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KGhia 70 Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:17 pm

what color are these supposed to be painted? my ghia was cal style when I got it, but i'm trying to get it back to chrome. so if i had kept it cal style, i'd probably go to black with the chrom ring around the outside.. but now i have no clue. red?? we just painted the ghia(1970) to orignial bahia red.

dzvision Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:49 pm

if they where painted they came black. and the lip is actually aluminum and is polished. unless same retard painted chromed wheels.

KGhia 70 Tue May 01, 2007 5:46 pm

dzvision wrote: if they where painted they came black. and the lip is actually aluminum and is polished. unless same retard painted chromed wheels.

no sorry, it is the polished aluminum, didn't really mean chrome :). mine are like a gold. should they be black?

rambler1959 Wed May 02, 2007 12:53 am

i believe they originaly came in gold, black and silver paint. as well as polished or chromed.

70 140 Wed May 02, 2007 7:15 am

They did come in gold, but that was a while ago... I hope you aren't thinking about polishing them :shock: That would take about 1 year per rim... the metal under the paint is so porous you will spend hours with a grinder and heavy sand paper before you even get it smooth...



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