: 1K0 601 025 AT QQ9.
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Got a quote from the wheel specialists today and it was £82 odd :shocked:
This is the damage on mine.
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k161/astramk-3/DSC01902.jpg)
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When I picked up my ED30, it was raining heavily, so didn't get a full decent look at it but everything seemed in shipshape order with no scratches or dents or resprays.
What I missed was the fact that one alloy is a little lighter in colour than the others. Figured it was a refurbed one but reading this thread, maybe it was from an earlier ED30? Maybe newer pescaras are darker in colour hence the darker paint?
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Actually, looking at the picture in reply #16, they don't look like Titan grey at all. IIRC, the "original" Titan grey was used on the C5 RS6-plus alloys, and more recently on the B7 RS4 alloys with the "Titan package". Maybe ETKA is wrong.
Has anybody contacted BBS directly?
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i emailed but never received a reply
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Nope, I shall give it a try though.
EDIT: Just sent a request for the paint code, time will tell if I get a reply.
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Got a reply from BBS and they said they are not allowed to give any information about OE wheels from VW. Contact them directly.
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Got a reply from BBS and they said they are not allowed to give any information about OE wheels from VW. Contact them directly.
Hmmmm - that's a bit off! :angry:
Can't you get back to them again, and explain that the official VW touch up is blatantly wrong. Maybe quote the paint code off the wheel, and also the two paint codes of the VW touch ups - and ask them to "confirm" if the info that you are providing BBS is infact correct. Maybe explain that by VW failing to provide the correct touch up, they are not only tarnishing VWs name, but also tarnishing BBSs name too (bad customer service, bad product support, etc)! :wink: :smiley:
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Gazman, i'm also in se kent nr brands hatch. my lovely wife has done the same to my wheels, 3 so far. have you found anywhere yet? i think i'm going to get some other wheels and have the pescaras returned to thei original condition and put them back on when i sell it. i fancy some black wheels this time to compliment my reflex silver ed 30. anyone have any suggestions for new wheels and where i might be able have a look?
cheers guys.
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Gazman, i'm also in se kent nr brands hatch. my lovely wife has done the same to my wheels, 3 so far. have you found anywhere yet? i think i'm going to get some other wheels and have the pescaras returned to thei original condition and put them back on when i sell it. i fancy some black wheels this time to compliment my reflex silver ed 30. anyone have any suggestions for new wheels and where i might be able have a look?
cheers guys.
This would be my choice for a silver one you can also buy these with changeable rim for the mrs. :smiley:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=87644.0
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Just found this http://www.wheelpaints.co.uk/
The only specialist colour they dont have is the VW Golf. But they do have the Megan sport. Is this colour close to the Pescara??????
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Bump.....
Anyone got any more ideas for the colour of the Pescara, as I clipped one of mine today :angry:
It's not enough to warrant a refurb but would like to touch it up so it doesn't look as obvious.
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Doh! Unlucky Steve!
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Have just seen some pics of the new GTI MK6 looks like they have put pescaras on that.
Not that this helps us unluky ones with scuffed alloys. :angry:
Been to a 3rd alloy refurb place and they can get close to the colour but have advised me that i will have to have both wheels on the same side done so you cant tell the diffrence.
Might just bite the bullet and pay for them to all be done a diffrent colour. Anthrecite looks good on a Black car??
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Dammit. I was thinking of this thread today, and how lucky it was after 2000 miles, I hadn't buggered up the alloys yet. Was heading to halfrauds to get some megs hot rims and as I turned in, another car came out too fast. I ended up cutting a corner and knew the wheel had scraped down the side of the kerb corner.
Got out to have a look at it :cry: :cry: :cry:
Mine needs refurbing now too.
Glad I didn't get Monzas.
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The pics a photoshop so may not come with the pescaras on
Have just seen some pics of the new GTI MK6 looks like they have put pescaras on that.
Not that this helps us unluky ones with scuffed alloys. :angry:
Been to a 3rd alloy refurb place and they can get close to the colour but have advised me that i will have to have both wheels on the same side done so you cant tell the diffrence.
Might just bite the bullet and pay for them to all be done a diffrent colour. Anthrecite looks good on a Black car??
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
But that is the wrong code! You have been supplied 0Y7, where as the wheels paint code is QQ9 - so no wonder it didn't match!
Picked the other code paint touch up today. It looks a closer match. Will give it a try at the weekend and report back.
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after 24k have finally managed to do one of mine this morning :cry:
£429.26 for a new one which seems like the only option! but did they change the colour slightly iirc, having an early Ed30 is there a chance it wont match?
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Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/Tagnut_photos/02092008206.jpg)
But that is the wrong code! You have been supplied 0Y7, where as the wheels paint code is QQ9 - so no wonder it didn't match!
Picked the other code paint touch up today. It looks a closer match. Will give it a try at the weekend and report back.
Any updates then TagnuT ?
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and people took the p*** when i bought 5 spares :huh: (at a fraction of the original cost i might add)
after 24k have finally managed to do one of mine this morning :cry:
£429.26 for a new one which seems like the only option! but did they change the colour slightly iirc, having an early Ed30 is there a chance it wont match?
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I rather unscientifically printed off a sample of B7U from a website and it actually looks tonally the same as the wheel, so I took a chance and ordered a rattle can this morning. Should come tomorrow.
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I rather unscientifically printed off a sample of B7U from a website and it actually looks tonally the same as the wheel,
Where? Linky please for future ref!
so I took a chance and ordered a rattle can this morning. Should come tomorrow.
"rattle can" - I LOL'd.
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search for B7U here
http://www.paintscratch.com/search.htm
Obviously I have no idea how accurate that is, or indeed the printer I used to print it. But interesting they call it 'Titanium Gray Metallic', titanium seems an good description of the real colour.
I purchased the can from www.paints4u.com
No doubt Tagnut will be along shortly to tell us its a horrific non match :tongue:
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Your right. :sad:
I tried the second lot of touch up paint on the wheel on sunday. First the good news . :smiley: Its a much closer match than the 0Y7 titan met.
The bad news is it still not close enough for me. :cry: :cry:
*UPDATE* When I got the parts guy to double check the paint code for the Pescara wheels. He came back with two codes again. One was the previous paint that I returned. The second was 0M2 B7U. Now that dosen't match TT's QQ9.
I will be back at the dealers this week and will get them to check again. I will keep you guys posted. :wink:
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yes I agree that B7U is far too dark.
Actually the best match I have so far is Halfords own brand 'Wheel and Wheel Trim Paint Silver'. As seen here
(http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/3/9/30/t_IMG1584m_9ee2c6c.jpg) (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/30/f_IMG1584m_9ee2c6c.jpg&srv=img01)
(middle section has been touched up. I would expect to look better once levelled with some filler first)
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Have taken the B7U back. Got the parts guy to check for a QQ9 paint code and nothing showed up. :sad:
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This is my finished repair using the halfords paint I mentioned before but with a bit of B7U mixed in to darken it a tad. Its not perfect, but fairly invisible from a few feet away.
(http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/3/10/4/t_04102008175m_5a1fc48.jpg) (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/10/4/f_04102008175m_5a1fc48.jpg&srv=img02)
(its from the T in tubeless to the C in contact)
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not a bad match considering
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Had one of mine repaired on Friday and the match is about 99% perfect. :smiley:
It was a reasonably small mark less than 3" long on the edge, speaking the to guy who did the repair he said the colour isn't too difficult to match but does require a lightly smoked lacquer to help fade in the repaired area.
It only cost £50 which I didn't think was too bad.
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This is my finished repair using the halfords paint I mentioned before but with a bit of B7U mixed in to darken it a tad. Its not perfect, but fairly invisible from a few feet away.
(http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/3/10/4/t_04102008175m_5a1fc48.jpg) (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/10/4/f_04102008175m_5a1fc48.jpg&srv=img02)
(its from the T in tubeless to the C in contact)
Youve done a great job there. :afro:
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SteveP,
Where did you get that repair done?
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SteveP,
Where did you get that repair done?
It was done by the mobile repairer Wicked Wheels :smiley:
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of note , it may be worth checking out the colours available from Audi , as many of their wheels use the same ish colour. and the actual ED30 wheels were used on some audis .......
just a thought
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of note , it may be worth checking out the colours available from Audi , as many of their wheels use the same ish colour. and the actual ED30 wheels were used on some audis .......
Audi use the same paint codes as Audi, and any competent parts person will look in the correct section of the EPC.
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of note , it may be worth checking out the colours available from Audi , as many of their wheels use the same ish colour. and the actual ED30 wheels were used on some audis .......
Audi use the same paint codes as Audi, and any competent parts person will look in the correct section of the EPC.
i bet they do :wink: :laugh:
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Audi use the same paint codes as Audi, and any competent parts person will look in the correct section of the EPC.
nice comment 182 , but I reckon TT meant VW :wink:
as for highlighted in bold , that may be down to luck to get a good parts person :smiley:
shame its not another avenue for a match :sad:
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Audi use the same paint codes as Audi, and any competent parts person will look in the correct section of the EPC.
nice comment 182 , but I reckon TT meant VW :wink:
I have thick skin! :wink: :grin:
shame its not another avenue for a match :sad:
Well considering all this hassle and complete lack of a proper paint from VW, I reckon those concerned ought to have another crack at BBS directly.