Help painting silver rim

[Alax7]

I fixed the gen1 rim that had the dent on the lip. Used a torch, hammer and grinder. Well now its fixed and I am trying to paint the little damged part. I have already bought 2 different silver rim paint and they are both off. They are too dark and too metallic. Anybody painted one of the gen1 17'' 5 spoke silver rims before? What brand of paint and color did you use?

 

[04SCTLS]

If you're good you can use 2 different spray can colors to match it up better.
Get a basecoat on and then after it tacks up a bit alternate colors spraying a mist from a distance.
I used this technique to paint my A Pillar guage pod when I couldn't match a color and it came out great.

 

[Alax7]

I tried that but the paint I have is either too dark or too shiny. Really noticeable. Its an area of about 3x4 inches. I have 5 different silver color that I tried and couldn't match it right.

 

[04SCTLS]

You could use some scotchgard or steel wool to cut down the glossiness.

 

[Alax7]

yeah I'll try that. I'm probably just going to go to a difference paint store so see more variety. I was just trying to see if anyone knew of a paint that matched up pretty good. Thanks man

 

[1LoudLS]

you could repaint all of the wheels, then the color and finish would be exactly the same

 

[Alax7]

you could repaint all of the wheels, then the color and finish would be exactly the same

Yeah could do that but thats a lot of work too and was what I was trying to avoid.Plus, the durability on stock paint beats whatever I'll use by a long shot, I dont want to go and strip the good paint and give it some good looking crappy paint that wont last me that long.