ED30 Pescara Alloy

[TagnuT]

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 

It was too dark, the wheel looked like it had spots!!!! 

[182_blue]

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 ?

[TagnuT]

Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.





I just applied a small drop. It looked promising at first, on closer inspection it was too dark to match.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.

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!

[TagnuT]

Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.

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. I'm sure that they were both listed as Titan metallic.

I did write the codes down somewhere..............

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Yup, I bought a touch up from the dealer.

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. 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! 

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.

[Edition30]

Got a quote from the wheel specialists today and it was £82 odd 

This is the damage on mine.

[stealthwolf]

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?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

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?

[182_blue]

i emailed but never received a reply