Wheel painting

[WedWon]

No not a thread on modern art or any of that crystal gripping hippie nonsense.

I am thinking about spraypainting the steel rims on my disco 1, and thought I might venture outside the traditional silver on silver look the factory suggested.

Has anybody painted their rims any colours other than the traditional and what did they end up like?

Pictures would be great

Cheers

Jason

[Greylandy]

What colour is your Disco?

I'm toying with the idea of having my alloys painted to match the colour of the car. The dark grey alloys came standard on the tombraider Defenders but they are very rare in AU so painting looks like my only option ...

http://membres.lycos.fr/autoshorsserie/dossier_Val_d_Isere_2001/Land_90_110_Tomb_Raider_AVD.jpg

[Scouse]

The dark grey alloys came standard on the tombraider Defenders but they are very rare in AU so painting looks like my only option ...Those wheels are extremely rare in Australia because the local Tombraider just had the usual silver Defender alloys.


Jason, you could always just quickly paint one or more wheels to see how it looks.
Some think the car looks tougher with black wheels but it might look odd on an otherwise stock car.

[Phoenix]

I like the white rims on the white disco, but otherwise I think the silver ones look best.

It does depend on the car a bit though, I like black on the dark green discos.

[LRHybrid100]

I have both Black Disco rims and a Darker Grey rims - all custom offsets

LRH

[WedWon]

Me Again

My disco id Rioja Red. It has a 2' lift, nudge bar and soon to have roof rack (all in black) I was thinking of going black on the rims too but thought it may look toooooooooo much. the darker (metalic) gray sounds like an option.

Or posibly the stock silver rim with a black centre?

Who knows, but at least paint is (relativly) cheap

To LYHybrid, are your offsets on a Disco? if so could you post a picture. What mods are needed to run offsets (doesn't it affect bearing life etc?)

Keep the ideas coming

Jason

[WedWon]

That was meant to read a 2" lift

A 2' lift.....I wish......i wouldn't care about wheel colour then, cause I'd never see the bl**dy things!!!


Jason

[LRHybrid100]

My rims are on my Rangie:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/10/265.jpg

and the D110:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/10/266.jpg

[waynep]

The silver on mine was getting scratched too so I went for black......these shots aren't great for seeing the wheels but will give you some idea.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/10/263.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/10/264.jpg

[DaveS3]

I have silver dynamic rims for road tyres and black eastern wheel works rims with play tyres for my Charcoal Disco.

I have always like black rims, but the Silver / Charcoal works well and looks great.

[Utemad]

I've got Disco steelies on my camper. I painted them hammertone grey but the hammertone didn't work. They were matt black before that from the previous owner.

[WedWon]

Well.......I bought a few cans over the weekend (got some paint too!!) and had an experiment.
Tried masking the rim of and painting the in interior of the wheel charcoal, but looked cr*p. Tried the whole wheel in charcoal....didn't look as good as the reversed rims LYH posted (I think the reversed rims carry this colour better)
So went with the trusty black. Tried Septones "Chip Proof Black Paint" (we'll see!!) which gives a textured finish which looks a little finer than the hammerone effect.

I will be deflating the other rims to paint as opposed to just masking, but here is a picture of the finished spare for your opinions:

e:\landy and trailer 002.jpg

[CraigE]

It all depends on the look you want. Painting or powder coating range from about $50-$200 per wheel depending on finish, colour and repairs. There is a huge aount of colours on offer now.

[waynep]

i can't see his pic is it just me ?

[DirtyDawg]

"kilrust" satin black..nuthin fancy but does the job;)

[WedWon]

D'oh, take 2 on the picture


http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2742/landyandtrailer002ge0.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=landyandtrailer002ge0.jpg)

Cheers

Jason

[cal415]

Hard to see in this pic but its the only one i have with the rims looking clean, i painted them with rust guard flat black, looks good, seems fairly durable so far, just stripped them back to bare metal, put on a primer coat then several costs of the rust gaurd, they look great i think.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/985.jpg