Closest paint colour to standard Fuchs anodised finish?

[Arne]

I looked into this for quite a while for the 16" Fuchs on my '84. Didn't like the all black center, wanted to go with a more classic look.

In the end, the best I found was some of the "hyper-silver" finishes as used on some OE wheels, especially Toyotas and some BMW M-cars. But I could not find an off-the-shelf way to replicate that finish. Paying a shop to prep, custom mix that paint (which requires several different layers - special base, special silver and clear with slight pearl) and shoot was almost as bad cost and time-wise as anodizing them.

In the end, I went ahead and had mine re-anodized. Since they are for a short-hood, semi-regular driver, and in a non-original finish, I did not feel it was worth the wait to send to Harvey or Al. While the results would have been a bit nicer, I didn't need that and needed a much quicker turn-around than they could do. I sent mine to Rohrer Wheel Restoration in Utah. Turn-around was less than 4 weeks. Cost was about the same as other shops, however, and I did have them return them unpainted so that I could do the black trim myself.

In the end, the results were great. Not quite concours quality, but great for a driver.

And I am much happier with this finish than I would have been with any faux-anodized paint.