The paint may well be available from other sources. Due to the age of all Airheads, paints previously available from BMW are OFTEN, if not mostly, no longer available particularly via BMW. In 1983-1984, the front fender of the R80RT had ONE pinstripe the R100RT had DUAL stripes.ĥ. You will probably find that confusing in actual use, until you are familiar with how it is used.Ĥ.
Bmw vin decoder color code#
The first number in a BMW code is the paint, the second number is the finish code. Sometimes hard-to-find information is in literature such as the SNABB Katalog or, BMW's microfiche, etc.ģ. I used the first color number listed, entered it back into the previous page, it give the color name.Ģ. For the old pages, the next following page had the trim code. Glasurite is part of BASF now, and use of the internet pages is quite different. It used to be that in order to use that URL, you selected "BMW" and on the next page enter your color sticker number.
Bmw vin decoder color professional#
Little-known-fact: BMW used a descriptive 00 for color for right hand drive cars, single 0 for left hand drive cars!ĭuplicating an original paint job is where a highly experienced professional painter earns their money.ġ.
Try first looking at the parent website,īMWNA (& Butler & Smith, the importers of the early BMW bikes), sometimes had different names for the same color when used on different models! BMW themselves sometimes had different names for the same paint when used with different colors of pin striping, and may or may not have changed the Scheme code, confusing things badly. When investigating a paint code you may need to contact the paint manufacturer. In some instances there is a base color coat, which has an over-coat applied to get some desired effect. too much/many may be darker than originally intended. for 572 you also need a clear coat, and what about the pinstriping?.gold pin-striping used most often with that paint code? Single pin-stripe or a dual pin-stripe? Width? Is it installed before the top clear coat, or underneath? How many layers or dusting coatings of a paint are use to get the appropriate depth of color?. In this instance, it happens that 572 is a specific BMW color, Magenta Red, and you can get paint in that color. If you want information on color depth, fading, etc., you need to speak to an expert BMW motorcycle painter.įor a simple example, you might have a bike whose under-seat label has the color scheme number 572. There may be several color coats used, & a finishing top clear coat, one or more colors or types of pinstriping, etc.it all depends on the model (and, probably, year). This information may not be published in their internet-sourced charting! This can be particularly troublesome with the pinstriping and the smoked colors, and the R90S paint jobs. They know what that BMW code basically means.or, should know. Glasurit, & some others, have a lot of information. This code does describe, possibly not fully, pin-striping, even dual-pin-striping.
Bmw vin decoder color full#
in other words it is not a full engineering description, but it is a description of, generally, the products. except for exact paint gun passes, thickness of coatings, exact placement of pinstripes. You should think of the scheme number as describing an entire paint color and layout, even pinstripes. This is not a number that describes 'just' the color(s) of the paint, although that number may be the primary paint color. All of which means exactly what I say here: Europeans, and many in the USA, refer to this finish code number as the Scheme code. This is a finish code covering the entire paint job. BMW motorcycles use that code number, usually found on a label under the seat, on the seat pan or top of the rear fender. BTW, Glasurit paints are distributed by BASF in the USA.Įvery BMW motorcycle, and cars too, is coded with a three-digit paint finish code number. Glasurit's very old literature does not seem to have been included to a full extent in Glasurit's on-line charts, for motorcycles, although listed in that category. In my private files I have a lot of information on old BMW car paints, you can ask, on the Airheads LIST, about a specific model, year, color. There is also some, not extensive, information on K bike and Oilhead colors. This article contains a summary of all 1970 & later BMW Airhead motorcycle colors & paint scheme codes that I know about and, while it is mostly North America shipped colors, over the years I have added European information. The donating article extensively explains this website's history,īMW PAINT, COLOR CODES, SCHEMES, etc, 1970 -> ?īE SURE TO READ THIS ENTIRE INTRODUCTORY SECTION! The advertisements, above, are Google-sponsored.
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