Thanks Craig. Since it is a patent pending, I guess I have a choice. I have some black plastic weber caps, but i get the feeling I will be sourcing metal ones from the hardware store and putting them on.
The wheels are in Incredible shape,given the age of the grill. I am doing a lite restore right now, and can not decide whether to simply clean the wheels up, or do the full paint job etc like Brians example in my original post. Right now, I am leaning toward simply cleaning them with no repaint given the dings in the lid. It would almost be too jarring to have a pristine set of wheelson a lid with significant battle scars.