I would like to get some paint mixed to spray steel rally wheels. Does anyone know a paint code or brand or something I can take to get the correct argent silver color?

 

I'm pretty sure you can find it in the Tech Tips under the title
"Some Nice Paint Formulas for Restorers"

 

depending on year c2 and before 1974 they used argent silver with a verry
light green tint after 1973 -1982 argegnt silver from kylong
docmow

 

Below is a the rally wheel section I extracted from the "Paint formulas" paper Lars Grimsrud sent me (thanks again Lars). Hope it helps!


How about those silver painted Rally Wheels? The factory used lacquer, but lacquer on wheels just doesn’t hold up. You can re-shoot them with some good, catalyzed Urethane for a very good quality, lasting finish. Here is the info on both lacquer and enamel for the wheels. This is the correct, factory color:

PPG Lacquer: “Non-Smudge Aluminum” DDL #8568 (thin 50% with thinner).

PPG Delstar (Mix 8:6:1 Delstar/DTR601 Reducer/DXR80 Catalyst):
“Argent Silver” DAR #8568
Mixing Formula (1 qt):
DMR 433 416 units
DMR 435 420 units
DXR 495 20 units
DMR 499 160 units



[Modified by Robd, 12:18 PM 12/6/2002]