Damage to paintwork in body aperture

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To ensure long-term corrosion protection, it is absolutely essential to touch up damage to paintwork!

The "BMW Color System" painting handbook forms the basis of these repair instructions and must be observed without fail.

Touch up damage to paintwork on body aperture with BMW multibase filler.

Grind out scratches in non-visible areas and touch up with BMW multibase filler.

Grind extensive areas of damage down to the bare metal and coat with BMW multibase filler (layer thickness 30... 40 μm).

Hardening time:

If a complete build-up of paint is required in the visible area:

Tape off primed adhesive flange before applying top coat
IMPORTANT: Observe hardening time of BMW multibase filler otherwise a perfect bond cannot be guaranteed!

Treatment of adhesive area in body aperture:

ADHESIVE AREA TREATMENT REFERENCE CHART

Adhesive	Treatment
Bonding and sealant for car window glass	Clean with cleaning agent R2 (sourcing reference: BMW Parts Department, part number 83 19 0 417 324) Observe an air drying time of at least 5 minutes (at least 15 minutes when applied to residual adhesive bead) 1-day system: Apply "Paint Activator A" to paint and residual adhesive bead c) 1-hour system: Apply "Paint Activator B" (blue stick) to paint d) Observe an air drying time of at least 1 minute (at least 10 minutes when applied to residual adhesive bead)

Adhesive

Treatment

Bonding and sealant for car window glass

Clean with cleaning agent R2 (sourcing reference: BMW Parts Department, part number 83 19 0 417 324)
Observe an air drying time of at least 5 minutes (at least 15 minutes when applied to residual adhesive bead)
1-day system: Apply "Paint Activator A" to paint and residual adhesive bead

c) 1-hour system: Apply "Paint Activator B" (blue stick) to paint
d) Observe an air drying time of at least 1 minute (at least 10 minutes when applied to residual adhesive bead)

IMPORTANT: Do not use Sika remover 208 for cleaning in the adhesive area.