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      06-02-2020, 08:32 PM   #1
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Style 461 silver or ferric gray? please help.

Bought a cpo 230i last weekend and need to go staggered and get rid of runflats. Can't tell if these wheels are Gray or silver. Pics taken from either side of the car, in and out of sunlight and in person both wheels appear to be the same color.



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Fixed pics in first post. These are silver, right? all the gray wheels are much darker aren't they?

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Added a poll at the top so you don't even have to type anything.
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This is Ferric Grey against a Mineral Grey body colour:
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Silver.
They are Silver. The Grey come with Track Package which includes M SportBrakes (blue). You can pull the wheel and check the part number to be sure.
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They are Silver. The Grey come with Track Package which includes M SportBrakes (blue). You can pull the wheel and check the part number to be sure.
Did not even occur to me that there might be a part number that would tell me the color. thanks!
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They are Silver. The Grey come with Track Package which includes M SportBrakes (blue). You can pull the wheel and check the part number to be sure.
I clicked grey on accident lol.
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They are Silver. The Grey come with Track Package which includes M SportBrakes (blue). You can pull the wheel and check the part number to be sure.
sometimes that doesnt help.

the lobster claws on my 240 say "ferric gray" on one spoke, and "orbit gray" on the opposite spoke
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      06-05-2020, 07:27 AM   #10
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News flash - BMW intentionally confuses people with inconsistent and redundant naming conventions. Just reel to the next page, nothing to inspect here.
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