Thread: Repair or Touch-up of Wheel Paint

Originally Posted by LRD414

Well here is the final diy repair ....






The colour match is actually quite good but it is impossible to achieve the finish sheen already on the wheel (except professionally).
Plus the gouges made for a rough surface to start with even with some sanding.

I am happy with the result, it's difficult to see from any reasonable distance.
I figure that something similar could easily reoccur, so didn't pursue the professional repair at this stage.

I got these little paint pots from a small specialty paint shop at Ormeau but they do have an eBay shop as well.
Land Rover Range Rover Touch UP Paint 50ml Auto Discovery Defender Evoque Vogue | eBay
Range Rover Touch UP Paint 50ml Land Rover Discovery 3 4 Automotive CAR Paint | eBay

No trouble at all to mix up any Land Rover colour (and every other make as well).
They also supply aerosol cans of paint to either 1K or 2K spec. I was advised that 2K is as good as the factory paint and 1K just has less hardener.

The little pots are only 1K. I also got one in Nara Bronze just in case and a clear coat one.

Oh and Bonatti Grey actually had three variants in their system and we actually took sample chips out to the vehicle.
I selected the "standard" version as the closest match but no idea why there was variants.

I'll insist on better wheel placement spotting next time

Cheers,
Scott

Scott.
There must be different Bonatti greys used by Compomotive.Im Albany we had 3 white D4s with GOE wheels,one had black,they dint look as good,the other 2 were grey,definately a much different shade between the 2,quite different.
Andrew

Lindsay saw my GOE wheels for the first time last week.He said they were fake Compomotive wheels,they make wheels for race cars not Land Rovers.
I assured him they were genuine,he looks at me and said "Dad you get paid way too much"
He is into motorsport so knows Compomotive wheels
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Scott.

There must be different Bonatti greys used by Compomotive.Im Albany we had 3 white D4s with GOE wheels,one had black,they dint look as good,the other 2 were grey,definately a much different shade between the 2,quite different.

Andrew

That's interesting. I've just emailed my Compomotive contact to ask about possible shade changes. Glad mine matched ok.

Scott

When I got a Metallic green spray can mixed for our Defender Xtreme there were 3 versions of the same colour on their computer,the age listing was the only saviour that day as I didnt have it with me,colour match was very good.One date was too old the other too young from memory.
I think my genuine Landrover touch up kit for the D4 was about $38 for the base and clear,much less quantity.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

There must be different Bonatti greys used by Compomotive.Im Albany we had 3 white D4s with GOE wheels,one had black,they dint look as good,the other 2 were grey,definately a much different shade between the 2,quite different.

Andrew, you are 100% correct. Here are a few comments extracted from an email exchange I've just had with Compomotive in the UK.

"Yes in the 8 years that this rim has been in production the grey paint used has changed 3 times due to supply issues with the paint co etc
... seems like there are several shades of the same colour ... early production of this rim was not in this (Bonatti) shade of grey? more a generic grey powder paint."

When I asked about the 8 year production mentioned, he advised:
"The rim was originally developed for the Bowler Nemesis Rally Raid vehicle"


Possible inspiration for the Evoque?

I quite like that my wheels have this kind of heritage ....

Cheers,
Scott

Mine are early rims,I rekon they are darker than yours.

Andrew

you should fire your spotter 😉