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Originally Posted by pippintook
I have read where the Factory did not clearcoat the snowflake wheels.
78w72 - it sounds like you are saying the Factory clearcoated the entire wheel including the center sections and the aluminum spokes and lip.
As we know, they were quite a few different snowflake wheels used by the Factory and different configurations (ie. different colors for painting center section and in some years no painting of center sections?).
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from what ive seen on the 15x8 WS6 snowflakes over the years they looked to be cleared. & they would not have stayed shiny as long as they did if they were bare aluminum. it was a very thin possibly lacquer based clear, nothing like the thick stuff on more modern vehicles. when it started to wear off it would just look like a residue on the aluminum, no edge you could catch or peel up or anything like that. ive had quite a few sets of the 15x7 wheels too but never noticed anything obvious on them.
there were a few different designes of the snowflake so it's hard to say if they all were cleared or maybe they stopped using it in later years? i am also not the original owner of any of the wheels ive seen or the cars that i had so maybe someone sprayed some clear on them?
