Hyperborea

Does anybody have any pictures of the result of using Sunlight Silver to touch up an RX-8 wheel?

In some of the older threads that I found it was claimed that Sunlight Silver was a close but not exact match. It was also discussed whether Wurth's Silver Wheel paint was good or not. I can confirm that it is too silver and the RX-8 wheel is grayer (I have a used set of Porsche 968 wheels to compare against - which are for sale by they way).

Has anyone tried the Dupli-Color silver? Anything else? (photos would be appreciated)

Thanks,
Hyperborea

swoope

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pm me your email address and i will shoot some for you. do you want 1,2,3 megapixals?????

beers

bxb40

So nobody knows which paint is an exact match for the OEM rims?!? Strange....

Hyperborea

Thanks to swoope for the pictures. I'm not sure if it's close enough for me.

It seems to be pretty close but what makes it stand out the most is probably the brushing on rather than the spraying and the lack of the clearcoat. The brushing on makes it a lot less smooth. You can get small disposable sprayers that take any liquid. Here's one from Eastwood - http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...keyword=preval You can also pick up clearcoat in a spraycan from any auto parts store though I would want to test first to see if it's compatible with the Mazda touch up paint.

I did a little bit of poking about on the other RX-8 board (www.rx8web.com) and came up with this - http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/sh..._ColorBook.pdf If you look on page 21 it lists the Mazda wheel colours. The thread on RX8Web says that the colour is Lightning Silver Metallic though the Sherwin-Williams site only gives the colour name for the Tribute wheels. You can pick up a pint of the paint for about $20.