Touch up paint
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Touch up paint
any suggestions for Flat black touch up paint?
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Sharpie
The service tech's suggestion was that I use a black permanent sharpie marker pen. To my surprise it actually worked pretty well. I'm still holding out for BMW to send some matte black over the pond, but until then I keep a sharpie in my tank bag.
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OK - got the paint.
The Black is 962 softlack schwarz, part # 51 91 7 700 040
The Orange is 837 orange 2 met, part # 51 91 7 672 704
They both are two part sets - in that they both come with the paint and the clear, though I guess you would not use the clear over the black??
The Black is 962 softlack schwarz, part # 51 91 7 700 040
The Orange is 837 orange 2 met, part # 51 91 7 672 704
They both are two part sets - in that they both come with the paint and the clear, though I guess you would not use the clear over the black??
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My dealer got is from Germany, it took about 10 days.
You can order it from the UK, the BMW dealer that I used for many years is at http://www.balderston.net or there is a non BMW specialist http://www.motobins.com who specialise in mail order.
You can order it from the UK, the BMW dealer that I used for many years is at http://www.balderston.net or there is a non BMW specialist http://www.motobins.com who specialise in mail order.
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What I got was the standard touch up sets which are 2 x 12ml (1 x colour and 1 x clear) tubes that have a brush in the cap - they will last a life time of paint touch ups.
As for cost I don't know - the dealer gave both sets to me because he scratched the gas tank during the 600 mile service
I had a look at http://www.motobins.com - they list the orange (colour code 837) at 8.44 pounds sterling which is about US $15 plus shipping. I am sure if you asked them they would get the black for you............they always got me things that were not listed. Failing that try http://www.balderston.net (BMW dealer, being in Europe he can get all sorts of things for you that are not imported to the US). I reckon all in it's going to cost you about $20 - $25 per set.
As for cost I don't know - the dealer gave both sets to me because he scratched the gas tank during the 600 mile service
I had a look at http://www.motobins.com - they list the orange (colour code 837) at 8.44 pounds sterling which is about US $15 plus shipping. I am sure if you asked them they would get the black for you............they always got me things that were not listed. Failing that try http://www.balderston.net (BMW dealer, being in Europe he can get all sorts of things for you that are not imported to the US). I reckon all in it's going to cost you about $20 - $25 per set.
Everyone is entitled to my opinion!