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Hello all

I'm planning on respraying my centre caps as they've started to peel. Want them to look their best ready for Retrorides in a couple of weeks. Any idea what the paint code is for standard Cavalier alloys? I've got fan blades on my V6, same as facelift SRi but 5 stud. Cheers

I have looked around a few Vx forums regarding this issue.

The issue appears to be if you apply clear lacquer afterwards, as this can add a slightly darker hue to the silver.

In order of preference:-

Star Silver... (No lacquer).
Astro Silver if adding lacquer coats.
Rover Silver Leaf also goes well if lacquered.

Several posts / forums recommend the Hycote brand of paint and lacquer for the nearest colour match and final finish.

Amazing, thanks. Do you know which star silver it is? I think there's 3?

When I sprayed my front lower panel I noticed my new grey paint looked darker after I lacquered it. Assumed it was just that the original grey had faded so the new paint looked dark

Link:
https://www.mk3oc.com/forum/threads/def ... here.7158/

88L, star silver 1 met (91-97) will be the original, the other two are later.

Yep - according to my list of POC codes.

Only Star Silver - L88 / 138 was available at the time of the Cavalier.
I have seen 138 mentioned many times in other forums' threads.

Amazing, cheers guys. I'll get some today and let you know how it goes

I painted mine Star Silver and lacquered them after and thought they looked 'right'? (don't know what code though)

Alan

I had a go with star silver 1 and after a few coats it definitely looks darker than my originals and has a lot more metalic in it. Could be my wheel have just faded a lot? Forgive me if this is a stupid suggestion but I wonder if it's worth doing another centre cap with a white primer instead of grey and seeing if the silver finishes lighter??

It shouldn't make any difference, unles you are only doing thin mist coats over the white.