Hello all, new to the forums here and had a general question about the wheels, or in this case a wheel that had a little bit of curb rash when I bought it. FYI, I just picked up a 2008 Nismo this past Monday and have been loving it so far. The car was super clean inside and out (especially the interior), but now I'm starting to see find a few little things on the outside of the car that I would like to fix, this one wheel being one of those minor issues. What kind of paint can be used to touch-up the wheel? Also, and just as important, what color are the wheels? If anyone can help me with this, and also give some hints on going about doing this, I would greatly appreciate the help! Thanks in advance.

 

Use the search button! There is a thread on what the paint code for the Nismo gunmetal rims is!

Good luck man.

Congrats on the Niz

 

i believe its k11 but you really should do i search, theres a thread about it

 

K11 is for the grey side skirts and splitter.

I don't know if thats the color of the wheels, I believe its darker

 

Sorry, new here.

Thanks, it has been a good choice so far. Traded in a '05 Mustang GT and haven't looked back.

 

See, that's what I was thinking just from eyeballing the two paint colors (skirts and wheels). Guess I will have to do some research to figure that out. I don't even know where to order something like that from. I'm kind of scared to ask.

 

^ I don't know if it is possible but I would recomend taking the damaged wheel to the paint shop and seeing if they have one of those machines that will do a color match.

Even if they need to flake off some of the paint, it's not a big deal because my guess is you will be gettting the whole wheel repainted

 

K11 is the wheel color as well.

 

lento, i believe they are both k11... i remember reading it somewhere and someone used that paint to touch up the rims and it matched.

350z, here...

http://www.courtesyparts.com/1/2-tou...-p-228203.html


if its something small, i would just touch it up. Repainting the entire rim is going to cost around 100 something? not worth it... just touch it up

 

It isn't bad it's just about 4-5 inches around the very outer rim and it seems more like it grazed the curb than really smacking it. I may use some kind of very fine sand paper just for that area and then paint it. It seems like the touch up paint bottle has a roller ball on the tip so that should help in the process. Thanks for you guys' input!