Advice -To Paint Wheels Black Or Leave?

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by Bartruff1

The only FIA competition car I see in here is CSX2323 in it's Targa Livery #146 (the Gurney car) and it does not have black wheels and I do not believe any of them ever did...now...I could be wrong...

If you want to paint them black.....paint them black but that is not they way they were raced...

I can't remember seeing any period pictures of Comp 289 or FIA cars with black wheels either but I found this pic of what I assume is GT/101, possibly ready to fly back to London after its NY showing, and it's wearing black painted wires....


Cheers,
Glen
BTW...I'd paint them black

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by xb-60

I can't remember seeing any period pictures of Comp 289 or FIA cars with black wheels either but I found this pic of what I assume is GT/101, possibly ready to fly back to London after its NY showing, and it's wearing black painted wires....


Cheers,
Glen
BTW...I'd paint them black

Ed Leslie raced his 289 at Laguna Seca in 1966 or 1967 with black painted wheels, I think he had a black helmet and black drivers suit too. After watching him I went home and painted my wheels flat black and got lots of grief from my friends for ruining the "look" of the car. It was a lot easier than polishing those magnesium wheels once a week. Years later I had to have them walnut shell blasted to get the paint off.

I just had my Jongbloed racing wheels anodized black, I like the look vs polished on a light colored car.