Had a reason to refinish the rims, so I did them in a Bronze. What do you think?

 

Those are quite subtle, at least when viewed on the phone. Is your car dark blue? I like them!

 

Oh, thank you Dog for not doing that hideous Bright Orange Bronze that I first dreaded you had done.





The darker shade looks great!

 

I think it looks terrific!

 

Looks great against what I assume is BRG or a dark green. During my '68 GTO restoration I put a gold (not bright shiny gold but a subtle antique gold) wheel on against my Verdoro Green paint.

 

I was sure I would dislike it when I read bronze but it looks really good!:-)

 

+1!

 

+1, and they look MUCH better than these! At least I don't have to show them off in public...

 

Looks good against the body colour. Nicely subtle.

 

yes +1 for that with green body, that is subtle, and very good-looking.

 

Thanks all! Yeah, it's a dark metallic green (Botanical Green). I wanted a warm bronze, but nothing that really had red in it. I went to our local auto paint supplier and we took out paint chips of the Jag color and held them up against other 'bronzes' to find something that'd compliment without going crazy... and without going brighter than the interior. These are overcast shots too, so... they look pretty dark. In the sun it's even better. I wanted dignified. And... well, these make SO MUCH BRAKE DUST that I wanted something that didn't show the dirt so well too. /chuckles.

I have an Orange 350z with Rays 5 spokes on them in bronze and I love how well they hide brake dust.

 

That is surprisingly very tasteful and elegant. Like CeeJay I was envisioning that orangey color.
I might have to copy that
I hope you don’t mind.

 

Great fall color! Seriously, they look terrific against the body and top colors on your XK.

 

A closer pic would be great if you have time

 

It looks alot better than I imagined. Good choice.

 

My current XK is black, so I don’t think it’ll work out as nicely, but my next car could be BRG or botanical green (quite rare in LHD Europe, sadly), and if I find one I’ll for sure consider this option.

Could you please post the exact Bronze color reference you used?

 

Up here in Seattle we are pretty shy on sunlight these days, but I'll see what I can do in the garage. I've got 5k LEDs in the ceiling and I'll get my 5k flashlight too.

The paint itself is a Wesco Lumabase paint. 929485. I’ll include some shots of the paint can. I was at a Wesco shop doing the paint chips and they had more and bigger samples of the Lumabase collection.

 

Thanks. Initially, only your first pic appeared in my browser. I see them all now. Very nice

 

Thanks! 😊

 

'Hemp' !? My kids would love to see the name of that colour...