I've just found the spray paint tin in the garage but there is no code on it sorry it just says rover stone grey (met) double acrylic concentrated paint and its made by HYCOTE its not a perfect match but its pretty close to the trim HTH.There's proberbly other paints to match but that was the closest at my local shop.

Chile1 I've just noticed a code/number on the side of the tin 210 HTH.

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You're junior x5er on the x5drivers.co.uk forum?

No if you read the post corectly i'm x555 but then you don't seem to be reading my posts but just replying with unhelpfull cocky remarks likeI mean if you would have read that post you would have known what i meant wouldn't you? but it seems to me that unless someone has over a thousand posts on here you seem to think you're better than them.Honestly if you havn't got anything positive to say don't bother :yawn:.Right thats my rant over now lets start again shall we my user name is x555a because when i joined this forum(which is very usefull and friendly most of the time ) my other username was already being used.I have read many of your posts and they are very informative and just what newer memebers like me want but we all have to start posting somewhere no matter how minor it is to you.So give us a chance to post and we may just have something interesting and informative to say.Or we could just all rant like this :D

Ok x555a or junior x5er or whatever the fuck, first of all your English completely sucks, and I mean sucks bad, particularly your spelling and lack of punctuation. I read your post numerous times and each time came away with a different interpretation of what the hell you were trying to say.

Second, you write in run on sentences that are devoid of any punctuation I guess that must have been the days you missed in school or something because I can definitely tell you it makes for some complicated reading that's for certain regardless of how you may think I can guarantee you that others will find it difficult to ascertain the central points of your comments if you continue to write like someone who is nine years old. Am I making my point here?

Third, my remarks were not cocky and frankly were quite sincere in this thread. In my opinion, in post # 7, you seemed to say that because you could not find a BMW color trim piece to match your interior, you bought a Rover steering wheel trim that was close and then 'once lacquered' it looked good. To which I replied, with great interest, if you could post some photos of it, and with great surprise, that I didn't realize Rover steering wheels fit BMW's. The reason for my interest? I have been looking for that exact trim piece in any color other than black for quite some time. See these threads:

Post # 1
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...ever-seen.html

Post # 8
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...ce-2005-a.html

Post #1
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...rt-search.html

Your post #10 only further confused me since it appeared to say that the link you provided was actually written by you, but contrary to what I thought I understood above, it did not show a Rover steering wheel in 'stone grey' that had been further 'lacquered', rather it showed a regular BMW black steering wheel trim piece that had been refinished to a fairly decent standard, though not up to OE BMW spec I'd say. So my last question was if you were the person who actually did the modification; a simple straightforward question that I certainly felt warranted a simple straightforward answer of yes or no.

Honestly it's people like you that come in with chips on your shoulder and behave in such a manner that really makes it hard to want to stay a member of the board.

The rest of your comments I won't even address other than the fact that I think you are a complete dickhead for wasting my time with complete nonsense and you should not only lighten up, but strongly consider purchasing a remedial course in grammar. :thebird:

x555a do you think sparying a clear coat on the new part I ordered will prevent the flaking/chipping? Or will it mess it up?

x5 meister Seems to me like your the one having trouble reading here perhaps you should strongly consider purchasing a remedial course in grammar as everyone else seems to understand and reply to my posts fine.As for the rest of your post :yawn: i think its you who needs to lighten up my friend, you must have been really pissed off to write all that shit.

GFY.

I think it would be fine and would certainly protect it more than BMW OE spec other wise it will just flake again HTH