Stock 240Z Steel Wheel Color

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5" Wheel now on Ebay. Note Over Spray ?

 

[Careless]

that paint colour on the face seems to be a close match to that of the tail light garnish from the #162 and the original spare from the 72 that was on hand as well, which I referred to as "chalkboard black". Rustoleum actually makes a chalkboard black colour which is close, but it is not meant for exterior applications or road vehicle use as it's not very durable against the elements.

I never dismounted the tire as it was 5" as you noted and did not match the 4.5"s from the 69 cars under restoration, so I am unsure if it was over sprayed as shown in the photo above, but it wouldn't surprise me. They probably just had these stacked 6 or 7 high against a wall and just sprayed the fronts liberally with the same paint they sprayed the tail light garnishes and just churned them out. There was another item that was sprayed the same colour. I can't quite recall, but I want to say on the 162 car it was the front radiator grille that was clearly the same colour as the tail light garnish. I'd have to check photos to be sure.

I'm not sure if it's just the whitebalance on the photo,  but on the side view, the base wheel colour looks quite "cool" like a generic gray primer you'd see today, but on the top/down view it looks more like Alumiblast.

I think they used a primer that was closer to aluminum colour than it was to actual gray primer... it would have looked really unfinished if it was just primer. I think they would have rather sprayed the entire wheel black if that was the case to avoid poor feedback on overall finish of the cars.

Edited March 7, 2019 by Careless

[Careless]

1606 wheel face
same as tail light garnish "chalkboard" finish when its cleaned up

https://i.imgur.com/PrBZ0mm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zUteuNL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SqCfi1q.jpg

 

 

182 wheel face.
dirty, pitted, and rusted.

you can see some of the overspray shown in some of the other photos posted earlier in this thread.

https://i.imgur.com/ATVYLAc.jpg

7214 spare and "NOS" spare with Bridgestone RD150
(not sure if actually NOS or not, but it sure looked like it)

https://i.imgur.com/JL9yxoI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KPbm9hv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/znzfwPu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aql339L.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nYXWtNc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XMdeDwP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MFScDBY.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/HrrJvOh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/q8b3S08.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jYMRNJR.jpg

the colour/deepness of the black is obviously different after a few decades of life and paint mixing consistency, but the gray/silver barrel colour is not as glossy as it looks in the photos. I would say it's more "satin" than matte. it's got a touch of gloss, but just like clean enamel shell coating gloss, not an actual gloss component in the paint.