F-sport Wheel Touch-up Paint
03-13-15, 04:10 AM
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F-sport Wheel Touch-up Paint
I curbed my passenger front wheel yesterday and took a chunk out of the tire lip with it 
I could not find the wheel paint code searching the web, so I was left to fend for my own in this case.
Since the damage was simple: 2 3" curb rashes that were thin along the edges, I decided to make a run to the auto store to see if I can find a paint that is at least 95% match to the wheel and use a wet 2000 grit sandpaper to smooth out the scrape.
As it turns out, Fords "Mineral Gray Metallic" (Paint code NH FM 352) ( ) is an almost 98% match in the grayish with a slightly "bronze/pewter" tint our F-sport wheels have. By 98%, I mean it's so close that you can only tell if its touched-up if you are close to the wheel and see a slight blotch area cause by the start of the supplied touch-up paint brush stroke.
I would by no means use this paint code to paint the entire wheel as there are very slight differences in the paint color itself, but for repairing curb rashes, it was close enough to our OEM paint color to visually blend in with the OEM paint making a $10 bottle well worth it. Pics to come of the repair.
I could not find the wheel paint code searching the web, so I was left to fend for my own in this case.Since the damage was simple: 2 3" curb rashes that were thin along the edges, I decided to make a run to the auto store to see if I can find a paint that is at least 95% match to the wheel and use a wet 2000 grit sandpaper to smooth out the scrape.
As it turns out, Fords "Mineral Gray Metallic" (Paint code NH FM 352) ( ) is an almost 98% match in the grayish with a slightly "bronze/pewter" tint our F-sport wheels have. By 98%, I mean it's so close that you can only tell if its touched-up if you are close to the wheel and see a slight blotch area cause by the start of the supplied touch-up paint brush stroke.
I would by no means use this paint code to paint the entire wheel as there are very slight differences in the paint color itself, but for repairing curb rashes, it was close enough to our OEM paint color to visually blend in with the OEM paint making a $10 bottle well worth it. Pics to come of the repair.
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03-13-15, 07:23 AM
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this was what i used. perfect color match imo
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