Decided to clean up my spare wheel (LJ XU1). I have no reason to believe this rim has been painted as the INSIDE is definately original (I just polished it up after a clean) and the wheel is date matched close to the car (3/72 for rim) but my confusion is the outside colour. Looks like a metalic gun metal paint over the original black? Torana tough says its supposed to be black. Just want to confirm that the wheels are supposed to be black so I can paint the outside only.
Steel rim paint colour - LJ GTR
#1
Posted 09 April 2021 - 07:09 AM
#2
Posted 09 April 2021 - 09:25 AM
yes black mark, maybe black under the silver? rub back a small section to see if black
#3
Posted 09 April 2021 - 10:46 AM
Thanks mate. For some reason I'm thinking that these steel wheels came out with a dark metalic grey? not sure where I got that notion.
#4
Posted 09 April 2021 - 11:07 AM
#5
Posted 09 April 2021 - 11:19 AM
Thanks mate. For some reason I'm thinking that these steel wheels came out with a dark metalic grey? not sure where I got that notion.
Perhaps the 1st owner wasn't keen on the black so had a shot of silver put on all the original nibless rims.
#6
Posted 09 April 2021 - 12:13 PM
Not trying to kick the dead horse on this topic but did any of the GTR Torana's (LJ or LC) come with a gunmetal metalic paint on their steel rims?
#7
Posted 09 April 2021 - 12:21 PM
Happy to be corrected, but I seem to recall that all XU-1s had black wheels.
LC & LJ GTRs had the silver splash over black i.e. not a full Gunmetal spray job.
The "splash" has many variations, depends on the day/plant. From an almost full silver/gray cover, to just a few dribs and drabs.
Exception being maybe early 69 GTRs had black?
Happy to be guru'd.
#8
Posted 09 April 2021 - 12:21 PM
Not trying to kick the dead horse on this topic but did any of the GTR Torana's (LJ or LC) come with a gunmetal metalic paint on their steel rims?
Afaik, LJ GTR (nibbed) rims were silver and LJ XU1 (nibbless) rims were black.
#9
Posted 09 April 2021 - 12:31 PM
So all the LJ GTR's were Nibbed rims Dave? I had a 73 GTR for 10 years in the 80's but swapped out by factory steel rims for Globes soon after I bought it as we all tended to do back then. For some unknown reason I'm thinking the rims on that car were not completely black?
#10
Posted 09 April 2021 - 12:48 PM
#11
Posted 09 April 2021 - 01:39 PM
Afaik, LJ GTR (nibbed) rims were silver and LJ XU1 (nibbless) rims were black.
He is right again
#12
Posted 09 April 2021 - 02:52 PM
Well there you go. I never knew that about the nibless being unique to XU1's?? ok if I'm going to go to the small effort to paint the outside of this rim then I may as well do it in the correct colour. What sort of black is it (warrigal black? 60% gloss) and I don't want to hear to just use fiddly bits satin as no one will be able to tell. I want to at least pretend that this wheel is very special .The inside is very glossy sort of 70-80% gloss (now that I polished it with Maguires wet look polish) so I guess I should copy it?
Edited by MFM, 09 April 2021 - 02:55 PM.
#13
Posted 15 April 2021 - 01:03 PM
Hi All, My LC GTR 3/70 rims were all the gun metal colour. very close to the HK HT HG GTS dress rim.
also the under side of the air cleaner was painted in the gun metal colour
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