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Old 07-25-2014, 09:33 PM   #1
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Wheel Color Opinions Please

So i am trying to get the truck ready for the rod run and i decided to undertake painting the wheels to match my truck. Problem is they don't match the bed or the cab/hood (different bed then it came with). Are these close enough to run without looking like poop or should i go with another color? I am going to run the hub caps pictured and was planning on going white with body colored letters. Opinions here?
Keep them and say the heck with it?
Flat white?
Maybe a flat Orange?


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Old 07-25-2014, 11:44 PM   #2
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

I kinda like them they way they are





flat white is always good as well
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Old 07-25-2014, 11:49 PM   #3
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

I'd say go white, if anything.
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Old 07-25-2014, 11:55 PM   #4
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

Can't quite tell in the pictures; are they painted white, or are they dirty aluminum? If they aren't painted I'd polish them up. White with the red letters like the OE hubcaps always looks nice, too.
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Old 07-26-2014, 12:38 AM   #5
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

If the caps are going to be white, go body color or black, check out the 60-66 Tire/Wheel Pics thread to get some ideas. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ghlight=wheels
Post some pics there when your done.

Something like this would also look good
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Old 07-26-2014, 12:51 AM   #6
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

Yeah, I really like the black wheels and chrome/aluminum trim rings/caps. Very nice. The whitewall tires don't even really bother me with that setup.
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Old 07-26-2014, 02:11 AM   #7
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

I"m still trying to figure out what color the body is supposed to be. Did I read correctly that you were going with an all-white body?

On an all white truck, if you went with those blue wheels, and did the bed lettering and accents in the same matching blue, it would be a good look.

On the truck the way I see it in those pictures however, I don't think they look good.
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Old 07-26-2014, 03:07 AM   #8
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

Oh, now I get it... I think? Are you asking about wheel color, or hubcap color, or both? If it's wheel color, semi-flat black all the way IMO if you repaint them. I don't think they'd look bad like they are, though.
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Old 08-03-2014, 08:04 PM   #9
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

I was asking about wheel and cap color. I wants go body color but the color I ended up spraying them came out brighter. I decided to go ahead and run them anyway with white caps and blue lettering. The only issue is that I only have 2 66 gmc caps so I bought plain Jane dog dish caps of off a safari van era. The truck is blue with a white top btw.
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Old 08-04-2014, 06:12 AM   #10
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Re: Wheel Color Opinions Please

If you still decide to change the cap color, possibly a medium silver, like a charcoal (with a satin/matte clearcoat) would look nice with the white caps.
Paint the GMC lettering in red
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