Disco 1 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 1 GENUINE STEEL WHEELS COLOUR

APOSTOLOS · Oct 9, 2020

Hello everybody
I hope everyone is well and safe ! I am reaching out as I am highly interested in painting the steel wheels of my Land Rover Discovery 1. The originals were greyish in colour. The issue is that i do not know the appropriate colour code for the above mentioned wheels. I am attaching a random photo of the wheel type i have for clarification reasons ! Let me know if possible !
Thank you !

Stanleysteamer · Oct 9, 2020

You may not like this, but I am tempted to say, does it really matter? Why not just paint them any colour you fancy?
You could even paint them body colour!
Or do some masking up and do it two tone, or even more than two-tone!
Go wild!
(You are probably trying to get it back to to factory spec, don't tell me.........

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APOSTOLOS · Oct 9, 2020

Stanleysteamer said:
You may not like this, but I am tempted to say, does it really matter? Why not just paint them any colour you fancy?
You could even paint them body colour!
Or do some masking up and do it two tone, or even more than two-tone!
Go wild!
(You are probably trying to get it back to to factory spec, don't tell me.........)

I completely understand your point ! I must admit however, i am a bit of an OCD type guy when it comes to factory specs....

Interceptorxj · Oct 9, 2020

Mine were/are silver as I'm sure most of this type were from the factory. LR probably bought them in as a finished product so you may not find a LR paint code for them .

Library picture of new LR1

APOSTOLOS · Oct 9, 2020

Interceptorxj said:
Mine were/are silver as I'm sure most of this type were from the factory. LR probably bought them in as a finished product so you may not find a LR paint code for them .

Library picture of new LR1

Thanks for the info ! I guess i will have to match the colour ! I am going to use Glasurit. Would their paints be suitable ?

Stanleysteamer · Oct 11, 2020

had a little poke around and came up with this.
https://www.carbibles.com/best-spray-paint-for-rims/
But to get silver you'll need to look right through the list, maybe a search for "best silver paint for wheels" or summat!

To me the most important thing would be the top coat for durability. In fact i would consider giving it more than one coat of it, over time allowing plenty of drying/finishing time as wheels to have atough time of things on a Landy!

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