Wheel paint colour and method

[stevesharpe]

Hi
I am about to fit these (silver) wheels and tyres to my 2A, but as you can see they are showing some age.
I was planning to repaint them
My 2A is bronze green
1) What colour looks best? Silver? White? Limestone? Bronze Green?
2) What method? power coating it seems cannot match Limestone or BG.
All advice really helpful
Thanks
Steve

[Alan Drover]

IMHO that sort of wheel looks better in a dark body colour. My Wolf wheels are bronze green to match the body main colour.
Bronze green would be my choice with your bronze green Land Rover.
If you look at the first post on Good Old British Engineering topic you can see what the bronze green Wolf looks like.

[Craig T]

Go for the true 90's retro look, paint them back in the original white with the red and blue stripe around them.
Surprised that no one has recreated the Weller wheels decal for them though?

Craig.

[Wittsend]

I would agree - BG to match the body.

You can do a really good job with a rattle can.
You need good prep and then use the playing card card "trick" as seen in this YouTube video from 4:20 in.

This was just the first video that came up in my search.

[stevesharpe]

The paying card thing is a really excellent idea
I have used masking tape in the past and it never goes around the bend!
Many thanks
Steve

[N]

Playing cards are one option, but if you have the wheels off the vehicle already then deflating the tyre and breaking the bead would allow you to get the edges more cleanly with a bin bag placed over the whole tyre.

There is a fun example of the technique on this video at around the 29 minute mark: