Ideas For Detailing White Painted Wheels

[oldcarfan]

I'm building a rally/touring car with white wheels. I'll be doing the lug nuts but do they need anything else? Trying to get some ideas or opinions. 

[Brutalform]

Maybe add some panel line accent, or some thinned out black acrylic paint to the crevices, so it will make the details stand out? 

[sidcharles]

valve stems & center cap detailed {perhaps non-distinguishable roundel?]

can't tell if it's flash around the spokes or camera tricks. it the former, clean it off (cardinal rule #3) and give the viewer something to see through the apertures.

and as long as we're camera bashing, are the wheels actually white* or a tint?  if the former, pick another color. the latter? repaint after the flash is gone.

*pure white & black seldom appear in the real world. 

[iBorg]

If you decide to do any shading look at your picture. The shading is a light gray......use a light gray wash and not a black one. 

[OldNYJim]

57 minutes ago, iBorg said:

If you decide to do any shading look at your picture. The shading is a light gray......use a light gray wash and not a black one. 

I agree - black would be too much, but a wash of gray would add a lot!

[MeatMan]

I did an image search of your wheels, though it returned aluminum results I saw that many of the wheels displayed showed the circular area around the lug nuts were darker than the surrounding wheel. 

[oldcarfan]

I just looked it up and they look pretty close to the factory wheel for a 2020 Jeep Wrangler JL. These wheels and tires originally came off a Kinsmart 1/32nd diecast Jeep toy from CVS. I bought a few of them to use on a trailer project. When I measured them they worked out to a 15-16 inch wheel in 1/24th scale. I removed the metal axles on this little toy and drilled the axle holes out just a little bit and the Tamiya poly sleeves fit perfectly. They slide right on to the suspension. The color doesn't show well in the picture, but it's Tamiya Pure White. I think the gray wash might be the ticket. 

I like how people are turning Porsche 911s into safari cars and wanted to try the idea on something else. I have two of these Tamiya Celicas with crushed roofs and used one to learn how to fix the damage. For this car I'm going for a resto-mod version of the prototype in the second pic. Something a tuner might buy cheap off Craigslist and build on a budget. 

This might be a tip someone else can use, diecasts can be good parts donors with a little imagination. I have a couple of 1/24th Welly BMWs and Range Rovers that I got at a good discount due to damage. I eventually plan to use the interiors and other parts on some other car eventually.