Sport Wheel Touch up Paint

imjello

why not use the 370z brilliant silver touch up paint pen from the dealerships? i picked up one for $20.

The sport wheels and the paint on the car color is identical ( i can run outside and double check). I am talking about the 2010 Silver 370z and non 40th edition sport rays. Should work for the base wheels also, not sure about the 2013+ twist style

Jordo!

Really?

I don't have the greatest color perception, but I thought they were not even close -- I could be totally wrong (and hope that I am!)

By any wild chance, do you have touch up paint for your car and any curb rash to experiment with?

Even if it also needs (flat?) black as an undercoat, this would be a really nice solution.

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imjello

Not too wild of a request, I actually have everything needed to conduct such an experiment. If you guys are interested, I can ask the wife to bring out the dslr and get some photos of the paint colors, and repairs

Jordo!

Yes, please!

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kenchan

yah, already tried it all. if i found something i wouldve already posted.
hyper silver is not simple metallic paint with flakes. think of it more of a satin chrome.

so the diy is:

Step1: Fix wheel professionally
Step2: Done!

imjello

He is correct. I cleaned a portion of the rim and the fender, and got a good look. They are defiantly different silvers. The paint on the car has a sparkle flake in it, and the rim's color is a darker flat type. Hard to describe, but I'll try to get the colors up here.

I sold my base wheels, but wonder if that color was the same, as I remember it being similar.