ralley wheel colors

[waterpirate]

So I was just curious what the original factory color was for ralley wheels with trim rings and center caps? Anybody paint them a different color and like the contrast? New 31.10.50 15 are on the way and want to clean up my rims.
Thanx
Eric

 

[78C10BigTen]

Original factory was argent silver

 

[82sbshortbed]

Painted mine black and like them.

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[78C10BigTen]

Painted mine black and like them.

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Its the white letters...

 

[Preston]

A little different idea, I like them

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[waterpirate]

Painted mine black and like them.

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Beer on the hood? what is not to like!

 

[waterpirate]

I should also have added she is a six lug 4x4. I was always a big fan of the old school white wagon wheels. The stock ralley wheels were 15x8? Prices on the web are getting me thinking.... Work is really sucking right now but the cash is fueling the dream. lol
Eric

 

[gotyourgoat]

Painted mine black and like them.

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Beer on the hood? what is not to like!

The fender light...

Still missing.

 

[bucket]

I like them in silver, black, or painted body color.

With some body colors, I also think a champagne gold can look good too.

 

[CSFJ]

I think I started the whole black wheel craze back in '92 or '93 when I painted the rallies black on my '79 k10 Cheyenne. I thought it looked pretty good. Truck was cardinal red, with a silver inset down the side.
Lol.

 

[82sbshortbed]

The fender light...

Still missing.

Lol just ordered 2 new ones from eBay and should be here next tues.

 

[gotyourgoat]

Lol just ordered 2 new ones from eBay and should be here next tues.

Yeah yeah, the check is in the mail.

 

[Keith Seymore]

Painting rally wheels, Chevrolet Flint Assembly, circa 1979 -

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Edit: I should mention that both rallys and base (white) wheels went down this same line. Wheels were painted and tires installed in sequence so that they flowed to the chassis line installation point in the correct order.

Since some trucks did not get a spare (optional content) then some assemblies were built up in a run of four and others built up in a run of five (no duallys were built in Flint).

There were extra tire wheel assemblies staged at the installation point so that if we got out of order a tire/wheel could be grabbed and installed to keep the line going. Similarly, if a truck was built with a wrong axle the corresponding "wrong" tire/wheels could be installed and the correct axle installed in a repair stall out back.

Lastly - if you look closely at that back wall you may be able to tell there is water running down in sheets. The flowing water was to capture (some of) the overspray, were it was conveyed to a paint pit, dryed, and presumably disposed of in a manner consistent with industrial hazardous waste.

K

 

[Preston]

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I was in the process of sanding these to paint and kind of liked this look

 

[78C10BigTen]

Lol just ordered 2 new ones from eBay and should be here next tues.

I just got one from work if you wanted...