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Re: wurth wheel paint alternative?
Posted by js (more from js) on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:01:24
In Reply to: wurth wheel paint alternative?, burlybryan, Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:25:26
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I just refinished my center hub caps on my 9000 and this is what I learned. The Wurth silver wheel paint I bought online was okay and matched pretty well but for some reason it looked a bit darker to my eye in the sun. I ended up refinishing all my hub caps with Volvo wheel paint--a suggestion I got from Bud Clark in CA. The Volvo dealer has the paint in a kit: one small can of silver and one small can of clear coat come in the kit. The price just went up on it and it is about $22/kit--expensive little suckers.
Anyway, what I did was to use the Painter's Touch primer (white) by Rustoleum I got from Home Depot, the silver Volvo wheel paint (p/n 9437284) followed by several light coats of clear coat also Painter's Touch (Clear) by Rustoleum from Home Depot. Again, to my eye the clear from the Volvo kit seemed to yellow a bit whereas the Rustoleum clear coat brand did not (it did indicate "non yellowing" on the label). So far I like the results. Refinishing the hub caps sure made the car look better as they original paint was peeling off in chunks with the hose and just made the wheels look bad. I have some nicks in the rims and I'll bet that the Volvo paint will match nicely to the silver Super Aero rims. Hopefully others will find the Volvo paint a good alternative; I liked it.
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Posts in this Thread:
- wurth wheel paint alternative?, burlybryan, Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:25:26
- Re: wurth wheel paint alternative?, js, Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:01:24 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: wurth wheel paint alternative?, Gary G, Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:43:51
- Re: wheel touch-up paint alternative?, DivrDon
, Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:06:46 - Re: wurth wheel paint alternative?, bweyeneth, Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:33:59
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