What color to paint my wheels?

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 13, 2010, 7:23 pm

Yea the whole spider cap thing stinks. I purchased mine from Coker but have since found that speedway motors sell the same for less.
Check them out if you decide to buy them.

dotcentral · Post by **dotcentral** » January 24, 2010, 2:22 pm

Well, I went with silver/argent. I didn't stop to think about how that would look with hubcaps the same color - which is not very well. It all sort of blends together. I will redo the wheels in off-white, like stock.

Something I noticed. At some point a few years ago I wound up switching a pair of 66 wheels with the 71 wheels. The 66 wheels are heavier, and seem to be cruder in construction, such as the lip of the rims have about an 1/8" "jog". Plus the center section is riveted to the rim. No marks identifying the supplier that I could find, but do have the Ford stamp.

The 71 wheels are a bit lighter, have a better look to them. centers welded to the rim. They are stamped KELSEY - HAYES, along with a Ford stamp.

I'll download the photos and see if any of what I wrote shows up in the pics.

dotcentral · Post by **dotcentral** » February 13, 2010, 6:36 pm

Still haven't uploaded the photos. Finally repainted my wheels wimbledon white, came out decent I think. Tore the bead area on a couple of tires, so now I got to dig up a couple replacements.

I am on the look out for a couple of spare rims as well.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » February 14, 2010, 10:57 pm

I appreciate the guys that bring a poor old rusty car back from the grave and make a cool hotrod out of it, but the Ratrod thing is SOOOO overplayed and cliche'd!

red wheels, hand grenade shifters, etc.... eeack.