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What colour would you paint these?

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 13:11
by busheytrader
I picked up these Maestro Turbo 15" wheels complete with Toyo T1-R tyres for a snip. (The guy was moving house and wanted rid) Guess what? They're the original white.

I've always fancied taking the 7V8 on a track day and thought these 15" lattice wheels and tyres would do the job, plus they're hub centric for our hubs. I'll keep the present 14" tyres for the road.

Now any suggestions for the colour? Keep them white to look different, satin black for some street cred or paint them silver to look like everyone else. I have seen them in dayglo orange!

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TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, S/S Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & PolyBushes all round, Anti- Dive, Strut-Top Roller Bearings, Capri Vented Discs & Calipers, Braided Hoses, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AT 5 Spokes and Cruise Lights, S/S Heater Pipes, Replacement Fuel Tank. No Door Stickers. Mine since July 1986, V8 from 1991

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 13:21
by Cobber
<font face="Comic Sans MS"><b><font size="6"><font color="pink">Dog C**k Pink! [:D]</font id="pink"></font id="size6"></b></font id="Comic Sans MS">

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 16:33
by nofinchance
white is very 80's as you say everyone has silver so I would go with matt black or the same colour as your car.

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 16:38
by stevie_a
<font color="maroon"><b>The reason everybody has silver is

It looks better...[:D]</b></font id="maroon">

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 18:01
by rosey
Whats's wrong with Orange?[}:)]

"Do or Do not, there is no try" - Yoda

1980 TR7 Persian Aqua Drophead.
1979 TR7V8 FHC in Pageant blue
Jaguar X Type in pillar box red!

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 18:34
by Marko
Cobber you forgot to add " with green dots" [:D][:D][:o)]

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 19:34
by FI Spyder
For your car, if it's the one in your picture (black or some dark colour), silver would be conventional. White would make it stand out as something different, an homage to the white spoker wheels of the Victory edition. For something different a gloss black (car colour) with a red stripe on outer rim. (Seen a pair of like that, very smart.) If your car had gold pinstripes, decals on gold say on a black or green car I would do the surfaces not facing out in light gold/darker cadmium colour with road facing surfaces in natural polished colour. I currently have a set like that (14") for Yellow TCT that are black with silver on surfaces facing road but likely will change colour of them.


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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 19:56
by zoe
TRITON GREEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 20:18
by InfilTR8
Gunmetal gray would look nice on your car. [:)]

Ima TRyFixTR8 my first Triumph

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 20:18
by windy one
Metallic-Gold with polished lip?

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 20:23
by Beans
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by zoe</i>

TRITON GREEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Looks like you get caried away a bit to much here [:D]

As for the colour, as they are only for the track I wouldn't bother with the colour, as long as the coating is in good condition.

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 20:34
by gaz
black or gunmeatal as suggested before sound good to me i suggested black ones for mine a few years ago and got a page full of noooooooooooo
one day i'll get a set of wolfrace turbos and paint them ssssswwwweeeeettt...

It rides again..... and again wehey!!!!!!!
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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 20:59
by bottomtop
Another vote for gunmetal. Preferably metallic.

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 21:12
by zoe
Beans !! im still waiting for Amber to go in ........... so have triton on my mind !!!

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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 22:18
by Cobber
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Marko</i>

Cobber you forgot to add " with green dots" [:D][:D][:o)]
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<font color="green"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2">That'd be one sick dog! </font id="size2"></font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="green">[xx(]

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100