What colour for my wheels ?

[cameron]

The garage at the rear of where i work have a very good spray painter.

He was doing some wheels the other day and they are like new wheels i kid you not :)

He told me he will paint my wheels any colour i want for £25 a wheel, bargain or what ? Usually he charges up to £60 a wheel depending on size but 16's tend to be around the £40 mark.

Question is what colour wheels look good on a Silver car :confused:

Any ideas guys ?

I cant afford bigger wheels so may as well make the best of what ive got ;)

[t5 pete]

Hi lee i would stick to silver, other than that a light shade of anthrasite

[volvokid]

silver for those wheels i would say.

[cameron]

The wheels he was painting at the time were like a speckled Gunmetal Grey, they looked brill but not sure about that colour with a silver car :confused:

I'l try and get some piccys on tuesday of the colour he's done them.

[Rob S]

It's down to individual taste, but I do like dark wheels on light coloured cars.
I think you'd be alright with anthracite or gunmetal grey.

[chrisRSVR]

Silver or anthrasite bud, but i would consider powder coating over spray? just my 2 peneth!

[cameron]

Why's that ?

Is powder coating a better coating ? More durable ?

Cheap job for £100 and they look mint :D

[volvokid]

Powder coating is a far harder finish, but its not as shiny I think they also can build up the coatings so there is no blemishes were they were scuffed. My V70 is powder coated but the V40 wheels are away to get sprayed it’s suppose to be a really glossy finish but we will see how they turn out because the condition of them are terrible.

[nathT5]

anthrasite looks perfect on a silver car, ive done it twice :wink:
they will contrast the black plastic rubbing strips and bumpers :biggrin:
everyone has silver, be different :mischievo

[Hallsy]

Painting wheels is fine if using 2k, should be hard enough. I've painted a few sets of wheels in the past without problems.

£25 per wheel sounds pretty good, most places will charge around £40+ per wheel.

I'd go with silver, anthracite/gunmetal or black.

I'll be in the same boat with mine when I come to change the wheels, but I'll most likely go for some Volans or Tritons (would probably keep those std, but could be tempted to paint the centres anthracite).

[nathT5]

some pics for you lee.
my old alfa with anthrasite and satin black alloys.

[cameron]

Loving that Alfa Nath :D

Silver and Black looks really nice when the black is shiny ;)

[nathT5]

Loving that Alfa Nath :D

Silver and Black looks really nice when the black is shiny ;)

do it, you know you want to :smileypul

[cameron]

There might be too much black though nath :confused:

Theres not exactly a lot of open area on the Columba's

Might just look like a black bin lid :(

[cameron]

Maybe Tomcat could post a piccy with Black wheels ??????????????

TC WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU ????

LOL

[My T5]

Dark silver of some sort.Either gun metal or anthracite.It will make a subtle difference without standing out too much.£25 is a bargin to! Post up a pic of the wheels when they are done.

[Tomcat]

Ok Lee, here ya go......

[cameron]

Nice one craig :D

Any chance of it with shiny black please ?

Dont like the look of the anthracite :(

[matt_850]

If your prepared to wait until wednesday ill put some pics of my wheels up, metallic red 850 wagon with gloss black Columba's.

[Tomcat]

Nice one craig :D

Any chance of it with shiny black please ?

Dont like the look of the anthracite :(

Your Fish is my command........

[t5 pete]

Your Fish is my command........

Your fish???????????
IMHO i would stick with silver or a very light anthrasite

[Tomcat]

I's just been sprayink, I fink the Finners have gotten to meee brain....

[t5 pete]

ohhhhhhhhh yes lay off the finners lol

[Eddy T]

Personally if you go with black, only paint the spokes/centre section of the wheel and leave the outer rim silver or even better polished as this will break up the black wheel from the tyre and not look to over powering. I have this on mine even though not standard alloys you can see the effect. As previously stated it is down to personal preference.http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z56/bosscat315/Volvo/PHOT0082.jpg

[cameron]

Cheers guys the black looks very mean indeed :B_thumb:

Maybe black with silver rim :confused:

[nathT5]

Cheers guys the black looks very mean indeed :B_thumb:

Maybe black with silver rim :confused:

IMHO lee, i dont think your 16s can carry off the black and polished rim look.
the rim will enhance their small size but full black will mask them and look bigger.
the TSWs on my alfa were only 16s but looked huge.

[cameron]

Ive found a T5 the same colour as mine and the overall look, with black wheels is pretty smart.

Think i'll do mine exactly the same as this :B_thumb:

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/T510.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/T511.jpg

[Hallsy]

Me personally I'd go for anthracite. I don't think black suits the Columba's very well, not in that pic above anyway.

[Mrsmopp]

Hate to say it but in black from first glance it looks like its on steelies :scared:

16's just cant carry black off

[cameron]

I quite like the look of that car with the black wheels ( Maybe with red calipers behind ) along with the windows they make it look quite mean but not flash :D

[nathT5]

I quite like the look of that car with the black wheels ( Maybe with red calipers behind ) along with the windows they make it look quite mean but not flash :D

i,ll 2nd that lee, just right IMHO :cool:

[snoop69]

Instead of whitewall tyres, paint a 1 inch silver line around the tyre where it
meets the rim so it looks like your running 17's lol