Hymer Silver (1 Viewer)

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

I need to strip and respray the nudge/tow bar on my Hymer Van 562 Silverline as some rust is starting to show. Has anyone found a good spray can paint that is a close enough match for Hymer's, rather grey, silver?

 

[Lenny HB]

Email Hymer via their contact form on thier website and ask for paint code. You may not have any luck sometimes the give them other times they don't.

 

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

I'll try that Lenny, but I would rather find a cheaper/more accessible solution from somewhere like Halfords. It's not as if the bar has to be a perfect match bearing in mind its position.

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[Hagstrom]

Send a sliver of your paint to a paint factor and he will match it in the form of an aerosol spray (£20?) or a half litre tin (£30) for a spray gun.

 

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

Send a sliver of your paint to a paint factor and he will match it in the form of an aerosol spray (£20?) or a half litre tin (£30) for a spray gun.

That's going down in my "Important Things To Remember" file! Unfortunately the existing paint on the bar doesn't match too well at all. A botch job by a previous owner/dealer which explains why rust is starting to poke through!

 

[Taran_Las]

Can you remove some small painted item from the van? e.g. Diesel filler flap and take it along to a paint factor for matching? Hopefully then you will have paint identical to the colour of your van.

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[Gellyneck]

Or make it a contrast colour in Hammerite? Contrasting can look better than a poor match (oh look he's tried to match that but failed).

 

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

Ford Moondust Silver is the best match and the same as the cab at t'other end. Getting a quote from our local specialist, just on the other side of the village. I suspect that his price for a blow-over, after I've removed and stripped it, will be only be a little more (and much better quality) than 5 cans from Halfords, plus primer and lacquer. Fingers crossed!