Wheel refinishing
#21
I realize this thread is a month old, but am ready to repair my wheels. Is the stock color Hyper Silver for the '03 Zeus?
And I was actually thinking of doing mine a slightly darker color. I have aftermarket silver ARS's on there now which look good with a little brake dust to make them darker. Someone mentioned hyper black, but I was thinking the BMW shadow chrome would look good as well.
And I was actually thinking of doing mine a slightly darker color. I have aftermarket silver ARS's on there now which look good with a little brake dust to make them darker. Someone mentioned hyper black, but I was thinking the BMW shadow chrome would look good as well.
#22
I found some Duplicolor touch up paint (in the little tube with the brush/pen applicator) that matches the stock silver wheel color almost exactly. It is a GM paint called "Tarnished Silver" - I took a gamble and bought it and it works great for those little chips or flakes. About $5.00 at Advance Auto Parts.
#24
yep sounds like you need more than touch up.
if you get a local body shop to mix the paint, you can use a Preval mini-sprayer to apply it, if you don't have an HPLV air paint sprayer.
Amazon.com: Preval Sprayer PVE267 Preval Spray Gun: Home Improvement
if you get a local body shop to mix the paint, you can use a Preval mini-sprayer to apply it, if you don't have an HPLV air paint sprayer.
Amazon.com: Preval Sprayer PVE267 Preval Spray Gun: Home Improvement
#25
There are threads already out there that cover this very well. Search!
Wurth products silver wheel paint & GL clear Laquer Spray work very well for touch up repairs including rash repairs.
This is not a bad price http://www.goodspeedmotoring.com/wur...paint-kit.html
Wurth products silver wheel paint & GL clear Laquer Spray work very well for touch up repairs including rash repairs.
This is not a bad price http://www.goodspeedmotoring.com/wur...paint-kit.html
Last edited by Staatsof; 07-20-2011 at 11:16 AM.
#26
I did search for zeus wheel color and never found the name or number for the correct color. I know of the Wurth products, but read those were for most German applications - never saw anything stating they match '03 British wheels. Even your own article from late last year does not mention the actual color, just technique. There are plenty technique articles on many sites.
Please send me in the right direction of the apparent numerous threads I missed discussing the stock STR Zeus color.
Please send me in the right direction of the apparent numerous threads I missed discussing the stock STR Zeus color.
#27
#28
Check with any of your local car dealerships. Many have outside wheel refinishers come in weekly to repair wheels on customers' cars and for cars in used inventories.
I had 3 badly scratched wheels repaired after an accident for $75 each. A mobile shop took 3 hours to make them look like new. They use small air grinders to sand out the scratches and they use templates to mask off for painting. They'll do a little bondo work for small holes. All repairs are done with the tires and wheels on the car.
They "hypercoat" talked about is actually a black/silver paint mixture with a clearcoat lacquer over the top.
If you don't have any scratches to repair, just clean your wheels, seal up the pits, sand them with fine sandpaper and paint'em.
Like it was said above, Duplicolor has a silver wheel paint. You can also get an argent paint stock Item #10001Z from Eastwood.com and finish them with a clearcoat.
This is not a difficult job. Good luck!
I had 3 badly scratched wheels repaired after an accident for $75 each. A mobile shop took 3 hours to make them look like new. They use small air grinders to sand out the scratches and they use templates to mask off for painting. They'll do a little bondo work for small holes. All repairs are done with the tires and wheels on the car.
They "hypercoat" talked about is actually a black/silver paint mixture with a clearcoat lacquer over the top.
If you don't have any scratches to repair, just clean your wheels, seal up the pits, sand them with fine sandpaper and paint'em.
Like it was said above, Duplicolor has a silver wheel paint. You can also get an argent paint stock Item #10001Z from Eastwood.com and finish them with a clearcoat.
This is not a difficult job. Good luck!
#29
If you haven't done something like this before you might want to follow Bamaman's advice here. When I did mine I found it a bit tricky to not end up painting the entire GD wheel. If you want to paint the wheels a different color (the BMW color looks nice!) then take the car or tires and wheels to a wheel refinishing place as the tires should come off the rims. A pro has everything plus experience to do spot repairs quickly. But it's possibly to do with decent results using the Wurth products plus various grades of sand paper etc. TAKE THE WHEEL OFF THE CAR.
Check with any of your local car dealerships. Many have outside wheel refinishers come in weekly to repair wheels on customers' cars and for cars in used inventories.
I had 3 badly scratched wheels repaired after an accident for $75 each. A mobile shop took 3 hours to make them look like new. They use small air grinders to sand out the scratches and they use templates to mask off for painting. They'll do a little bondo work for small holes. All repairs are done with the tires and wheels on the car.
They "hypercoat" talked about is actually a black/silver paint mixture with a clearcoat lacquer over the top.
If you don't have any scratches to repair, just clean your wheels, seal up the pits, sand them with fine sandpaper and paint'em.
Like it was said above, Duplicolor has a silver wheel paint. You can also get an argent paint stock Item #10001Z from Eastwood.com and finish them with a clearcoat.
This is not a difficult job. Good luck!
I had 3 badly scratched wheels repaired after an accident for $75 each. A mobile shop took 3 hours to make them look like new. They use small air grinders to sand out the scratches and they use templates to mask off for painting. They'll do a little bondo work for small holes. All repairs are done with the tires and wheels on the car.
They "hypercoat" talked about is actually a black/silver paint mixture with a clearcoat lacquer over the top.
If you don't have any scratches to repair, just clean your wheels, seal up the pits, sand them with fine sandpaper and paint'em.
Like it was said above, Duplicolor has a silver wheel paint. You can also get an argent paint stock Item #10001Z from Eastwood.com and finish them with a clearcoat.
This is not a difficult job. Good luck!
Last edited by Staatsof; 07-22-2011 at 07:22 AM.
#30
Antares Wheels Refurbished
The wheels on my '06 S-Type were looking a little bad...curb rash from previous owner and some black spots that wouldn't come out. I had them grinded and repainted last week. They're brighter and noticeably better to me, anyway. Think they turned out pretty good.
Ken
Ken
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Ken, to expand pictures in your posts:
Before "posting reply" click on the thumbnail to expand picture. Right click "copy" on picture, go back to post and "paste" into body where you want the expanded picture. That simple.
Awesome job on the resprayed wheel, looks as good as new!
I couldn't agree more, that Chris's chrome wheels look fan-freakin-tastic on his STR!
Before "posting reply" click on the thumbnail to expand picture. Right click "copy" on picture, go back to post and "paste" into body where you want the expanded picture. That simple.
Awesome job on the resprayed wheel, looks as good as new!
I couldn't agree more, that Chris's chrome wheels look fan-freakin-tastic on his STR!
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