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bob4333 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:47 am Providing they are both reputable paint shops and want to do a good job for you then 1+2 boil down to the same thing really, except option 2 costs more than twice as much for little return. Should the result be a fraction of a shade off will you really notice when the wheel is on the car and weathered?

Both options are trying to get as close as they can but with no guarantee. For the price of the second option you could have 2 attempts at option 1.

I'd want to make sure I got to talk to the person that's going to be mixing the paint and wielding the gun rather than a front of house suit. You "buy" the man and his attitude rather than the dealer.

3+4 are very different options and are led by style / personal choice. If it's something you'd like to do then you'd probably do it anyway and this is the catalyst that gets you there. Opinions are divided between a "contrast wheel" and a "body coloured wheel".

If you want to keep the car standard then Option 5 is to have all four wheels recoated in a "BMW standard wheel silver" from 2014. If as you say your car has a special edition "silver" then the annoying thing is that somewhere in BMW will be the paint code for that colour, and as a matter of principle they should make it available to you.

BMW after sales service? Hmmm, bit of a mixed bag........................

Some interesting contact emails and telephone numbers here: https://www.bmw-service.co.uk/support

warmasice wrote: ↑Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:55 pm Sorry but my local Sytner dealer chargers £65 per wheel (inc vat). Perfect match and a free hire car.

Where are you located?

sad_old_man wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:12 pm

bob4333 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:47 am Providing they are both reputable paint shops and want to do a good job for you then 1+2 boil down to the same thing really, except option 2 costs more than twice as much for little return. Should the result be a fraction of a shade off will you really notice when the wheel is on the car and weathered?

Both options are trying to get as close as they can but with no guarantee. For the price of the second option you could have 2 attempts at option 1.

I'd want to make sure I got to talk to the person that's going to be mixing the paint and wielding the gun rather than a front of house suit. You "buy" the man and his attitude rather than the dealer.

3+4 are very different options and are led by style / personal choice. If it's something you'd like to do then you'd probably do it anyway and this is the catalyst that gets you there. Opinions are divided between a "contrast wheel" and a "body coloured wheel".

If you want to keep the car standard then Option 5 is to have all four wheels recoated in a "BMW standard wheel silver" from 2014. If as you say your car has a special edition "silver" then the annoying thing is that somewhere in BMW will be the paint code for that colour, and as a matter of principle they should make it available to you.

BMW after sales service? Hmmm, bit of a mixed bag........................

Some interesting contact emails and telephone numbers here: https://www.bmw-service.co.uk/support

Thank you...........I think?

Andyturbo2000 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:19 pm ...I bet you a plastic fiver nearly all main dealers walk straight out the back door with your wheels to the local powder coater! Non of them are set up for wheel repair. Our local is £50 per wheel...you'd never know it wasn't OEM.