Ive just got a kerbed alloy repaired, it's the standard grey 17" sporting evo alloys on my car. They said the colour wasn't gun metal and a very strange colour because it wasn't very glossy, he talked about satin paint and so on and suggested repairing and respraying all my alloys a glossy black to go with my roof... I thought they were just trying to get money out of me so I told them to go ahead with the repair and make it as close as possible to the original fiat colour. They repaired it but the colour is slightly darker than the rest of my alloys now, Does anyone have any knowledge of the colour of the fiat alloys and how or where I can get it re-sprayed the correct colour, It's killing me knowing it's different...

What wheels are they as there are 2 types, 5 spoke chrome shadow (Polished face with anthracite) or the multispoke ones?

They are the standard 17" multispoke ones!

As with all manufacturer alloys, getting the colour the same is virtually impossible. If I were you, I'd just get them all painted and then they will looks the same.

Im going to get them all re-sprayed gloss black, what do you think scoop? picture of my car in the garage, the white one

Can't they/you take a rim to a paint supplier (or even Halfrauds) and get the colour scanned so they'll make up a can to that colour.

You can do that for a car paint, can you do it for an alloy though...?

Can you actually imagine going into halfrauds with a wheel :laugh:

Anyway, Gloss black on white wouldn't be bad, but I'm more of a fan of anthracite on white cars Or even, if you can find it, Silver Ice (Chevrolet Camaro SS).

I think anthracite is the colour they have did to my current alloy... It is quite nice, what sort of colour is the esseesse wheels on this in your opinion scoop?

https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=83138

Also personally I prefer the sort of colour you are talking of but I think because of my black roof, blacked windows and will get black wing mirror covers, might look good!

Brian16121990 said:

You can do that for a car paint, can you do it for an alloy though...?

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You can do that for anything with a colour.

Brian16121990 said:

I think anthracite is the colour they have did to my current alloy... It is quite nice, what sort of colour is the esseesse wheels on this in your opinion scoop?

https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=83138

Also personally I prefer the sort of colour you are talking of but I think because of my black roof, blacked windows and will get black wing mirror covers, might look good!

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You just have to be careful you don't have TOO much black, its the same as doing any car (or object for that matter) two colours, always keep a primary colour and not over do the secondary colour. The essesse wheels are a hard colour to shout, I'd say its a light anthracite but not too sure, would need to see them in proper light for a better description.

what u recon to this lil adjustment to my punto.. i was just playin round with paint..

dicker123 said:

what u recon to this lil adjustment to my punto.. i was just playin round with paint..

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Sorry but no, looks absolutely hideous, although the white bonnet on the black would be nice

scoop987 said:

Sorry but no, looks absolutely hideous, although the white bonnet on the black would be nice

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haha yea i was just chuckin some ideas about.. u recon the bonnet? with or without the eyelids?
what els could go white to even out the colours?

dicker123 said:

haha yea i was just chuckin some ideas about.. u recon the bonnet? with or without the eyelids?
what els could go white to even out the colours?

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Looks like you have the fancy sunroof. I would photoshop a look first with bonnet and roof done. I would also do it with and without eyelids, so you should have 4 pictures

scoop987 said:

Looks like you have the fancy sunroof. I would photoshop a look first with bonnet and roof done. I would also do it with and without eyelids, so you should have 4 pictures

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what u mean with the sun roof? u mean get like white tint?

dicker123 said:

what u mean with the sun roof? u mean get like white tint?

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Its the fancy panoramic window is it not???

And its up to you whether you get it painted (Better for gloss finish) or vinyl'd (Better for temporary colour changes)

In the end got them all re-sprayed the same colour, an anthracite gloss colour, they look really shiny which helps make them look a lil less dark, look great, very happy with the finished product!

Brian16121990 said:

In the end got them all re-sprayed the same colour, an anthracite gloss colour, they look really shiny which helps make them look a lil less dark, look great, very happy with the finished product!

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Pics or it didnt happen

scoop987 said:

Its the fancy panoramic window is it not???

And its up to you whether you get it painted (Better for gloss finish) or vinyl'd (Better for temporary colour changes)

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but then i cant see out the glass lol. it seems a lil pointless to get the sunroof as an extra then paint over it lol would u not agree