Anthracite colour

[MikeyK18]

im refurbing my wheels and im wondering whats the best shade you guys have used?

im not wanting them to be 2 dark but a nice shade

suggestions please

 

[Lee coley]

ford polaris grey

 

[MikeyK18]

any bigger pics?

 

[Lee coley]

 

[Lee coley]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u103/123yoza123/low001.jpg?t=1201719931

 

[MT AUDIO]

look good,did you do them yourself?how did you manage to do the lip without marking any other part of the wheel?just taped it up?

 

[Lee coley]

yep did them my self,i flatted the rim untill it was bare metal then got the wheels ready for paint then using fine line tape i masked around the edges and taped them off,then polished using metal polish.

 

[MT AUDIO]

cheers!did you lacquer where you metal polished or just left it?

 

[MikeyK18]

any more suggestions?

 

[Lee coley]

just left them bare metal,and polished them every week,lol

 

[Lee coley]

any more suggestions?

no good?

 

[MT AUDIO]

just left them bare metal,and polished them every week,lol

oh my.lol.would i be able to lacquer,i know i wont get as good a look but itll still be obvious

ive known people to use rover gun metal

 

[Lee coley]

no mate because the laquer will just flake off,bare alloy needs etch primer so that would be defeating the object

 

[MT AUDIO]

how do wheel manufacturers keep there polished wheels like they do form factory?sorry for so many q's and mikey sorry for robbing your thread

 

[Greeny.]

Ford graphite grey for me

 

[Lee coley]

how do wheel manufacturers keep there polished wheels like they do form factory?sorry for so many q's and mikey sorry for robbing your thread

they use a plastic clear coating its w**k when it chips it starts to peel and rust

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I used Rover stone grey . More about how i did it here .
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124618&page=2&highlight=alloy+wheel+refurb

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[Lee coley]

thats looks a good colour,

 

[generous]

i also used that rover stone grey to paint my door badges, close as u wil get to anthracite

 

[MikeyK18]

tbh the ford colour looks a bit to dark for what i would like, but that rover colour looks like the colour im after, any pics in daylight of what they look like on the car?

 

[MikeyK18]

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