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| Gloss white |
   
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4 | 14.29% |
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3 | 10.71% |
| Black with trim rings |
  
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8 | 28.57% |
| White with trim rings |
  
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6 | 21.43% |
| Black without trim rings |
  
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2 | 7.14% |
| White without trim rings |
  
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5 | 17.86% |
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07-22-2012, 07:12 PM
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What color should my wheels be?
Gonna paint my wheels, should I paint them gloss white or paint them gloss black? The body is white and I was thinking about painting the bumpers black and a few other things.
Also should I keep the outer trim rings? The wheel is mine and the truck with the camper is a pic I found on the net.
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07-22-2012, 07:15 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
I say black
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07-22-2012, 07:31 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
As far as I know, factory steel wheels with poverty caps were always white on trucks at least starting in 73, no matter what color the truck was. Might be some instances where they aren't, but I'd stick with white.
My truck here is unrestored and has factory 16.5 white wheels with caps and no rings. That's how it came factory even though there is nothing else white on the truck anywhere....Personally I'd think the creme color used on the center body would have been more suitable for the wheels, but that's the way GM built it, and by this point in time I don't think GM wanted to spend the time and money for body color steel wheels on every vehicle like they did back in the 60's. 
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07-22-2012, 07:41 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
Man that is a beautiful rig. Im torn between white and black.
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07-22-2012, 07:44 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
What color is your truck?
You could make your decision this way. Are you lazy about washing your wheels? If the answer is yes then black would be the color for you... If the answer is no then white looks great, just more work to keep clean 
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07-22-2012, 07:46 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
The truck is white, and I have a mile of dirt road to get back to my house.
So maybe black is in my future....What about the trim rings?
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07-24-2012, 12:39 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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For show, here is black:  And here they are painted Santa Fe: 
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07-24-2012, 10:39 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
i went flat black on my burb
always looks dirty- never again did gloss black on the 78 - looks like satin but I like the white and am going white wagons and keeping white on the 79 no rings
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07-25-2012, 05:03 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
This poll is not as one sided as I thought it would be.
White with rings and black with rings are almost tied.
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07-22-2012, 07:45 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
white with no trim rings
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07-22-2012, 07:56 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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07-22-2012, 08:27 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
White!
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07-22-2012, 09:11 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
Purple.
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07-23-2012, 10:31 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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07-23-2012, 11:54 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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I just think white or black wheels on a white vehicle are very boring.
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07-23-2012, 12:08 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
I don't know, to me it says sleeper and looks good (on a truck I think it says "work truck"
). Here is an example of my bird with body color wheels, which is how they did it back then.Too bad GM didn't follow body color on the trucks in the 70's. I think a white truck with white wheels would look better than my truck pictured above which came with white wheels. Looks outta place but that's how GM did it. 
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07-23-2012, 08:28 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
I vote white
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07-23-2012, 12:36 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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Very nice truck I love the camper, I was wondering if you could share some info on it. As I'm in the market for a top for my swb. Posted via Mobile Device
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07-23-2012, 09:08 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
I wish my truck was as nice as that one, but sadly that is just a picture I found on the net.
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07-23-2012, 09:13 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
Storm trooper that thing out!
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07-23-2012, 09:16 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
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07-23-2012, 09:24 PM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
White with black trim here and there
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07-29-2012, 12:19 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
wow looks great
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07-29-2012, 03:37 AM
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Re: What color should my wheels be?
Yeah just Steel wool and water and some spray paint is all it took. Now it makes the rest of the truck look really REALLY BAD. LOL
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