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Originally Posted by 68Gold/white
Look'n good in the Chevrolet Neighborhood!!!
Those bowtie centers look good. Another thought is to take the center caps to a sign company that makes vinyl lettering. They could make the round pieces, with the bowties. Making them any color you want. AND...make some spares for future use. THey are not difficult to apply...
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Interesting thought. The guy who refinishes a lot of my parts can fabricate most things. He can even make a badge if you want him too. Former cop of all things.
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Originally Posted by special-K
Those look great! I bet rattle can flat black would stick well all over 
The '72 SWN I was going to rebuild, but sold to start from scratch on the '67, had these wheels painted black. I hated them. Ugliest looking wheels I ever saw. If they were wider than stock (never cared for custom wheels that aren't wider) I would had taken then down to bare like you did. I had similar wheels on my K2500 a while. They were so dirty they were almost black. I got them clean using Scothbrite, wheel cleaners, and even fine sandpaper. I like the dull clean look of aged aluminum wheels |
These wheels were painted with between spokes. Horrific job but boy did it stick. Tempting to spray bomb for sure
I just spoke to the guy who's powder coating the wheels (clear:bling2): I only polished the wheels to 300 and satisfied. Anyway I asked him about finish grit, and he's talking 600 or so. I was surprised to hear as much as 2000 grit (what the?). Apparently he went to a top school for powder coating and his equipment top notch. I can say everything he's done for me is top notch.