Thread: Spraying D1 steel wheels

Originally Posted by MW.TD5 Defender

Does anybody know the original colour silver of the D1 steel wheels?

Can you get it in Spray cans.

I have a set on my Defender and they are looking a bit shabby and want to clean them up spray them.

thanks

Mal

Good question, I've been wondering the same thing myself just this week.

I'd get them powdercoated if I was you.

(Well actually if I was me - that's what I did and it was good).

Standard silverfrost in a pressure can is identical...not as good as powdercoating but a lot cheaper and easier to touch up.

According to EPC, there's 2 silvers for the Disco wheels.

Quicksilver & Silversparkle.

I am thinking that Silversparkle is an alloy wheel finish though because there's no colour code listed.

Quicksilver is listed as being 468 Dulux. Hopefully a paint shop will recognise that number.

Originally Posted by Scouse

According to EPC, there's 2 silvers for the Disco wheels.

Quicksilver & Silversparkle.

I am thinking that Silversparkle is an alloy wheel finish though because there's no colour code listed.

Quicksilver is listed as being 468 Dulux. Hopefully a paint shop will recognise that number.

I was looking for a fifth alloy a while ago, and thought silver was silver until I compared mine with other ones and found out that the Silversparkle of mine was way more sparkly than the Quicksilver. So I think both are alloy colours as well, and almost identical except for the level of sparkle.

You can actually buy a pressure pack in "Wheel Silver"
Not sure of the brand, I may have a can in the workshop if you need to know.

when i had a set sprayed there was a hilux with steel rims in the shop.....the colour looked close enough to me....just don't ask me the colour

any silver will be close enough

If you have an area of paint on the wheel in good condition, you can always take it to a panel shop and have it colour matched. Some years ago, it was possible to purchase pressurised disposable glass paint bottles, where you added your paint and it sprayed like a spray can.