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View Poll Results: What color?
Gloss white 4 14.29%
Gloss black 3 10.71%
Black with trim rings 8 28.57%
White with trim rings 6 21.43%
Black without trim rings 2 7.14%
White without trim rings 5 17.86%
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Old 07-22-2012, 07:12 PM   #1
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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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Old 07-22-2012, 07:15 PM   #2
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Re: What color should my wheels be?

I say black
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Old 07-22-2012, 07:31 PM   #3
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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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Old 07-22-2012, 07:41 PM   #4
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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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Old 07-22-2012, 07:44 PM   #5
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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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Old 07-22-2012, 07:46 PM   #6
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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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Old 07-24-2012, 12:39 AM   #7
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....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.

I agree. So, I got some 16s and painted them to match the body.

For show, here is black:


And here they are painted Santa Fe:

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Old 07-24-2012, 10:39 AM   #8
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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
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Old 07-25-2012, 05:03 PM   #9
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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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Re: What color should my wheels be?

white with no trim rings
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Old 07-22-2012, 07:56 PM   #11
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Old 07-22-2012, 08:27 PM   #12
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White!
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Old 07-22-2012, 09:11 PM   #13
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Purple.
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I did! I just think white or black wheels on a white vehicle are very boring.
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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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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.
As for the rims, I say maybe a satin black with no trim rings.
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.
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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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Storm trooper that thing out!
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LOL It took me a little bit to figure out what that was!.....So your saying like white bumpers and grill and all that stuff?
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White with black trim here and there
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Old 07-29-2012, 12:19 AM   #23
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wow looks great
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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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