GasganoFJ60

Ive had this idea rolling around in my head for some time now and I want ya'lls opinion.

My 'goal' with my truck is to be white and black. No chrome, except the grill, just all white and black. If I can ever find an oven I can get my door handles, tailgate handle, ect powdercoated...but that's beside the point of this thread.

My rims right now are black.


Ive been throwing this idea around in my head for a while....

What if my rims were painted white to match the body? Like an OLD 8N Ford Tractor?

I decided to see what it looks like. I pulled out my old rusty spare, took a can of cheap gloss white spray paint and gave it a good coating and slapped it on just to see...
Here is the end result.




I am completely on the fence about it.

If I look at it at one angle, I love it. Take two steps to the right...nah...not so much love.

93beater

powder coat them but also powdercoat the hub caps black

Jet100

Looks much better with the black IMO. If anything , try doing just the hubs and hub caps in white...would make for a nice contrast. Keep the rims black

98whitelightnin

If you get new tires put the white letters out, that will make it stand out. You can probably sand that chrome down and paint that grill black too.

92red

I'd have to say go white, but that's because our farm trucks all had white rims and I think it's how they should look. Just my .02

GasganoFJ60

thats kinda how i feel.

Jet100

Looks too girly with the white... Black looks bad ***

92red

^^^ Not sure 'girly' is appropriate where I grew up ranching and we didn't feel the need to take our stock rims off and paint them a more manly color!

Jet100

Just my 2 cents .....relax

92red

Naw, I was just playin' around, no stress out here, man.

Jet100

we're pretty laid back here in the mountains too...lol

HappyCamper

White on a rim is high maintenance... the rust stains start to apear, rock chips etc.. By the way - black rims have the same problem, but it doesn't show as much...

schamran

You may not want to go with a powdercoat. Painted rims are easy to clean up and repaint, and also cheap. Powdercoat is expensive, unless you have connections, and you need to pay somebody to fix it if it chips or rusts. It is very nice though, and probably lasts longer than paint.

In my opinion, leave the rims black, and paint the hubs white, or vice-versa.

GasganoFJ60

My buddy has a home powdercoating kit and just about every color you can imagine. Paint chips easily. Powdercoating doesnt...provided its done right.

When he first got it we were playing with it, doing trials coats just to get the feel for how the system works. One thing we powdercoated was a tow hook off a winch. It was a bit rusty and we didnt even bother to sand it down....we gave it a nice coating of blue and purple(we wanted to see how mixing colors looks) and once we took it out of the oven, it would not scratch or chip. We took turns slamming the hook on the concrete and skipping it across the shop parking lot...not a flaw. And thats with an at home kit. But that was about 2 years ago. Since then he got rid of that shop and the oven that it came with.

GasganoFJ60

Thats what I had in mind. White rims with black center caps, black front hubs, and maybe even powdercoat the lug nuts black. Why not?