alloy wheel advice

[xionsolaris]

My golf is dragon green my wheels are the same colour as the car which look ok but they have been kerbed alot i was thinking of spraying them white whats the best colour white to look good with the dragon green paint car and also if i change colour will i have to sand down the rim till there is no green paint on the wheel as the primer would be white and i dont know if u can spray white on a rubbed down green paint thanks

[LittleReDuck]

There are plenty of alloy threads about so have a Google and see what you like! 
My personal opinion is you can't go wrong with a jet black, regular ice white or a graphite grey and polished lip's look sweet on MK3's.

As for the primer make sure you do a good job with the sander (get rid of as much previous paint as possible) then plenty of thin layers should see the end of your green issue

[gasketface]

It all depends what they were painted with originally,sometimes your new paint will react with the old because they are different types of paint.To avoid this you can use an isolator primer.Personally i would remove all the green paint but it can be a pig of a job.You might find that medium grade wire wool is good to get most of it off then finish with a fine wet and dry.I would NOT use paint stripper if the tyres are still on the rims as you can end up with a right mess on your hands and some paint strippers will attack the rubber.If your tyres are still on the rims you will find that it is a real pain trying to get masking tape that will stick to the rubber.If you have a good model shop near you can get some liquid mask.You just brush this on and it dries to form a thin rubber,latex type film over the bits you do'nt want to paint.Once you finish painting it just peels off.Tidy !.

[xionsolaris]

Thanks for the response i havent got a drill with a wire wheel so heavy grit sand paper will have to do which will be labour intensive when ill get the bits together ill give it a go