I removed my center caps & in the process noticed the color between the fins was bronze, but the color between the fins on the wheel is black! Is that right?

bigdaddy

Yes,mine are the same and to the best of my knowledge have never been redone. I also checked the one repro center cap from Corvettes of Houston and it matches. Never noticed that until you pointed it out.
Jules

Sorry,forgot to login. Jules

Bronze is the correct color, someone probably sprayed yours with black paint. Also, the correct paint code was posted before but I can't find it right now..

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Arizona Corvette Enthusiasts
Gone, but not forgotten

Chrome them if you can, best thing I ever did for the car.

The correct color for the Wheels is Dupont B8311J Medium sand gray.

I show the correct paint code as B8311K. My wheel centers are dark bronze, not black. I'll check into this further!

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JohnnyB
The 82

I guess, the black 'spray-over' was popular..
Never knew that until you pointed it out just now.. Another thing to fix.

My wheels are a cross between black and remnants of bronze. I always assumed that the black was a primer because it appears to be under the original deteriorated color.

The wheels came from the manufactuer with a top clear coat & that is what yall are seeing as comming off

there is no peeling of any kind on the wheel or the center cap. looking under a lighted magnifying glass shows that the black must be factory applied since I assume any application after that would have a sharper edge on the color from the tape that would be applied to cover the fin, right?

This is a picture of the factory color. It is definitely not black, it matches the color on the center cap...

This is the pic i went looking at after you guys brought this up, at the CAC http://corvetteactioncenter.com/index.php:

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/cgi-bin/archives/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=1968_-_1982/1982&image=82d.jpg&img=&tt=

I think this still isnt a good shot, but it is not black, like mine are.
Question though: A) Why did 'people' paint them black ? and B) How the heck did they do that ? I am imagening a heck of a tape job with all those fins..

Honestly, when i saw the last NCRS car i remember (in Indiana), i didnt pay attention to the wheels, i was too dumbfounded about the color/paint in the rear lights and around the license plate..


Mine is so way off now.. NCRS: Not Correctly Restored Shark