Need Help Deciding To Paint Wheels or Not?

[prine68]

Heres my problem...I have the VWW 40's and keeping the centers clean are a pain in the A--! I've been thinking of either powder coating or painting the centers, I just can't decide on a color.

The car is white with black stripes. If I paint them I'm using Duplicolor paint, and have been looking at the following colors Graphite, Black Racing Satin, or the Silver paint.

[mc84_zz4]

Count my vote for Graphite or Black, either one would look great on a white car.

[AtomicFirebird]

Flat Black

[ProdigyCustoms]

Matte Black for sure. Will really pull in the vinyl top and black stripes

[prine68]

I'm starting to lean towards black also, been searching for pics of white cars with black wheels but haven't found to many with that wheel. Found a lot with Rushforth and Forge wheels.

Thanks for the responses though.

[67rstbkt]

I vote black, but I would get them powdercoated. I think paint would get messed up.

[Gitter Dun]

If it was me I'd go to a 9.5 rim in the rear and powder coat the middles charcoal black. A 5.5" backspace works well on my '69 and I think you can pull it off without rubbing on yours.

[JayR]

Matte black will look so good on there with your black stripes and roof. I think white is the new silver!

[Bryce]

I like white cars with black wheels.

Here is my daily driver.


i also run the same wheels on my 65 falcon.





These are black powder coated.

[prine68]

Thanks guys....and that is a 9.5 rim with the 5.5 b/s, I have a slight rub on right turns is all. Just doesn't look that way from that pic angle.

[DriverzInc]

Black is right...

[streetrods]

if you don't want to see the wheels then paint them black or buy steel wheels like the ricers do so you don't have to spend much money and leave the hubcaps off... ; ) I think it looks great the way it is now...

[streetrods]

the difference in seeing your wheels or not... I personally like to see from a distance where my tire ends and my wheel begins..

[prine68]

I'm not doing the whole wheel, I just want the 5-spokes done. Right now the spokes are gray rough texture and they hold onto the brake dust and everything else. I'm keeping the polished lip and center flat cap.

What I would like is if anybody knows how, or knows of a good photoshop person is to have a set of black 5-spokes photoshopped on it. I've been trying to figure out how to do it, but guess what......I'm not a computer guy! I know how to surf the web to find stuff for my car, and then how to purchase that stuff.

[streetrods]

that will help.. still will vote gray lol.. look at the white mustang with all black wheels... even if the lip was polished its hard to tell the wheel design from that distance.. maybe a five spoke maybe not...guess I'm too old to get with the black craze.. : )

[LS1NOVA]

Satin clear, black wont look right on that wheel IMO

[buickfunnycar.com]

Satin clear, black wont look right on that wheel IMO

Exactly...I would not do black,they'll get completely lost.

I have the same wheels with the same finish and have no issues keeping them clean.

That is a beautiful look on your car,if you just want to prevent the dust from gathering in the textured,rough cast finish,clear them as LS1NOVA suggested,it'll take them one step darker which will be a nice contrast.

If you want to see what that'll look like,just spray them with water.

My suggestion...do not do black.

[woody80z28]

I've loved black wheels forever and always, but I could not believe the difference when I stripped the black off my 17s and painted them gunmetal...it's unreal. A nice wheel like you've got there deserves to be noticed.

[bijanmaleki]

I would and the ridges off of the spokes and then satin black them, or maybe gloss black to go with the stripes I think I see on the hood and the vinyl top.

[justasquid]

I vote for dark charcoal. I did a quick darkening of the wheels so you can see about what they might look like..

Nice car by the way.