Has anyone ever seen a PPV with stock steelies painted (powder coated) to match the body color? I have Googled images and searched, but don't see any examples. I have seen a few older Chevy rally wheels painted this way, and thought it looked pretty good. Maybe the lack of examples of this on the PPV means the wheel just looks best in black?
Thanks in advance for your feedback/example photos....
Steel wheel color
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Re: Steel wheel color
Closest I’ve seen is some agency with wheels painted silver.
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Re: Steel wheel color
my car had the matching color OE wheels Black on black. Wheels still looked horrible.
2014 Caprice V8
Elgin E-1840 P, LS9 Head gasket, LS7 Lifters, PAC-1218 springs, Trunion upgrade, Single roller timing set, Melling oil pump, ZL1 torque converter, Camaro Trans pan and filter.
1986 GN
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1968 Chevelle
LQ4, 4L80, 12 bolt w/3.42 gears
Elgin E-1840 P, LS9 Head gasket, LS7 Lifters, PAC-1218 springs, Trunion upgrade, Single roller timing set, Melling oil pump, ZL1 torque converter, Camaro Trans pan and filter.
1986 GN
212/212 Roller cam, 1.65 HR Rockers, 60-1 turbo, XFI 2.05, E85, Ebay Front mount IC, Husek Built TH200-4R trans, 3.42 gears 3800# .
1968 Chevelle
LQ4, 4L80, 12 bolt w/3.42 gears
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Re: Steel wheel color
The wheels come from GM painted black, and I'm sure the departments don't spend a lot of time 'spiffing' the wheels up to match the body color before slapping them into service.
Are you sure those are silver, or just reflecting the light off the concrete wall behind the vehicles? Funny, that car looks a bit like mine with all the antennae on the roof.
Are you sure those are silver, or just reflecting the light off the concrete wall behind the vehicles? Funny, that car looks a bit like mine with all the antennae on the roof.
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Re: Steel wheel color
Same agencyCrashTestDummy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:20 am The wheels come from GM painted black, and I'm sure the departments don't spend a lot of time 'spiffing' the wheels up to match the body color before slapping them into service.
Are you sure those are silver, or just reflecting the light off the concrete wall behind the vehicles? Funny, that car looks a bit like mine with all the antennae on the roof.
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Re: Steel wheel color
Interesting.
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1992 B4C 1LE Camaro
2018 Tahoe PPV (her car)
1995 DGGM Impala SS
1985 Firebird - 310 LS1 C Prepared autocross car.
1980 Bluebird Wanderlodge
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Re: Steel wheel color
I have G8 GTO 18" wheels ( and springs ) on my '13 with the centers of the spokes painted body color, which is a bright blue metallic w/silver top. Not expensive and the stock tires fit. A little like the Hurst gold spoke wheels back in the day.