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:

With infrared, at least 10 minutes
Without infrared for at least 60°C, at least 30 minutes
Without infrared for at least 20°C, at least 24 hours

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 APPLICATION 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) Apply paint activator (blue stick) to paint 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.