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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:54 PM
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Painted My Rims...need Brighter Silver..help :))

Hello everyone...had this awesome guy help me paint my wheels. The color though is somewhat greyish silver. We used that brand new rim paint from duplicolor hoping it would look good...but its to grey for me. The rims on the CLK 430 as you know are a very white silver...Can anyone please tell me what product supports a color of this shade...THANKS ALL
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Q2SUPHOMIES
Hello everyone...had this awesome guy help me paint my wheels. The color though is somewhat greyish silver. We used that brand new rim paint from duplicolor hoping it would look good...but its to grey for me. The rims on the CLK 430 as you know are a very white silver...Can anyone please tell me what product supports a color of this shade...THANKS ALL
Wurth makes a nice product:

http://www.properautocare.com/wheelpaint.html
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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Bright Whitish Silver Paint needed?? Any other Posts!!

Thanks Chappy you are always one of the first to help me out...wanna hopefully get a couple more recommendations..Thanks all!!!
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