Touch up paint for the T01 7 spoke upgrade rims

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Big Dawg1
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Hey Guys:
Unfortunately, I let my wife drive my G35 coupe (2006) the other day and she hit two curbs on the passenger side and scraped the rims.
I contacted Infiniti America to see about getting some touch up paint, but they said they don't provide it. All they could tell me is that the color on my rims is Titanium.
My dealership said that they have a guy that comes around and can refinish the rims like new, so I know that somewhere the color is available. He wants $200 per rim!!!
Anyone have any idea how I can pick up some touch up paint of the rim color. I plan to lightly sand the scraped areas (near the tire) and repaint. It won't be perfect, but will look better than doing nothing.
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search around your area for wheel repair shops. they usually run about 100-125 per wheel.

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SVTCOBRA
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sniper27 wrote:search around your area for wheel repair shops. they usually run about 100-125 per wheel.
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I had a mobile unit come to the house (live in NC) and they straightened a rim for around 100 and touched up a rim for less than 100.

I've also done what you are thinking about doing and it turned out pretty good too!!
Found some silver paint at Lowes that matched my Cobra R's.

Big Dawg1
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Yea I plan to go to Home Depot this weekend to see what I can find. I was hoping though that someone would have found a way to get the actual color in a touch up bottle or small can. Or at least know the color codes so I could have it made up here.

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SVTCOBRA
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Pretty sure Autozone has some cans of touch up paint for wheels. You can spray into the lid and brush it on.

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I was only charged 85ea to repair my two front rims. 200 is a ripoff.

Big Dawg1
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SVTCOBRA:
Unfortunately Neither AutoZone nor Pep Boys has any matching touch up paints for the G35 rims. As a matter of fact both said they never carry much in the way of rim colors at all.
Kinda didn't want to experiment with paint on the rim to find the closest match if possible. One would think that someone knows the color codes or carries the exact match...since these rims have to be repaired from time to time. Oh well.


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