Rally Wheel restoration

[Keith Seymore]

Sidebar: I used it on my grille and headlight bezels, too, since it was the right color:

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I have a grille!

This thing fought me the whole way, but I managed to git 'er done this weekend.

With the installation of the grille that means that everything forward of the b pillar on the exterior is done!

Next, it's off to the paint shop for the box, hopefully within the next day or two.

K



The grille itself was used, purchased from ScottH (thanks again, Scott). I sprayed it with Duplicolor Argent silver (FM149), along with the headlight bezels. I reused his parking lamps and stainless, with the exception of the center bars (new) and I also replaced the stainless around the grill opening.



I repainted my original bowtie while I was at it, retouching the black border around the chrome and then the "gold/yellow" in the center



This shows the center bars, painted body colored (Duplicolor red WA 7475, code 72).

[X Baldwin Motion]

I wound up getting the Argent rally wheel paint from Eastwoods. After reading Keith's post above I got a couple of extra cans and hopefully will repaint my grill and headlight frames also (not that I was looking to add anything to my list of stuff to do.)

here's a crappy phone pic after first coat. I will get some clear for the finished product.



thanks everyone for the input.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Looks good I hope to do this to my rims someday.

[X Baldwin Motion]

[X Baldwin Motion]

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by X Baldwin Motion

That's weird I'm running the same setup with wheels and tires as you. What size tires are those?

[X Baldwin Motion]

32x11.5x15
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[Car'n'Guitars]

Haha yep I have the exact same set up as you, but yours looks 200% nicer than mine do. Also your truck is really nice too.

[78 Big10 454]

Powdercoat those puppies and be done with it.

[RPOZ11]

I didnt have alot of extra time to do mine so I had mine done at a local paint shop...

[X Baldwin Motion]

Originally Posted by Car'n'Guitars

Haha yep I have the exact same set up as you, but yours looks 200% nicer than mine do. Also your truck is really nice too.

I took my time prepping and painting the wheels, $100.00 ea for powder coating seemed crazy. I also researched dozens of tire options so I could get the most rubber without having to lift. There is about an inch clearance when turned to lock.
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[slam59]

Yeah Baldwin,Ouch, $100 a wheel is a bit I think. I should jump all over the shop that told me $50 a wheel. As soon as funds permit I am hoping soon to get mine powder coated.

[Car'n'Guitars]

$100 a wheel is pretty steep, one day after the body gets done on my truck I will do this to my rims. Great job man.

[motornut]

I found a place local for me and they said $80/rim each
thats hand them a nasty,and it's blasted and powdered
he mentioned i could find a place for 50 but the prep prob won't be as good...

[i heart square bodys]

ive just redone mine with charcoal plasti-kote and plasti-kote clear. they look pretty good after blasting, priming and painting. also polished up the center caps with some steel wool sadly it doesnt look like my photos will work fingers crossed tho .





i see everyone seems to have the deep rings on thier weels ... i have a set and a really nice set at that ... but they wont fit ... it seems my rims are too shallow . whats the deal here !!!

[WarBeard]

They look like Van Rally's. They are shallow, the truck rally's are a deeper dish. Some people run the van rally's up front and the truck ones on the rear for a staggard look.

[i heart square bodys]

Originally Posted by motomech

They look like Van Rally's. They are shallow, the truck rally's are a deeper dish. Some people run the van rally's up front and the truck ones on the rear for a staggard look.

yeah i thought that might be the case considering my tucks a 1986 but they are marked '87 on the rims buuut i do have 2 of the deeper dish ones too and the staggered idea sounds kinda neat especially for what im going for! are they any difference in width ? or just dished differently?... time to get sandblasting and painting again :P

[WarBeard]

I think the Van's are six inches wide and the truck's are 8 inches... Not positive.

[kcsa75]

Originally Posted by motomech

I think the Van's are six inches wide and the truck's are 8 inches... Not positive.

The van wheels are 6.5 inches insided bead to inside bead. Then there are 7 and 8 inch wheels. The 8s are the most popular.

There is a lot of good information in this thread.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=457676