Spare tire wheel color

[pfreen]

My car has mag wheels but it had no spare. I have purchased an original steel wheel for the spare.

I need tp paint it. My question is, what color were the steel wheels painted originally?
Thanks.

 

[Warren]

Depends

Early a dirty white MK2'S a silver. The paint code is about. My paint guy retired before I could get his eyeball computer like skill to get a formula.

 

[pfreen]

My car is a 66 mk1A.

 

[Jon B]

The Book of Norman says that on 382 cars the spare was painted black then re-sprayed a gray-white on the front. My car is a '66 and that matches what I have.

 

[pfreen]

I am sorry but I don't understand.
Do you mean the back of the wheel is black and the front is grey-white?
Also, which 382 cars?
Thanks

 

[KenF]

Here's one of my crusty Mk1 wheels, off-white on the front, black on the back side. I wonder if it's the same color as that Moonstone White used? Later wheels had a different center stamping with a dimple on the outside of each lug hole.

 

[hottigr]

I am sorry but I don't understand.
Do you mean the back of the wheel is black and the front is grey-white?
Also, which 382 cars?
Thanks

He means the B382 series cars.

 

[pfreen]

Got it.

Thanks so much.

 

[michael-king]

The Tiger wheels (bar mkii) were "foam grey" which is very much like an off white colour.

This was sprayed on the outer face of the wheel over the base black finish. There is overspray that passes through the holes in the face.

The correct paint colour can be found on the saoca site.

 

[65beam]

color

This photo shows the spare tire in one of our series 5 Alpines that was built either 12/8 or 12/09 of 1966. It's an all square corner body as used to build MK 1 A Tigers. The body was restored by Doug at Tiger Auto in Dayton Ohio. The paint color is a formulation they mixed using an original very nice wheel. Doug used black epoxy to first paint the entire wheel. He then painted the front of the wheel using the foam grey and allowed the over spray to drift to the back of the wheel as original. Granted the wheel looks to be more white in the photo but it is very close to the original foam grey.

 

[0neoffive]

It's Just Paint

My car has mag wheels but it had no spare. I have purchased an original steel wheel for the spare.

I need tp paint it. My question is, what color were the steel wheels painted originally?
Thanks.

#8 Foam Grey is the flavor you want. I did a bunch of them a while ago.

 

[pfreen]

You did indeed.

Thanks.

I found it in a color chart.

 

[66TigerMK1A]

It's occasionally listed as Foam white also but still Rootes code '8'


Berger reference # 404.1137



Here's a discussion on it on SAOCA


http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/match-for-foam-grey-wheel-paint.18331/

 

[pfreen]

It's Just Paint



#8 Foam Grey is the flavor you want. I did a bunch of them a while ago.

I know this is old, but I wanted to buy a rattle can to paint 1/2 my spare wheel.

Anyway, I have attached two rootes color chips with two photos of wheels. All are supposed to be foam grey/white. What am I missing?
I also attached two rattle can samples. The top looks close to the Original rootes color chips. The bottom one is lighter but a bit too yellow.
Are the rootes paint chips too old and the wheel color is very white?
I have not seen one in person so I cannot comment.

 

[IvaTiger]

I know this is old, but I wanted to buy a rattle can to paint 1/2 my spare wheel.

Anyway, I have attached two rootes color chips with two photos of wheels. All are supposed to be foam grey/white. What am I missing?
I also attached two rattle can samples. The top looks close to the Original rootes color chips. The bottom one is lighter but a bit too yellow.
Are the rootes paint chips too old and the wheel color is very white?
I have not seen one in person so I cannot comment.

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I will post a picture of one of my original painted wheels with a piece of white paper soon. The color samples look very gray to me

 

[pfreen]

Thanks

 

[IvaTiger]

Thanks

these photos are of the inside of the spare wheel ( tire removed ) the paint is glossy and represents the true color because the tire was removed a few months ago so no fading or weathering. It was taken in very bright sunlight alongside the latest Tiger Tales to represent the shade of white.

 

[IvaTiger]

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View attachment 16068View attachment 16069these photos are of the inside of the spare wheel ( tire removed ) the paint is glossy and represents the true color because the tire was removed a few months ago so no fading or weathering. It was taken in very bright sunlight alongside the latest Tiger Tales to represent the shade of white.

I would say that the bottom sample of yours is closer

 

[pfreen]

Thanks again. I don't think there is a way to get closer to the original color.

 

[Warren]

Steve A. AKA Lord Rootes had some mixed up and may share the formula.
I had some modified oil based paint matched a a regular paint store with their computer. Used on a touch up in a trunk.
An old client of mine could match by eye and make rattle cans too.