Wheel paint for Honda curb repair

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snwbrdpunx

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Hey guys, I curbed one of my factory Honda wheels. Its a silver painted alloy wheel on a 2003 v6 accord. Do you know where I can get paint that will match online, or will the Wurth paint work? I will be attempting to fix it using the NASA method that was posted before. Thanks for the help!
 
I know some of the touch up paint places mix specific auto mfr wheel paint..I have some.



I don't know if the German silver is compatible with a generic Japanese silver. Do you have the WURTH? I guess it's e-z enough to find out, right?
 
I had a heck of a time finding matching paint for the used wheels my friend Jr. got from ebay for her '03 Hyundai...it was like some sort of classified data...I called Hyundai, they said I had to talk to the dealer, the dealers didn't know, although one referred me to their bodyshop which referred me to their paint supplier who said if I brought the wheel and left it there they could shoot it and mix up a quart of matching paint. I think I spent a whole day searching the internet, paint mfrs., etc, and couldn't come up with a color code. We wound up going to (chain) auto parts stores and trying to match up the bottles...I think I even carried a wheel into one of them. After 6 or 8 bottles I finally got one close enough but not perfect. What a fiasco. It would have been easier to send them off to Wheel Collision Center and get them repainted (they woudn't send me any touchup paint, either).



EDIT: Sorry for the rant, those Hyundai wheels were a very different color than the wheels on my Acura which are probably the same as your Honda. I think you're likely to have much better luck with the generic colors and/or people knowing what color will match.
 
The only way to properly repair a wheel is to either replace it or send it to a company that reconditions wheels. Most body shops don't have the equipment to repair curbed wheels. I usually pay $100-$120 per wheel to repair and it comes out like new.
 
David Fermani said:
The only way to properly repair a wheel is to either replace it or send it to a company that reconditions wheels. Most body shops don't have the equipment to repair curbed wheels. I usually pay $100-$120 per wheel to repair and it comes out like new.
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if you don't do this you WILL be doing this: :wall
 
hmm seems like this might turn out to be more trouble than its worth. That writeup thats posted sure did make it seem easy enough to do. Thanks for the replies though.
 
If the wheel isn't bent or damaged to the point where it may be cracked, I don't see what the concern is about you fixing it. If it is badly scraped, you may have to remove a lot of metal to smooth it out, which may result in imbalance or in an extreme case problems with the bead seating (in which case it should be repaired), but you shouldn't need to go for a weld repair unless you have one of the aforementioned cases.
 
Most wheel repair companies have a flat fee for a wheel repair. It usually doesn't matter how bad it is(as long as it's repairable). I pay the same whether it's for a scrape or if there's a large chunk of the lip missing.
 
Einszett Silber will do probably do it. I've used it on BMW, Benz, Acura, Infiniti, Nissan, and Toyota wheels. It says Euro cars only, but afaik it matches just about all of them.



Silver Wheel Paint & Primer - Germany 1z | einszett Since 1936



Oh, and fwiw, I've repaired a bunch of curb rashes. It's not that big a deal. There is even a how to on this site.



David is right though; paying to have it done is often cheaper than buying all the products to DIY.
 
Dupli-color "Quicksilver 262 Suburu" (part number is SU 01345) is a very good match for many manufacturers wheels. It's available everywhere (i.e. autozone, pep boys, etc).
 
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