I know that there are a couple of folks here that are paint savvy and I'm hoping if you guys could help me out. My friend acquired a set of old 16's in silver and there are a few spots on the wheels that could use a touch up.

The center caps could use some loving as well as those are color matched to the wheels. Now I was looking around to see if I could find some aerosol paint that would even come close to the color to no avail. It's a really light colored silver and I can't seem to find even a remote match.

I was curious if there are places I could go where I take them a paint sample and get the paint matched and be put in aerosol cans where we could give the wheels a nice touch up. The wheels are in great condition except for a few nicks here and there, so a complete strip and coat is not necessary.

Would automotive paint shops allow me to color match and purchase paint, but at such a low quantity (we only need one aerosol can of paint)? I was told that a minimum of a pint is needed to purchase to make a custom color and we don't need that much.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

I don't know about paint shops in your area...but if the Center cap is big enough, what they can do is use a Prophet machine. It takes a picture of the painted area, and gives a code so you can mix up paint that matches the wheel. Now paint shops do have books with all different colors in them, but it would take forever to match to a wheel with a non specific silver.

 

did u consider just repainting them?

 

Well the paint is not in bad shape. There are only a few minor, but noticable scratches and nicks but because of the shape of the wheel ( it has a deep polished lip) it'd be really difficult to repaint or refinish due to the angle of the spoke and covering the rim would prove more difficult. Just fixing the scratches and that one center cap would make the wheels decent again.