70 Yenko Nova Wheel Paint

Bob · #1 05-01-2002, 03:57 PM

EXACTLY how should the wheels be painted? Are they black or gray on the back with overspray? Which argent silver should be used, the regular or the one with green tint? What about the inserts? Charcoal or satin black? Who is the best supplier of paints and stencils? Sorry, for all the questions on such a simple topic but I want to do it right. Thanks, Bob

JoeC · #2 05-14-2002, 08:38 PM

You can get some tips on painting the SS wheel from the Team Chevelle web site but from what I read Yenko was buying the wheel from the manufacturer not from Chevy. I don't know if the wheel was painted the same as the Chevelle SS wheel.

**SS427** · #3 05-15-2002, 03:38 AM

Hopefully this works for a change.

http://www.chevelles.com/forum/Forum23/HTML/006001.html

Allen · #4 05-15-2002, 05:32 AM

I'm curious and looking to see what the answers would be to Bob's questions.... does anyone know?

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #5 11-25-2002, 06:13 PM

Hey Bob;
I just found this old post about the wheel color.

The '69 SS wheels were the argent silver (without the green tint) with very dark charcoal painted inserts. The '70 SS wheels were the same silver, but the inserts were black. I will check the brand of the silver paint that I use, but I remember that the number is 1403. I use a semi-gloss black for the inserts, and I taped them by hand rather than using stencils. It's time consuming, but they look good when finished. The backs of the SS rims are a 'dove' gray, a little darker, and a little smoother. I don't know of anyone who looks at the backs of the rims, but that's what I found out when I did my research so that's the way I painted mine.

For the XT coded steel wheel in the trunk, only the front-side of the rim gets painted red the back-side remains black. The rim gets mounted upside down in the trunk, but your efforts are not wasted because you will be able to see the red overspray blown through the holes in the front.

ORIGLS6 · #6 11-26-2002, 01:27 AM

Marlin,
Correct on the Argent Silver for the spokes and rims as well as the "Dove Gray" for the back. But the '70 SS wheel was also very dark charcoal in the inserts. The '69's and '70's were painted identical. Many people think the inserts are black but if you paint them black and set them near a charcoal wheel, the difference is obvious. Most of the resto suppliers offer all three colors. I just recently ran across a couple of wheels that I thought were Chevelle SS wheels, only to discover they had a 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern. FORD wheels!
I swore they were the same as the ones on my car; right detail on the spokes, color, back color, everything is exact. The fellow at the tire store proved me wrong with his gauge. FYI everyone, if you're looking for these wheels, check the codes and the bolt pattern.

Rat_Pack · #7 11-26-2002, 03:14 AM

ORIGLS6, even an easier way to identify those wheels. The Ford Magnum wheels have the Ford logo stamped in them on the outside lip on the backside of the wheel. I ran into this problem with a 69 Chevelle I bought. The spare would not fit and upon closer inspection there was the Ford emblem stamped in the wheel! Since then I watch what I buy very carefully. I have seen the crooks sell complete sets of Ford wheels with the SS center caps installed and get away with it. Buyer beware.....................RatPack............

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #8 11-26-2002, 12:05 PM

Sorry Origls6, I have to disagree! The '70 wheels, coded 'AO' for the Novas and Chevelles should have the black inserts, the '69 wheels coded 'YA' should have the charcoal. I agree the charcoal is very dark, close to black, but the '70's are definitely black!

I'm sure some of the '70 wheels may have been mispainted, mistamped from leftover '69 stock, or an early owner already painted incorrectly, but all of the original wheels from '70 deuces have been black.

**SS427** · #9 11-26-2002, 12:22 PM

Marlin, Is there a chance Novas and Chevelles were painted differently. I cannot imagine why they would be and '70 Chevelles used both the YA and AO wheel. I have documented many survivor Chevelles but never had the oportunity to do a Nova. Dennis's LS-6 is an original owner Fred Gibb car and I looked the car over very thoroughly this weekend at VetteFest, his wheels are definitely Charcoal Grey metalic. Dennis's car has never been restored or "fluffed" and remains as delivered excluding some consumable items.

JoeC · #10 11-26-2002, 12:30 PM

The SS wheel paint color as been debated by Chevelle people for years as far as black/gray colors. There is also a question on UV damage changing the color of original wheels. In my opinion there may have been different colors from the factory because of a variance in paint mixing. We don't know how tight they were on the quality control of the colors. There are examples of original wheels in both black and gray.

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