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Old 10-22-2021, 10:04 AM
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For what its worth, I have the wheels on this car above painted incorrectly. At the time, I had sand blasted them & painted them with solar gold single stage. Looks good, but is not correct. Should have a slightly darker appearance.
I didn't know any better at the time. Just thought I would mention it in case somebody calls me out on the wheel color

I know this has been talked about with the paint and as I recall it was supplied/painted by the wheel mfg for GM? Was it suppose to be solar gold on the wheels & they just missed the mark a bit? Pretty sure that wheel gold ended up brighter on the machined face 1979 8" wheels & might have been brighter on the 7" 1978's ? Don't want to derail AMX guys thread, but seeing its sorta related I thought I would see if anyone can refresh my memory on the wheel color.

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