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08-24-2016, 05:00 PM | #1 |
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About a year and a half ago I bought Volk ZE40 in matte blue gunmetal and like plenty others I've had a few careless moment where I curbed them pretty good. Refinishing is out of the question as you will not get an exact color match unless you do all four in which case you won't have the same Volk color. Volk does not sell touch up paint and there's nowhere to go with their distributors since they only sell the wheels. So I had scoured the Internet for touch up options since I wasn't ready to abandon the matte blue just yet by refinishing. And I had quit searching many times and recently posted on here looking for anyone who knows a company that might "one off" a small paint to sample bottle. Got a good recommendation but the minimum volume that they'd sell was way too much. It bothered me so much that all I need is a few ounces of paint!!! I started getting desperate and looking for car paint that was close enough, I mean anything blue was better than raw shiny bare metal on matte blue. There was a few "eh" colors that a desperate man might go for. Luckily I stumbled upon a small bottle of paint that looked spot on! If you search Vallejo gunmetal blue 70.800 it's near identical.the paint is intended for small model figurines and It's for sale on Amazon for ~$4 plus prime 2day shipping. Recieved it last week and it looked great just spent the afternoon cleaning the wheels and brushing it on and I'm thrilled. The paint brushes on easily with no visible brush strokes. It looks a little too light at first but once it dries I'd say it's a 95% match. It claims once dry its waterproof and weatherproof lets just hope it holds up against some heat!
Here's what one wheel looked like before Wheels weren't yet 100% dry so I expect the paint to darken a blend a little more |
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You should look into filling the scratches with bondo and sanding it down to create the lip again. Once you're happy with it, you can then apply the touch up paint. It'll look just like new again. I did it for one of my wheels it and it was actually a very simple process.
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You don't really need to get all four refinished to match, just two from the same side of the car. That's what my wheel repair shop did when I had the curb damage from the previous owner fixed, though with my last tire purchase the wheels ended up on opposite sides of the car and I can't even tell the difference -- impressive considering that the factory hypersilver is tough to duplicate.
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Mine was easier to match since it was matte black. I taped off the wheel except the part I repaired and just sprayed it after I remolded it with bondo. You can barely tell it was every touched up and filled with bondo unless I pointed it out to you.
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Sorry for reviving an old thread but thank you so much for posting this. My rims aren't technically scratched outside but while putting my Ultras on, I managed to scratch them a little bit on the inside. This touch up will completely hide them.
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Hi I have the same problem now.
Hi I have the same problem now. Your post saved me. May I ask how the paint looks like now? will the paint drop or something? Can you tell the difference easily? Thanks!
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Wow I forgot about this post, but glad I could help. Since that post I’ve started using metal filler on the edge and then using mini files to smooth and even it all then I’ll use the paint. The paint itself is great, it won’t run or melt on a rim and I’ve used sonax and iron x cleaner and the paint held up fine and honestly once you start driving a bit as soon as the brake dust starts to coat ur wheel it’s really hard to notice where touch up is. The paint is probably a 95% match and obviously you won’t be able to blend it with the existing paint but now I have to really get my face up close to find the touch up
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11-12-2022, 11:00 AM | #12 |
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Thanks for your help on this touch up paint! I just bought some for my wheels.
I came across a gunmetal blue paint(38L) from a Mazda 3. I bought some of it in a touch up pen. Going to see if it's a good match as well. Did you try that mazda paint or no? |
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Just wanted to post an update here. I went with the Mazda 38L touch paint and it is a 99% percent match. I tried Vallejo one too which was close but the Mazda one is even better.
0000-92-38l is the part number of the touch up pen I purchased. |
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