Headlight washer cap

[paddy wright]

As I mentioned in my TLC post the impact from my kind neighbour knocking into my car has caused my headlight washer cap to dislodge and be lost while driving.

I got a quote from Sopers of £15 primed or £56 painted. Problem is painted is 4 week waiting list.
Question is if I were to paint this myself where can I get sterling grey in a rattle can? (Paint code 472)
eBay options seems to be almost as dear as ordering prepainted so seems daft not to get the prepainted. Help anyone?

 

[Scooba_Steve]

Surely a local body shop could do it for £20?

 

[paddy wright]

Surely a local body shop could do it for £20?

Really? Would they mix up such a small amount of paint?

 

[Chris_D]

Diy mate.
Or as previous- local body shop for no more than 30-40.
If diy u'll def use the primer,paint,laquer u invested in for more jobs!

 

[Ewazix]

I bought BMW 472 Monofil colourmatch from ebay like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400ml-MONOFIL-Colour-Match-Spray-Paint-Can-Mixed-To-Exact-Colour-Code-/111370806557 and it was fine.

It's worth checking you have the diamond shaped clip that secures the cap still in place, unfortunately they often come off with the cap but are actually part of the washer unit and can't be bought separately (as I discovered ) and the caps are handed left/right.

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34143&p=463608&hilit=+nozzle#p463608

 

[paddy wright]

Luckily it's still there- just the cap I need.