1965 steel wheels

[Bill W.]

The judging manual says wheels should be gloss black . What about the backside ? I always thought the backside should be semi gloss . What are the judges looking for ?

[Joseph T.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

Semi Gloss

[Gene M.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

Gloss or semi gloss are vague terms. I painted the entire wheels some what low gloss black. Certainly not gloss like the body paint finish.

[Loren L.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

Backside is black primer.

[John H.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

The judging manual says wheels should be gloss black . What about the backside ? I always thought the backside should be semi gloss . What are the judges looking for ?

Bill -

The wheels were first flow-coated overall with semi-gloss black primer and baked, then the outer face of the wheel was sprayed with 83-degree gloss black wheel enamel.

[Gene M.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

Hey John,
I realize looking at the back side under the car and if driven any is going to look quite a bit inferior to the face of the wheel. How much shine is 83-degree gloss? I guess a better way to ask is how much difference in luster between the back of the wheel vs the front of the wheel as they left GM?
thanks

[John H.]

Re: 1965 steel wheels

Hey John,
I realize looking at the back side under the car and if driven any is going to look quite a bit inferior to the face of the wheel. How much shine is 83-degree gloss? I guess a better way to ask is how much difference in luster between the back of the wheel vs the front of the wheel as they left GM?
thanks

Gene -

83-degree is what we would call, "full gloss"; it isn't going to get any glossier without help from Zaino.