Factory Steel Wheel Colors on K10's and K20's?

[72longbed]

All you 'factory steelie' guys,

do you prefer White, Black or what color factory steelies on your 4x4 67-72 trucks?

Let's get some pictures going for ideas please.

Thanks.

72

[jocko]

white all day long

[special-K]

It depends. I've run white,black,argent,and color-matched. I like black with chrome lugs,as well as white and color-matched. And,white/argent/color-matched with hub caps. It's real traditional to run wide wheels in black w/no caps. That's what I mostly saw back then. That's where the decent hubcaps come from when you find them. Wide white with caps is a great look for a hybrid stock look.

[Sicklajoie]

I must say I'm partial to mine with white but black would look good, too, depending on the color of the truck.

[72longbed]

Thats a good look with the red truck, white wheel, chrome cap w/blue. I have that same look right now with a black rim. I like the white better, gotta admit.

So ... is it more trouble and expense to prep and paint steel wheels or to send them to powder coat? Expense?

72

[jocko]

special-K brings up a good point - I DO quite like black steelies with NO caps. Very "down to business" look. But does depend on the truck, I agree. Dressed up truck with all the trim - I tend to lean toward white with caps - but for a bare bones 4x4 with minimal trim, black (or white) with no caps looks real nice.

[Sicklajoie]

Powder coating is much more durable. I spent $300 to do my set of wheels.

[72longbed]

Was that 5 wheels ... 60.00 each? Trying to get an idea of what I might expect to pay for powder coat.

Thanks.

[72longbed]

Thinking about it ... you know what would be very cool is if we could buy these steel wheels already powder coated / painted White for 60 to 75.00 a piece NEW.

Any thoughts?

[special-K]

That about what I paid for the last set I bought...then $65 each for sandblasting and powder coat. Powdercoating is very durable,but I've taken a 4" wire wheel to rims and stripped them bare,primed,and painted (leaving tires mounted) for a fraction of the cost and it lasts a long time.
1st pic: Ford 16" wheels I redid the cheap way last spring.
2nd: Powdercoated 9.75 x 16.5s
3rd: Painted 9.75s w/o caps
4th:Argent paint
5th:'84 w/ black powdercoated 9.75 x 16.5s & long chrome studs

[jocko]

i paid about $60-75 per wheel (5 wheels) for the wheels themselves, then $50 per wheel for pc (very reasonable to pc on the west coast - I paid $110 per wheel in MD when I lived there).

[special-K]

Originally Posted by jocko

i paid about $60-75 per wheel (5 wheels) for the wheels themselves, then $50 per wheel for pc (very reasonable to pc on the west coast - I paid $110 per wheel in MD when I lived there).

Dang Jocko, who did your wheels in MD? I've used ISPA once, they do naval and a lot of gov't stuff. They did something other than wheels but their pricing was in line with Maryland Industrial Coaters, who I've used since the '80s. When I first went there they changed $25 a wheel and didn't sand bast, I had to do that. They got a huge cabinet and started sandblasting. They are up to $65 a wheel for blasing and coating...$260 a set

[special-K]

Here's some more variety on some C/20 pictures I've saved:

[MusicMan70]

Here's a set of those Ford rims from a van I got off the CL. I like this shade of grey myself and they do fit the Factory dogdishes as well.

[vectorit]

My 1968 K20 came with black lock ring wheels.
So, since I can't run those anymore I just powder coated steel wheels black to match the OE look.

[huahuamick]

WOW!!! Nice Post!Kind Regards

[picklito]

I'm dropping mine off in a few days to have them powdered in white. That sounds easy enough... but he's asking me what color white and how shiny I want them. I'm glad he's asking but I don't know what to tell him. What would be most like OE for a 70 GMC 2wd? I'd love to see some pics with info on what color white and shine you used.

[picklito]

Originally Posted by picklito

I'm dropping mine off in a few days to have them powdered in white. That sounds easy enough... but he's asking me what color white and how shiny I want them. I'm glad he's asking but I don't know what to tell him. What would be most like OE for a 70 GMC 2wd? I'd love to see some pics with info on what color white and shine you used.

Did I just quote myself? I think I did! I'm going to answer my own question. Having found out that Les Schwab will powder coat the wheels for $25 each, I'm dropping them off tomorrow. The choice of "which white" and "how shiny" is gone. They have one white. Truck White as they call it. Done.

[Layne]

I like them all. White Black, Body color, and of course Argent.