Alpina and Borrani (CMR) 13” Steel Rims

[Flunder]

Original paint on this one.

[Blue 02]

Wheels are back from the shop and I tried to match the original color from inside the wheel.  Had a satin finish clear powder coat done after painting.

[Blue 02]

They wet sprayed the wheels and the "recipe" for the mix used was -

 

Toner        Description                       Weight (g)

Q110.         White                                     702.4

Q726.         Violet (red) transp.                 0.6

Q680.         Violet transp.                            1.1

Q811M.       Metallic sparkle coarse.       15.7

Q811J.         Metallic sparkle.                      3.4

Q140.          Deep black.                            65.2

Q065.         Connector.                             244.6 

 

I'm not a painter, but hope this might help someone else.

[mccusername]

That looks like a great match to me. Nice!

[BritshIron]

Although these pictures in the link below are posted on an E21 forum, there's sure a lot of wheels BMW to consider, or not! Regarding Blue 02 Borrani's, I can't find any Borrani wheels of that era that are quite that tan in color, but that's probably my own ignorance as to the various hues these wheels were available in back in the day. Please post a picture once they are mounted on your car! The shop looks like they did a great job with the refinishing. Thanks!

 

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[JohnP_02]

Through a stroke of luck I was able to buy a set of four 5” R-439 Alpina rims. I had them shipped directly to Sports Car Restoration  for a full resto, I love the way they turned out. Matt is a wizard with Borranis! While they were there I was offered another set of five out of the blue. It was quite an adventure with all of them as the first set good, but needed some work and the second set sustained some dents in the rim lip during shipping unfortunately. So, a bit of advice for anyone shipping wheels internationally. Make sure they have substantial shock proofing in the box. Even those these seem almost bullet proof they are no match for the frustrated DHL/USPS workers that have to pick them up! Anyway, here is the rundown of dates which are not all the same:

 

9/70 (6)

12/70 (1)

6/71 (2)

 

 

 

[Conserv]

57 minutes ago, JohnP_02 said:

Through a stroke of luck I was able to buy a set of four 5” R-439 Alpina rims. I had them shipped directly to Sports Car Restoration  for a full resto, I love the way they turned out. Matt is a wizard with Borranis! While they were there I was offered another set of five out of the blue. It was quite an adventure with all of them as the first set good, but needed some work and the second set sustained some dents in the rim lip during shipping unfortunately. So, a bit of advice for anyone shipping wheels internationally. Make sure they have substantial shock proofing in the box. Even those these seem almost bullet proof they are no match for the frustrated DHL/USPS workers that have to pick them up! Anyway, here is the rundown of dates which are not all the same:

 

9/70 (6)

12/70 (1)

6/71 (2)

 

 

 

When it rains, John, it pours!

 

They’re looking great!

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

[bob02]

That would be some really heavy rain, Steve!! 😂

 

Bob

[JsnPpp]

They look awesome. You may need more cars!

 

I like the paint on the top 4 best. My opinion.

 

I was getting concerned - there wasn't another post to this thread for a few months. 🙂 

[JohnP_02]

3 hours ago, JsnPpp said:

I like the paint on the top 4 best. My opinion.

Yes! The top 4 are the ones restored by SCR with the “correct” white aluminum satin finish color previously discussed on this thread. The unfinished one is going to SCR, but as much as I would love to get the other 4 also done the budget has already been busted. 

[Blue 02]

Here are the wheels on Inka!  Sorry I didn't send sooner

 

[Nashstey]

Hello everyone I’m coming on here to see if anyone would be kind enough to either point me in the right direction or help me with finding one 13x5.5 borrani with circle holes??

I am slightly desperate as I only have a set of three wheels and would like to have a complete set of 4 wheels!

Best, Diego

[Nashstey]

On 7/5/2023 at 9:48 AM, JohnP_02 said:

Through a stroke of luck I was able to buy a set of four 5” R-439 Alpina rims. I had them shipped directly to Sports Car Restoration  for a full resto, I love the way they turned out. Matt is a wizard with Borranis! While they were there I was offered another set of five out of the blue. It was quite an adventure with all of them as the first set good, but needed some work and the second set sustained some dents in the rim lip during shipping unfortunately. So, a bit of advice for anyone shipping wheels internationally. Make sure they have substantial shock proofing in the box. Even those these seem almost bullet proof they are no match for the frustrated DHL/USPS workers that have to pick them up! Anyway, here is the rundown of dates which are not all the same:

 

9/70 (6)

12/70 (1)

6/71 (2)

 

 

 

I would love to maybe purchase one wheel if possible!!

[markmac]

Greedy (just kidding <kindof>).  Haha😉

[BritshIron]

@Nashstey

 

Mike Rizenman Valley Wire Wheels, Van Nuys

818-785-7237

He trued and repaired my 1968 Borrani’s

Aloha, Robert