drobbins

Hi all,

I had all four of my wheels refinished this week. The work was done by a third party hired by my Lexus dealer. I just got the car back and the wheels look great but I swear they look like "pure" silver whereas I feel as if the original color was more closely (although not directly) matched to Atomic Silver. The service manager, who I know very well and footed the bill for this work, is sure the refinisher purchased the proper paint but I'm not convinced.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to verify the color, short of finding another IS350 with the wheel and looking at them side by side?

These are the staggered 18 inch wheels, not base 17" or F-Sport wheels.

Vivid101

how about some pics. I can't seem to imagine the color you are speaking of.

JDR76

Are you referring to these ones?

drobbins

Yes, here's a pic of one of the newly refinished wheels:



Not sure if you can tell, but it seems like a "pure silver" color as opposed to a color shading toward gunmetal gray.

Vivid101

Yeah those are regular silver. I bet they didnt think you would notice. The dealer probably just said, paint them silver. well, there you go.

Vivid101

some more. These actually look silver.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...ca62107a3b.jpg

drobbins

Actually, these do a good job of showing how close the wheel color is to Atomic Silver.

Looks like they are going back for round #3. In some way's I've become the service customer from hell but it's all self-inflicted by the dealer's vendor.

drobbins

Update: Got the dealership to refinish them a second time, this time in Lexus Gun Metal.

Definitely the right color now. Although I'm still not convinced they used the correct "satin" clearcoat (or whatever it is they use as the top coat) but they look great and I don't have the energy to take the discussion any further.