CORRECT WHEEL PAINT

[dmoore 962]

Some have said the correct paint color for wheels on a 78 C-101 8-speed is Linen Beige...but my original 78 brochure clearly shows white ones.....even the deck wheels are white...I am in the process of painting them (primed & wet sanded)......

[ol550 830]

Just about anything but yellow. :thumbs:

[buckeyebill440 0]

I have a '78 C121 and painted them gloss white. They're so caked with mud right now that I could have painted them purple, and nobody would know! I'm not too fussy about the "correct" color, it's a worker and it's not rusty.....

[Irv 115]

I think that they look a little brighter (whiter)in brochures than they were. I use rustoleum almond on my C series.

[dmoore 962]

They look pretty white to me!

[Irv 115]

Yes it does. But notice that the plastic caps on the front wheels also look white and they were an ivory color.

[C-Series14 15]

I like Antique White...it is just right. I have tried Almond, Gloss Ivory, and even white , that was my first tractor and the internet wasn't around then!

The factory color back in the day was Beige-Linen and used from 1984 and prior. White was used on 1982-1984 Work Horse models, silver was used on 1985 and newer. It all comes down to what you like, what you want in the end, and if it is for show or you don't care what the experts say! Try different colors and see, you can always repaint them! :thumbs:

[rmaynard 16,289]

If you dismount a tire, and the rim has not rusted too bad, you will see what color it was.

[C-Series14 15]

If you dismount a tire, and the rim has not rusted too bad, you will see what color it was.

That is true. Alot of my original wheels on my tractors are more cream colored than anything else.

[Duff 206]

I like Antique White...it is just right. I have tried Almond, Gloss Ivory, and even white , that was my first tractor and the internet wasn't around then!

The factory color back in the day was Beige-Linen and used from 1984 and prior. White was used on 1982-1984 Work Horse models, silver was used on 1985 and newer. It all comes down to what you like, what you want in the end, and if it is for show or you don't care what the experts say! Try different colors and see, you can always repaint them!

Black wheels look kinda nice, too!

Duff :wh:

[C-Series14 15]

I like Antique White...it is just right. I have tried Almond, Gloss Ivory, and even white , that was my first tractor and the internet wasn't around then!

The factory color back in the day was Beige-Linen and used from 1984 and prior. White was used on 1982-1984 Work Horse models, silver was used on 1985 and newer. It all comes down to what you like, what you want in the end, and if it is for show or you don't care what the experts say! Try different colors and see, you can always repaint them!

Black wheels look kinda nice, too!

Duff

Got black wheels on my diesel!!!

[AMC RULES 37,195]

If you dismount a tire, and the rim has not rusted too bad, you will see what color it was.

That is true. Alot of my original wheels on my tractors are more cream colored than anything else.

Even my '88 520's wheels were originally painted the cream color under the silver. I discovered it when I mounted my new ags last fall.

[wheelhorse656 20]

i use almond and antique white they look the best to me.!