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Hi All,

would anyone know if the information below could be related to the colour code of a wheel rim - info is stamped on the inside of the spokes of the rims,

M5FC5 Hart
DOT 19 NB
J17x7J 40
04/3 5/LM M.A.T
B5C6 ENKEI 1


M5FA Hart
DOT 19 NB
J17x7J 40
04/3 5/LM M.A.T
B5B1 ENKEI 1


cheers
brad

Maybe Nevyn72 can help? If I recall correctly, he had his wheels resprayed as part of some repairs some time ago.

Colour depends on which RH version you have, the slimmer '04 or thicker spoked '05.

The '05 is just some generic silver paint (2-pac I believe).
The '04 is a finish called 'shadow chrome' and involves first painting the wheel black then layering thin, translucent coats of silver over the top before clear coating.

'05 = easy colour match.
'04 = next to impossible to match and wheels need to painted as a set at the same time.

At one stage I sourced a second set of '04 rims to try and make up one decent set of rims with minimal rash. It was quite obvious there was a difference in the 'shade' of the finish between the sets, as a result of being from different production runs, not huge but definitely there.....

When I had my 'whopsie' two of the rims had to be replaced. The insurance paid for all 4 rims to be refinished so the colour would match properly after the repair.

yeah I had mine done recently but they are off by a bit so trying to get as much info as I can was hoping I could get a colour code or something. they are a shade off so want them re done... pain in the arse I know but for the money involved I want what I want... which makes me sound incredibly pedantic but those wheels set the car off so so well..

As everyone else said, 04's do not really have a colour code as they are a multilayered process finish known as shadow chrome.
Different production runs have different colours from what I have seen.

I had my 04's redone as well after several track days of abuse. Corrosive Hawk Blue Brake pad dust does wonders to the finish of the clear.
Was told by every painter/wheel repairer the colour could not be matched as shadow chrome painting comes out different every time.

I did end up with something I think looks better than original though.
Mine ended up a fair bit darker than original which goes well with Sunlight Silver. Would look terrible on a Titanium SE though.

As for 05's not sure on colour code, but I have noticed a lot of people gets there's redone in other colours as the standard colour is a bit dull.

Do you have 04 or 05 rims???

04 titanium.
if they had said any of this before doing them then I would have told them if its close lean towards darker... they went lighter... so..