Original '59 Kronprinz wheels for Black Betty: what colour?

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Original '59 Kronprinz wheels for Black Betty: what colour?

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I found a set (4) of original 4.5J Kronprinz Wheels all date stamped 1959...

These wheels are arrow straight, are painted silver/aluminium and are in a great state!

They were stored for years and were meant for a Porsche 356A restoration project that ultimately was abandoned. They were stored in a shed and they were fallen into oblivion until the shed had to be cleaned out 2 weeks ago because it was going to be pulled down in favour of a newly to be built shed. Then they resurfaced again...

I'm planning to put them under my 356A Speedster SCCA racer (re)creation ('Black Betty'). I want to have them powder coated, but I'm not sure what colour to choose:

- Black as all wheels that were under Betty 'till now;
- Silver because they originally are;
- White like the stripe and gumballs;
- Red as the main stripe over the car...

Because I already have 2 sets of black wheels (the smoothies and the American Racings) I would like to give them another colour.

Red isn't my favourite:
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white on the other hand:

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Aluminium/silver is a possibility, but boring (I think):
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Other ideas? All options are open!

Perhaps someone here on the forum could photoshop some coloured rims into the picture below, so I can/will get an idea what colour would look best...


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And here a pic of a wheel for the photoshoppers out there:
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What do you think???
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Re: Original '59 Kronprinz wheels for Black Betty: what colo

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White for me, but I think you'll need some decals to set it off. If no decals then silver. Black on black always looks, errr too black to me.
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I'll vote white as well but i'm biased as I've got a set of steels i've had painted off-white waiting to go on my black speedster (replica).
(Actually arctic white, a land rover colour)

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With whitewalls...

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Those wouldn't work with the red and white I used... :?

Now I'm thinking about silver/grey: looks stock and racey.
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How about a hazy shade of winter?.....
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Silver / grey for me. Gives it an air of originality whilst still looking sports purpose
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Well, I've decided!

I've chosen for a very particular colour; it's a polished aluminium look. That's a very special powder coat that makes the wheel look like it is a polished aluminium one; almost like it's chromed, but another shade of grey and just a bit duller...

Although this powdercoat is more expensive than regular powdercoat, I've decided that this is the colour for me! I already had my fuelcap powdercoated in this colour and it really looks like a polished aluminium cap with a layer of clearcoat.

This is how my fuelcap looks like:

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They are already at the powdercoater, so there is no way back! :lol:

The coater has told me that one of the wheels has a very deep scratch. He will try to sandblast this scratch away, but it's so deep he is not sure it won't be visible when the wheel is coated... Well... So be it!

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts on this matter!
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Good decision
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Black Betty wrote:Well, I've decided!
I've chosen for a very particular colour; it's a polished aluminium look.
That is my favourite by far.
It will look fabulous.
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