Samwell996 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 this might be a completely stupid question but i am wanting to refurbish my spare wheel as it is awful and the other four had been refurbished before i brought the car. the problem is that i don't know what colour paint i need to get, I've never done this before so i don't know if there is a standard paint that you use for alloys or if it is specific to the car. any help would be great. apologies again if this is a stupid question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1280 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Got a pic of your wheels? Are they a bright silver or a bit darker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuma77 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 im hoping to do a full refurb in the upcoming months and im doing mine dark bronze : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samwell996 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 i have a photo but i don't know how to upload it :/ bright silver i would say. was thinking of plasti dipping mine bronze, my girlfriend just did her wheels gun metal grey and they look pretty cool but I'm not sure how either colour would look on a silver car to be honest thats why i think I'm going to refurb so its silver on silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Red Celica Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 If you want a nice sparkling grey, try BMW Sparkling Graphite. Of course you'd need to do all 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1280 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Halfords metallic silver is a bright silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazz54 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 No one has mentioned it, but it is important with aluminium to start off with primer coat using a paint intended for aluminium. The last time I painted aluminium I think I used an aerosol etch primer made by Clostermann and that seems to have lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samwell996 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 No one has mentioned it, but it is important with aluminium to start off with primer coat using a paint intended for aluminium. The last time I painted aluminium I think I used an aerosol etch primer made by Clostermann and that seems to have lasted. thankyou, good to know mate Halfords metallic silver is a bright silver would that match the rest of my alloys then? as my plan was to refurb the spare and then put it in place of one which is starting to flake a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Red Celica Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Getting an exact match is unlikely, hence my suggestion to get an actual paint colour (that has a proper code) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1280 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Your best bet is to find an auto paint place that can mix something up to match the others. Otherwise you'll have to just buy a few silvers and find the best match yourself. Can you not contact who you bought the car off and ask what paint they used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazz54 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Are you going to strip the whole wheel or just do the bad bits? If the latter, what I have used in past are the small (cheap) tins of Humbrol enamel paint intended for model makers; I think they do a number of different silvers of different shades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samwell996 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Are you going to strip the whole wheel or just do the bad bits? If the latter, what I have used in past are the small (cheap) tins of Humbrol enamel paint intended for model makers; I think they do a number of different silvers of different shades. the whole wheel, the paint is flaking very bad on my spare wheel think i could strip it all off without any sanding lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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