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hi guys been ages on the to do list , my mirror has gone a bit flat so need an aerosol to re paint it , do halfords do the colour , my car is silver , any help appreciated as usual.

just had a quick look is it 199, can I get that in halfords

Hi mate

Yes it's alpine silver 199. I believe though there are 8 different shades of 199 so best to get a body shop to match up cards to paintwork if you want it perfect. Check out Chipex, generally very good matching for me.

Halfords 199 silver is called toyota lucrene silver. Pretty damn close match to mine. I recommend using Proxl 2k clear in a can for a better finish. They do 200ml cans online. Halfords clear coat will dull over time and look crap after time.

ok thank you ill have a look tomorrow its only the upper part of the mirror casing , so I don't want a lot

just checked its only 5.94 for the paint so ill get it tomorrow

The 199 silver is the lucrene

thank you , rubbed it down and put some primer on tonight so ill get the paint tomorrow

ok guys all going ok atm , one more question , ive put a few coats of paint on starting with a fine mist , its warm in my garage so after a few mins I got up to about 3 coats finishing with a slow thicker final . so its drying nicely , ill leave it about an hour , do I scotch cloth it before I start the laquer coats or just go straight in

Just straight on as soon as it's dry

ok , couldn't wait lol did that , started with a few light coats , but it don't look very shiny atm , ill stick another on see if that does it , if not ill polish it in a few days

Never touch metallic before clear coat. It disturbs the fleck. And always paint silver in a criss cross pattern. Silver is not a colour but a shade and is one of the worst to get right. Believe me once its gone tacky lay a light mist of clear on it. Then let it dry and go heavier.

You will never get a nice shine with 1k aerosol clear coat.

ok pretty much did that , just put another coat on so ill let it be now , see what its like when its totally dry , will it compound to get a better shine.

if its not very good ill get my mate to re do it he has a bodyshop , just got a show next week and the mirror was letting it down so thought id have a go myself

just took the tape off and its ok ish not brilliant but better than it was , so will do for now ill get it painted properly in a few weeks . thanks again for the advice