Wheel respray

[106500]

I am the proud owner of 111R, nearly 3 years old (54 plate). Having scuffed the front offside wheel I decided to get it resprayed at Nick Whale's (where I brought the car new). I picked up the finished article the weekend (not cheap) and imagine my concern to find that the colour was considerably lighter than before, lacked the 'metallic' sheen and in no way matches the others. Having spoken to NW they claim that its difficult to match the colours!

Surely Lotus have a register of wheel shades? Comments welcome... I'm not giving up on this, NW needs to get this right!

[davislove]

i've had this before, (by a firm with great reputation) the shade will never match in my experience, either get all 4 done, buy a new wheel or live with the damage, thats my policy

[Gooby]

Utter rubbish - Lotus used to have loads of different shades for thier wheels and huge problems matching colours. This all changed with car like the 111R, there is only 2 shades, silver or black.

They ballsed up, get them to do the job right. It is a painted finish, the colour and finish is not a mystery.

[21TonyK]

Always a problem on wheels. Get the other one done so at least the side matches. Near impossible to recreate factory finishes unless you do the whole set at once.