Look at the mess I've made

It started off when I bought two sets of retrofit bits for the satnav systems, as they did not believe it could be done. Built a bit of a good relationship with the parts department, bought more and more stuff (2005 lights etc) and they started giving me the discount.

Bought 6 ellipsoids from them as well + the tires and they now roll out the red carpet when I arrive.

BMW membership gives you an additional 10% discount as well, and costs £45 a year I think. So with two BMWs, the discount on servicing etc is worth it.
 
I think price matching depends on the dealer.

My local dealer said yes we will match that price sir, but offered me a different tyre, which to me is not price matching, now they knew where the price I got came from as it was the tyre company across the road that used to do all their tyre for them until they opend their own tyre shop.

You think they would have made more effort.

Regarding 10% discount, fairly easy to get on parts if you say another dealer will give you the same, did this on my tail pipe trims.
 
So update time....

Well the second part of this repair hasn't proceeded to plan and to be quite honest I've made some beginner's mistakes.... This is what the wheel now looks like after one coat of lacquer.....which I really got wrong!

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The three key mistakes that I've made have been as follows......

- Masking too much of the wheel thereby creating very obvious paint lines, which I then proceeded to sand out and repaint.
- Not having a strong enough paint thinner to remove the silver paint overspray (Doh!)
- Holding the spray can in one position for too long, creating a build up of paint and run lines.

I'm not beaten yet though! I'm going to go back to the primer stage and therefore sand the repair back down, primer, paint and lacquer. Equipped with a better practical (rather than theoretical) understanding I should hopefully be able to make a better stab at it second time round!

We all make mistakes....it just really annoying and have make sure we learn from them.

On the positive side the Wurth paint seems to match quite well!

(Should have just posted a pic of another wheel and said "look at the amazing result!":lol:)
 
You're learning quickly I see.

If you don't mind comment let me add some more.

Wet and dry off the mistakes and reprime. make sure it's perfect before moving to top coat as errors are increased not hidden. Spraying is 95% prep and 5% spraying and admiring...

Start to spray before you get to the place to cover and spray past it stopping spraying after you pass. Sort of fade in and out. This stops edges.
Don't put too much on(you learnt that). Make it just wet and it will flatten in a few seconds
Don't spray too close or so far as it hits the surface dry
Keep a wet edge as you spray ie srpay side to side moving down a bit each time
Cheat and lay the wheel flat - it will reduce runs
Make sure the wheel is warm and air dry - spray it in the garage

You will end up spraying the whole wheel before you get the finish you want. Plan to do that now...

BTW - cans are useless. mostly propellant and little paint. Errors are therefore all too easy.



So what's my qualification to say al this before being asked. I sprayed about 5 cars (total resprays) and countless panels, repairs damage, wheels, etc. in a lifetime of messing with cars and made every mistake including having a swarm of greenfly on a painted roof.....
 
cj10jeeper said:
You're learning quickly I see.

If you don't mind comment let me add some more.

Wet and dry off the mistakes and reprime. make sure it's perfect before moving to top coat as errors are increased not hidden. Spraying is 95% prep and 5% spraying and admiring...

Start to spray before you get to the place to cover and spray past it stopping spraying after you pass. Sort of fade in and out. This stops edges.
Don't put too much on(you learnt that). Make it just wet and it will flatten in a few seconds
Don't spray too close or so far as it hits the surface dry
Keep a wet edge as you spray ie srpay side to side moving down a bit each time
Cheat and lay the wheel flat - it will reduce runs
Make sure the wheel is warm and air dry - spray it in the garage

You will end up spraying the whole wheel before you get the finish you want. Plan to do that now...

BTW - cans are useless. mostly propellant and little paint. Errors are therefore all too easy.



So what's my qualification to say al this before being asked. I sprayed about 5 cars (total resprays) and countless panels, repairs damage, wheels, etc. in a lifetime of messing with cars and made every mistake including having a swarm of greenfly on a painted roof.....
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Cheers for the comments - they are really helpful, all part of the learning process!
 
It's sooo easy the scratch the rims... and so expensive to have proffs to fix it afterwards. Until some months ago, I had never scratched any of my rims. But then, during one week I managed to scratch both right side rims at two different occations. Very annoying.
Made some internet searches, and found one interesting link. See http://www.autopia-carcare.com/realwhda.html . It describes mainly the same procedure as Pauly_G above. Did as the “cookbook” described, and the result was fairly satisfactory. Only problem was finding an acceptable colour. Have original BMW rims (type 152i). Tried first with some cheap alu rim colour from a general car accessories store. That was not a success; it was a noticeable colour difference. So the next move was to go to my local BMW dealer. They have some original alu rim paint spray (price approx € 25,-). This time the colour was (of course) spot on.
Can see that cj10jeeper recommends not using masking tape because of the risk of a paint ridge. However, if you use masking tape (very practical) and end up with a paint ridge, the ridge can be removed with some rubbing compound. The rubbing compound makes a smooth transition between new and old paint. :thumbsup:
 
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