What wheel color/finish for my '67 Camaro?

[SIK02SS]

So I have a set of CCW Classics to put on the 67 Camaro but they need to be refinished. They are currently just polished, but nasty looking because they have seen quite a bit of track time and no cleaning. Should I just get them back to a polished shine, or powdercoat the centers (or whole wheels) a different color(s)

The car (took yesterday with cell phone after washing, better photos are floating around somewhere):

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/1072186f-1.jpg


and for those who don't know, CCW Classic:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

I'm really partial to a satin black center with polished lip, but I'm curious what the naysayers think :)

Oh, and the new sizes are 17x10 and 17x11 compared to the 8.5 and 9.5s that are on it

here's more of the car:

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/09/DSC01757-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/09/DSC01741-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/DSC01721-1.jpg

[mc84_zz4]

....I'm really partial to a satin black center with polished lip....

^^ x2, I think that would look the best.

[barraza]

Almost the exact color of my 67:)

I like the looks of black wheels, when looking at a wheel catalog, ie with bright lights. On a car black wheels disappear into the wheelwell. I would go no darker than gunmetal, and that is almost too dark. Silver or natural brushed aluminum are best to see the style of the wheel.

[67rally]

Brushed Titanium gets my vote.

[SIK02SS]

Brushed Titanium gets my vote.

To me titanium is a metal, not a color or finish. What color/finish is brushed titanium to you?

[THE TECH]

Did you want to paint cause you didn't want to polish anymore or you just want a different colored wheel now?

[67rally]

To me titanium is a metal, not a color or finish. What color/finish is brushed titanium to you?

It's a color option from CCW on their classic wheels (pic not from ccw website).

45301

Type...Color

Polished...Mirror-Like

Anodized...Brushed Clear*

Anodized...Shotpeened Clear*

Anodized...Brushed Titanium*

Anodized...Brushed Black*

Anodized...Shotpeened Black*

[67rally]

Another:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/2428w11-1.jpg

[SIK02SS]

Did you want to paint cause you didn't want to polish anymore or you just want a different colored wheel now?

YES. They were an old set of race wheels from my Corvette (I moved up to 18s) and i think between me and the previous owner, the wheels have never been cleaned. There is no polishing these as they currently sit, tried 1 small section for an hour yesterday...it's just not happening. They need to be stripped and started over. So it's all how I want to finish them..

Oh, and polishing- polished aluminum wheels is also not very fun... :)

[SIK02SS]

It's a color option from CCW on their classic wheels (pic not from ccw website).

45301

Type...Color

Polished...Mirror-Like

Anodized...Brushed Clear*

Anodized...Shotpeened Clear*

Anodized...Brushed Titanium*

Anodized...Brushed Black*

Anodized...Shotpeened Black*

that one looks like a satin black center


Another:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/2428w11-1.jpg

oh ok, to me that's more like a gunmetal

[67rally]

that one looks like a satin black center



oh ok, to me that's more like a gunmetal

The first one might be satin black, I just lifted the pics off a forum, but they could have had the wrong color.

This one's listed as Brushed Titanium as well.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

Could just be the lighting. Regardless, I like them both. If gunmetal is similar, then that would look nice.

[icemanrd19]

Can i please have more pictures of your car.

[SIK02SS]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/09/DSC01757-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/09/DSC01741-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/DSC01721-1.jpg

also added to post 1 now

[go-fish]

To me titanium is a metal, not a color or finish. What color/finish is brushed titanium to you?


To me, gun metal is what a gun is made out of. What color is a gun?

[THE TECH]

You can do what I did on my CCW SP500s on my Vette when polishing them was just beginning to be a chore...chrome them. They look great, no more scratches and clean up easily.

[SIK02SS]

To me, gun metal is what a gun is made out of. What color is a gun?

Well, I could open my safe and tell you 6 different colors. But a google search for brushed titanium and gunmetal gives compeltely different results. Gunmetal shows a ton of wheels that are all basically the same color, brushed titanium shows jewelry...

[SIK02SS]

You can do what I did on my CCW SP500s on my Vette when polishing them was just beginning to be a chore...chrome them. They look great, no more scratches and clean up easily.

I've always disliked chrome..but this may turn into an option if I end up just getting them refinished as polished

[SIK02SS]

a bit rough, but a friend did this for me:

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

black center
gunmetal center
polished (well, chrome)


black doesn't look as good as it did in my mind :o

[go-fish]

... google search for brushed titanium and gunmetal gives compeltely different results. Gunmetal shows a ton of wheels that are all basically the same color, brushed titanium shows jewelry...

I guess to some, wheels ARE jewelry! LOL. I like that Titanium colored anodizing. Speaking of PITA to clean BBS, HRE, CCW type wheels with many spokes, how can you get wheels Teflon coated? Anyone know? I have black and grey (Gunmetal?) Teflon coated pans. Both would look bitchin' on wheel centers but the only wheels I see that are Teflon coated are the XD (no gun pun intended) wheels from KMC/Amer. Racing.



This is what I think of when talking about gunmetal...

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2011/03/Photo0372-1.jpg

[SIK02SS]

I'm on my cell now, but that looks like flat dark earth to me :D

No idea on Teflon coating wheels.

[go-fish]

It was a couple different colors. The EO tech used to be a really cool anodized Coyote/ FDE color, almost like the racing bronze color seen on Ray's or Volk.