CORRECT PAINT COLOR FOR ORIGINALSTYLED STEEL WHEEL

    Hello fellow K nuts!LOL!I have been restoring various sets of original styled steel wheels,and recently just restored a nice 65 model.The Drake paint my favorite Mustang shop stocks is a very dark charcoal that looks terrible to me.The paint I used before was definately much lighter with a grayer pigment.Original and nos ones have a light gray pigment.I just picked up a super nice original that looks like it has been repainted (maybe at the dealer?)long ago they painted the back with the center cap on in a pretty much a Silver/Gray color.Has anyone else run in to this problem?Who sells a match to this color?The K code is heading to the paint shop so I'm keen to get the nicest wheels in the correct color.I have been waiting to get this car done for a very long time,almost20yrs!!THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL HELP!!!!!Ps My buddy is badgering me to convert it to a GT but it's a January car,non GT and besides the expense of conversion I am trying to do it original with the exception to some Cobra upgrades on the motor and an export brace.Should I stick with my guns?Thanks again so much and the best of luck to all my compadres!!!!Randy

    I believe the early '65 wheels where argent, the wheels on my '66 are dark charcoal, the main wheels where repainted in the 80's with the repop styled steel wheel paint which looks good but is not quite as dark as the original wheel in the trunk.

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    Hard to see but this is the car new in '66

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    Edited once, last by Mu5tanggt_old (March 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM).

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