Black Touch Up Paint for Cupra Wheel

[QTom]

I have annoyingly chipped the black part of my Cupra wheels, a fairly small ~4mm chip roughly circular. Before I order some generic black touch up paint (such as this) just wondering if anyone knows a specific paint code or product that matches this colour well?

An older picture not showing the damage, but it is these wheels:

I already have some clear lacquer I previously used on the silver part. I'm thinking it would be best to just touch up the black paint then a bit of lacquer over it?

Edit: Pic of the damage (excuse the dirt)

 

[rafletcher]

Get a repair kit from Chipex, they're excellent. Cant help with a colour code I'm afraid. ETA theiur website would give you the main body colour of course, but not that for the wheels. Someone reported using black nail varnish for such a chip, renewing it as and when necessary.

 

[SRGTD]

@QTom; I’d just go with some generic black touch up paint for small stone chips on wheels - no one other than you is likely to know it’s ever been chipped and touched in.

With the location of that chip, make sure the edge of that chip next to the polished face of the spoke isn’t left exposed and unprotected, as it could be an entry point for water / road salt to get under the clear protective lacquer on the polished spoke face. If that happens, then you’ve got the onset of white worm corrosion.

 

[70 Plate- Cupra 290]

That should be fine on wear and tear if its lease car your worried about..

 

[QTom]

@QTom; I’d just go with some generic black touch up paint for small stone chips on wheels - no one other than you is likely to know it’s ever been chipped and touched in.

With the location of that chip, make sure the edge of that chip next to the polished face of the spoke isn’t left exposed and unprotected, as it could be an entry point for water / road salt to get under the clear protective lacquer on the polished spoke face. If that happens, then you’ve got the onset of white worm corrosion.

Yeah I think that's what I'll do. I'm sure generic black will be pretty close, just thought I'd check in case there's a known code. I'll tape off silver part, paint it black then use some clear lacquer over the area.

That should be fine on wear and tear if its lease car your worried about..

Not a lease so just my vanity I'm worried about I really like the look of the wheels so want to keep them in good condition.

 

[KXL]

You will laugh, when I had my Ibiza with the gloss black rims, I did curb the rims a few times (would have been charged on a lease return), and the gloss black bits ended up silver metal colour, used my other half's gloss black nail polish, when I returned it, the eagle eyed inspector didn't notice. Although the nail polish does fade and needed a top up every couple of months, esp after a car wash.

 

[QTom]

Ended up just buying generic black touch up paint as suggested. I put some tape over the silver part, put a few layers of paint on the chipped part until it was thick enough. At that point it was kind of raised higher than the surrounding paint so I did a tiny bit of sanding to make it more flush. This made the area a little dull but after that I put some clear lacquer over it (which I was going to do anyway) and that cleared it up. Made a bit of a mess with the lacquer but overall it came out OK.

 

[70 Plate- Cupra 290]

Ended up just buying generic black touch up paint as suggested. I put some tape over the silver part, put a few layers of paint on the chipped part until it was thick enough. At that point it was kind of raised higher than the surrounding paint so I did a tiny bit of sanding to make it more flush. This made the area a little dull but after that I put some clear lacquer over it (which I was going to do anyway) and that cleared it up. Made a bit of a mess with the lacquer but overall it came out OK.

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Decent job to be honest, not noticeable at all now. if you stand 1 feet away.