alloy wheel colour code

[Deleted member 67732]

I have scratched my factory fitted standard alloy wheel and wish to paint it.
are there different silver colours for them, or is it a standard seat wheel spray can

 

[DEAN0]

I have scratched my factory fitted standard alloy wheel and wish to paint it.
are there different silver colours for them, or is it a standard seat wheel spray can

Don't think seat do wheel touch-up paint.

I ended up in a local model shop and selected a small tin of gloss silver enamel that was very close.

 

[Deleted member 67732]

Don't think seat do wheel touch-up paint.

I ended up in a local model shop and selected a small tin of gloss silver enamel that was very close.

thank you deano, i thought that I would be able to get an aerosol from seat.

model paint, are you referring to humbrol?

 

[DEAN0]

thank you deano, i thought that I would be able to get an aerosol from seat.

model paint, are you referring to humbrol?

Not sure what make it was but - yes - the humbrol type stuff.

 

[RUM4MO]

It does seem pretty stupid when so many cars have alloy wheels and quite a variation in colour, that car makers do not support us with providing suitable touch-up paint. In my Ford days I used a very old Ford silver, think that worked for VX and maybe VW but it is solid now! Yes very very annoying trying to match wheel colour! I bought a set of used Audi 18" alloys for winter use, one looked like it had been eaten by a bear(?), so I ended up getting a single new one from ebay, went to get the 3-off used ones refinished, but was advised by powder coating place to include the brand new one so that they matched - that hurt!

I'm sure that someone on a VAG forum mentioned "German car wheel paint" - but that assumes they are all the same!