Color spec for the original X wheel
 

I'm doing my X wheels and want to do it right. Does anybody know exactly what color they used for those dark gray parts between the metal?

Thanks

i think is just black

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Is it? Mine all look like some kind of dark gray. Maybe they've just faded over the years.

Thanks guys.

i have an oem set of X wheel manufactured in 89 and they are nearly perfect. they have been in a box individually wrapped for many years. i believe the shading on the wheels is a dark grey. i'll double check tomorrow and post pics of the wheels on my FB's for comparison.

Thanks Dave, that's the reference I needed! If you can put something that is true black in the picture near the wheel paint would help determine the shade of dark gray.

Thanks!

They are almost a dark metal like gunmetal. Definitely not black. I would do Gunmetal gray Ray.

Thanks TT, I need to stop at Home Depot on my way home today, I'll see what they've got in gunmetal gray.

I'm thinking of just carefully brushing on a high quality enamel. Doing all that masking for spray paint is probably to much work, a good brush job should be very hard to notice.

No problem. I'm sure any gunmetal will be close in color though.

Good idea. A good quality brush shouldn't show the actual brush stroke if you will in the paint either..

I redid one of my + wheels. I used Dupli-Color Wheel Coating Graphite. They sell it at the parts store. http://www.jegs.com/i/Duplicolor/318...0002/-1?CT=999

Well finding some graphite or gun metal gray spray paint turned out to be a pain in the ass, nobody has any.

So I went with black. Michael and acekid7 were right after all, it's the perfect color

The hand painting wasn't a good idea either, so I went with masking, taking off the tape tomorrow.

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...lackwheel5.jpg

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...7/stripper.jpg

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...5rx7/mask2.jpg

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...lackwheel1.jpg

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...lackwheel2.jpg

http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...lackwheel3.jpg