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

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

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

[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
they will contrast the black plastic rubbing strips and bumpers
everyone has silver, be different

[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

Silver and Black looks really nice when the black is shiny

[nathT5]

Loving that Alfa Nath

Silver and Black looks really nice when the black is shiny

do it, you know you want to

[cameron]

There might be too much black though nath

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

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

Any chance of it with shiny black please ?

Dont like the look of the anthracite

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