Morning peeps,

Have a bit of a dilemma at the moment,

Last Saturday whilst reverse parking my Fiesta ST I accidently mounted a kerb and it was one of them if I go back I do more damage and if I go forward I will still damage it, so went forward and when I got out to survey the damage, I found I had taken the edge of the alloy nearly 3/4 of the way round.

Anywho I thought I could tackle the refurb myself, I have rubbed, filled and sanded again and have brought the alloy back to shape (very impressed with myself), BUT I now have the problem of a colour match, the Simoniz 5 wheel paint is too dark and has left it with two colours, even using white primer.

Does anyone know the correct paint to use or should I just cut my losses and take it to a refurb place, if anyone knows of someone in the Essex area who is good at refurbs please let me know.

Cheers

 

When I refurbished my wheels I used Ford Stratos Silver I think and it seemed like a pretty good match against the centre caps.

 

Cheers mate, I saw that in Halfords,

Is the Stratos Silver quite light, because the ST wheels are very light with a speckle in them.

 

I did the wheels on my old cossie with Stratos Silver from Halfords

 

Here is how mine look after doing them with stratos silver

 

Paulo, How did you get that shine on the alloy,

My method so far has been

1) Rub alloy with 1200 wetndry,

2) 2 coats of white primer,

3) 3 Coats of Simoniz 5 wheel paint (To dark)

4) 2 Coats of Clear Lacquer.

I have found that this method has left the alloys very dull looking and the surface is quite rough to touch, do I sand in between the paint and lacquer stage.

All advice is much appreciated.

 

sand it with p2000 sandpaper very light and use G3 compound r halfords is th same it sud hav a nice shine thn mate