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Hi all!

I did a little wheel refurb on the 406 alloys over the Christmas period but they turned out completelythe wrong colour - i was wondering if any of you know the original paint code for the 406's alloys like the one below - they simply turned out too grey.



Ta for anything you can offer.

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OK - if i ask a different question perhaps...

Have any of you used a particular paint on your alloys that you were happy with?

if so, any chance of details.

Cheers

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I generally go into Halfords, have a look through their silver spray paint and pick the brightest and most metallic one I can find. Worth a try.

That said, I shall be re-spraying some alloys in the near future so I can let you know what I use then?

Maybe you could match it, quite a few motor factors and paint shops can do that sort of thing.

I seem to remember that anything with "wheel silver" written on it is rubbish, the results usually look like Christmas decorations. I think you're actually looking for some sort of grey.

The standard alloys are just about the most 'silvery' I've ever seen from the factory and they have loads of 'sparkles' in the paint too.

Nowadays they all seem to be dumbing down the silver in favour of 'black chrome' which is a black wheel with and overcoat of silver - like a Civic Type R or an M3 etc.



Just realised this wasn't much help to the lad

Nowadays they all seem to be dumbing down the silver in favour of 'black chrome' which is a black wheel with and overcoat of silver - like a Civic Type R or an M3 etc.

Ooh, don't suppose you've got any details on how to do this? Just got some black alloys, and the black chrome effect sounds like it could possibly work.

I had the wheels on my Integra refurbed and was considering black chrome and the guy said it was essentially a black wheel with a silver overlay but I wouldn't be able to advise you how to do it but the principle kinda makes sense to me (plus a good laquer)

Thanks all!!

The off the shelf cans ( ) were rubbish.

HBC - if you manage to get a reasonable colour let me know - my alloys do look better, but they're just not bright enough!

What about this!!!!!!!! Polycarbonate rear windows, no rear wiper, no air con, no stereo, no back seat, no sound insulation - I WANT ONE!!!

Brilliant!!!!!

I went to the local (small) Halfords to have a look at their paints today, and they've changed the way they colour code them so all the silvers now look more or less the same. I'm going to go to the big one at Team Valley and go through their paint book and choose the silver from there. How many cans did you use? I was thinking 2 cans of primer, 2 cans of colour and 2 cans of lacquer for all 4 wheels.

HBC,

I used 1 can of each and it proved to be plenty. Several good coats everything and still loads left.

Let me know if any of the silver turns out well.

Cheers

Cooks