What color should I paint my wheels?

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I quite like my current rims, but have never been able to find a matching spare, and I want something with less backspacing (current ones are 4.5").

I don't like black rims, so I'm trying to pick a color to paint them. Right now, the below is what I have in the garage.

  • Gloss red
  • Gloss blue
  • Gloss white
  • Gloss yellow (really bright, lol)
  • OD green
  • Silver (same as current rims)
There was a silver JK around here that had red rims, and I liked the look of it. I like my current rims being silver, but not sure if the steelies would look good silver.

Current rims.
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New rims.
79191
 
I'm going to go with silver because I hate black wheels.

Anything else and it's going to look like some boy racer got ahold of your Jeep and mistook it for a Subaru ;)

My opinion of course, haha.
 
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Mike_H said:
Are you painting the body too? I've always liked Desert Tan. Seems the monochrome Military colors work really well on a jeep (OD Green, FDE, etc)
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Yep, that's the plan. I'm thinking late spring/early summer before it gets too hot and humid out. I agree, I really like Military colors on Jeeps.
 
Once the Jeep changes color I may like it more. For now I like the other wheels better. 😉
 
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JMT said:
Once the Jeep changes color I may like it more. For now I like the other wheels better. 😉
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I like the other wheels more too, lol. If I could have found a 5th, I probably would have kept them and just bought spacers to give me the clearance I needed/wanted. Oh well, I think it'll look good when the Jeep is finished (fingers crossed).
 
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derekmac said:
I like the other wheels more too, lol. If I could have found a 5th, I probably would have kept them and just bought spacers to give me the clearance I needed/wanted. Oh well, I think it'll look good when the Jeep is finished (fingers crossed).
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You’re making a big change. Going a whole new direction. Wheels are one thing, painting the Jeep is another. I’d be tempted to buy another Jeep that’s already more set up for that scheme. I’ve always thought a dark green Jeep with a black hardtop and all black accents looked very military’ish. Love that. A desert sand theme could work too with some Jeeps
 
JMT said:
You’re making a big change. Going a whole new direction. Wheels are one thing, painting the Jeep is another. I’d be tempted to buy another Jeep that’s already more set up for that scheme. I’ve always thought a dark green Jeep with a black hardtop and all black accents looked very military’ish. Love that. A desert sand theme could work too with some Jeeps
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One good thing is, the paint's free (TX'd aircraft paint from work), and I'm doing it all myself, so the only cost is my time. I have OD green also, which I also thought about, until I had seen some desert tan Jeep pics, and I really liked them.

If I hate it, I have silver, black (gloss and flat), white, red, blue, OD green, brown, yellow and probably more colors home to chose from, lol.

This is kind of a 2 in 1 project. Refresh the look of the Jeep, and take care of some surface rust issues that are starting on it.
 
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