Wheel Color

[wayfarerstranger]

Hello peanuts ah i mean carnuts !! in your humble opinion if u owned a old brite yellow car/truck what color would u paint your wheels /using small hubcaps ? WHITE , ORANGE , SLIVER , BLACK ETC ETC ..not new paint on the vehicle but old original faded patina .maybe someone with that magic voodoo paint program could conger up some different paint skeems ?? P.S. this isn`t a life or death question so please no one have a heart attack thinking about this ....

Edited April 22, 2012 by wayfarerstranger

[pflaming]

" . . . old brite yellow car/truck what color would u paint your wheels /using small hubcaps ? WHITE , ORANGE , SLIVER , BLACK ETC ETC."

To me wheels are like shoes, they are not the outfit; but they finish it. Now the question for me was: traditional, modern, classic, creative? It's all personal taste. Style of vehical and message to be sent factor in also.

I'm using either gloss black or deep gloss blue, small caps with red center and luxury rings to accent my original patina. Red would look good too but for me it drew attention to itself. For months I watched for wheels and saved the pics of what I liked.

Choices. . . . part of the fun.

[wayfarerstranger]

old yella truckz

[Niel Hoback]

Not being adventuresome, I vote for white.

[ptwothree]

A dark maroon...goes good with most any color..

[Plymouthy Adams]

Argent silver, use the Chrysler formula as it has just enough violet to give it an iridescence look

[RobertKB]

I would say the same yellow as the body colour. Second choice would be black.

[Don Coatney]

I would think a nice green/red plaid would look great. Purple polka dots on a chartruse background would be my next choice.

[1950 Special Deluxe]

I have a 2nd set of rims for mine. The car is gun metal grey, the rims will be red, the hub caps polished, and I have a set of Bias ply WWW's. I would prefer radials but a fellow member of our antique auto club had some Bias ply for sale at a decent price.

Pictures to follow this summer.

[wayfarerstranger]

DON , u r reading my mind i couldn`t decide so i painted each wheel a different color all the ones u mentioned , this is why u r the "DON" the only thing u are better at than giving the right answers is COOKING STEAKS !!! AH YES !!!

[BobT-47P15]

Dang........I never got one of those steaks.

[Don Coatney]

DON , u r reading my mind i couldn`t decide so i painted each wheel a different color all the ones u mentioned , this is why u r the "DON" the only thing u are better at than giving the right answers is COOKING STEAKS !!! AH YES !!!

Dang, now I am hungry. Yum-Yum

[Plymouthy Adams]

yep..been there, done that...good friends, good eats..

[wayfarerstranger]

BOB, u have to be special to be invited for something that good & be willing to help DON do yard work afterwards !!!

[Plymouthy Adams]

yeh...I did my part in his yard beautification program..I removed my van, trailer and 47 Town Car from the front of his house to a secret barn located in Elko Ga..

[wayfarerstranger]

I didn`t want say anything but yea !!!

[Don Coatney]

Bob Toft got a ride. Tim and Chance didnt!

[55 Fargo]

Good Ole Normscoupe and Mary got a ride too.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Don..did not get a ride that trip to your place but the next time through towing the 58 Dodge truck I was given a demonstation of the T5's and smooth engine as you ran it through the gears..I assure you, few people push thier flattie like Don does and it's every time he drives it..talk about a kid having fun!

[Don Coatney]

Don..did not get a ride that trip to your place but the next time through towing the 58 Dodge truck I was given a demonstation of the T5's and smooth engine as you ran it through the gears..I assure you, few people push thier flattie like Don does and it's every time he drives it..talk about a kid having fun!

Yep, I hammer it. Rodney also knows how much fun I have as he was treated to a ride:D

[BobT-47P15]

Well, I guess a ride is more fun and less calories than a steak.

(However, we did eat lunch at Shoney's before the ride.)

[wayfarerstranger]

IF u remember TIM did get a ride when ya`ll came to find me i was lost !!! and i rode in that HOTROD one day when i was visiting the BORO for a car show but it was raining !!!