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Old 08-09-2006, 08:09 PM
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If you can find it, the closest I have found to unfaded originals
is Duplicolor GM# 7192. If you want to fudge a little to the dark side, which
gives the wheel a little more contrast without slapping you in the face, you
might like the way Duplicolor T414 looks. I personally believe that if you fudge
the charcoal a little darker than original the wheel looks better. It is critical
that the argent silver looks like the original if you want a correct look. I prefer
the rally wheel paint that Ground up Restorations sells for the Chevrolet rally
wheels for the argent silver. Argent silver paint is pretty easy to find at your
local Auto supply, but the key is that Rally wheel argent silver should not have any visible metalflake in the paint when it dries. This becomes obvious
in bright sunlight. Visible metalflake makes the wheels look "painted". The factory used flake in the argent silver that was so fine that it is not visible
even in bright sunlight. The paint that Ground up restorations sells for Chevelle rally wheels is dead nuts correct. The back side should be dove
gray which is a solid non metallic color, and argent and charcoal overspray
should be present on top of the gray if you want the correct look. To get
the correct look, paint the back side of the sheel dove gray first, then paint
the argent and charcoal on the front side without masking off the holes between the spokes.


Last edited by gtohurstjudge; 08-09-2006 at 08:32 PM.