Gona have ago at painting standard alloys on my escort turbo whats the best silver to go with (spray can)

 

we tend to use vauxhall star silver at work mate. paint code z157.

 

I have used moondust before and came out well on OE alloys

 

When I had my moondust Puma the paint match to the alloys was spot on. I refurbed one of my Focus ST alloys with the same moondust paint and that too was spot on.

Don't forget a few coats of clear lacquer over the top too

 

Will have to pop in halfords on way home from work

 

wheel silver if out of a rattle can

 

Moondust on most alloys i refurb. Stacey

 

I use Ford Strato(s?) silver which is apparently the original shade for the 80's Ford alloys.

 

BMW Titan silver

 

You can buy bright silver intended for wheels, and it is very good.

Or as above, Ive used Stratos Silver before and it is a very bright silver.

Vauxhall Star silver by comparison is quite dull.

 

Moondust silver is the type used on EsCos alloys from the factory, so I'm sure that'll go well.

 

I've used Ford Moondust Silver too, very pleased with the outcome.

 

What's the brightest metallic silver there is

 

Wheel silver, but then it's been said already.

 

finally got round to giving them a quick piss can lol not come out to bad will do for now went for moondust silver

 

They look good mate nice finish and shiny to

 

Not to bad

 

Refurbed my wheels on the ST well only two so far and used the original ford sparkle silver

This is one before




Clearly who had these wheels couldn't keep off the pavements!

And after




Yours look really good

 

Both them jobs look spot on, might do a set of my RL7 silver now.

Steve

 

Ford wheel silver is nice I did my softlines in that colour very sparkly in the sun

 

It is a lovely colour couldn't believe when I found it on the paint mixing machine at work

 

Yeah and if u lightly dust the last coat on known as a drop coat the metallic in it stands out even better

 

Stratos silver was also one of the colours that they painted the Mk3 XR3i's in, wasn't aware that it was also the colour for the alloys.

Both the RS alloys and ST alloys above look really good. What's the best way to remove scuffs? Fill and sand or just rub them down until the scuff is removed?

 

No filler depends if the scratch has gone really deep mine I just 180 grit the edge till scratches where gone , you can get some proper alloy filler too

 

Very interesting this topic. Is this Stratos Silver as mentioned before? And is this available in spray cans from Motip?

I am repainting my wheels at the moment and I like a bit brighter than it was so they will look very nice and fresh.
Any tips for what kind of filler to use?

 

Nah it's actually called ford wheel silver I found it in the colour chips at wrk not sure if you can get it in rattle cans if ya can dont use filler feather the curb marks out with 180 grit then go 320 dust some primer then 500 or 800 over the primer also if you go through to bare alloy make sure u etch prime the areas I have seen b4 people using super clue on bad chips but I wouldn't u can get this stuff that's alloy powder can't think what it's called though

 

Ok thanks for the advice. Ford Silver wont be for sale in the usual car shop I quess? So then the best you can buy in the shop will be the Stratos silver to get a nice but little bit brighter silver colour?

 

I needed to paint the centre caps of my wheels to match the original Ford colour, and found this thread and a few others to be quite useful.

Most people seemed to be saying that the colour to use was Strato Silver or Moondust Silver. My local motor factors stocks Holts paint, and I found this when I looked up those colours:
FORD EUROPE : 1976 - 1992 : STRATO SILVER MET. 2C : HSILM15
FORD EUROPE : 1976 - 1992 : STRATO SILVER MET. 2C : HSILM19
FORD EUROPE : 1991 - 2012 : MOONDUST SILVER MET. 2C : HSILM11
FORD EUROPE : 1991 - 2012 : MOONDUST SILVER MET. 2C : HSILM15
See http://www.holtspaints.com/

Having found that the same paint HSILM15 was suggested as a match for both colours, I bought some. I am quite pleased with how well it matches the original Ford wheel colour.

When I coated it with lacquer, I found the colour darkened, as some people have mentioned. It seems to have returned to the original colour once the lacquer dried though.

See photos below of my Fiesta wheels. Only the centre cap has been re-painted. The rest of the wheel is the original Ford colour. It's not an exact match, but it's certainly close enough for me.

 

Them wheels look well.