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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 10:01 PM
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Anyone know Which vendor supplies the correct wheel paint, closest to factory original? It’s silver with a hue of green.

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In my searching the web, I don’t find Duplicolor differentiating at all between years. They have a one-size-fits-all solution. 69 and 70 original wheels have more green in them than later ones do. I have heard good things about Quanta, but haven’t used theirs in a decade.
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No vendor has a pre-mixed version. I have looked into this several times. I have found several formulas in some posts
here on the forum, but I never could get the exact formula for what size of mixture, gal, qrt etc. Thus I was never able
to get a good match.
If anyone here has an exact formula per gal or qtr let us all know.

Joe
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I have not verified if any of these are actually correct, these came from the ncrs page.ArgentSilver, DAR#8568
mIxing Formula for 1 qt
DMR 433, 416 units
DMR 435, 420 units
DXR 495, 20 units
DMR 499, 160 units




Ditzler/PPG DDL 8586
DuPont 9692L
Green tint Grass Green lacquer
Ditzler/PPG DE8586
DuPont 42153
R-M AT 114




"oem paints" (escondido, calif) called rally wheel finish = argentsilver. part no #11020. for the black paint we used part #12020 = steel wheel finish = low luster black. i believe these to be good and correct choices.



Ditzler/PPG DDL 8586
DuPont 9692L

Green tint Grass Green lacquer
Ditzler/PPG DE8586
DuPont 42153
R-M AT 114



1983 Maserati Smoky Quartz Metallic
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To 2 oz of argent I add 4 drops of Green tint - Makes enough to shoot at least one set of 5 after thinned and catalyzed -
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Corvette Central sells an argent silver green aerosol can. PN 643203, $17.95 per rattle can.


https://www.corvettecentral.com/c3-6...r-green-643203
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