I have a set of these, in similar condition on my car. I stripped them and
painted them with an aluminum paint, and stopped at that point. I have a
picture of them with the two-tone paint, but nothing scanned. They are
mostly black, and the silver just sort of outlines the square holes and
goes around the center hub. There also seems to be a ring around the rim
where the inner hub is welded to the outer rim, and maybe another around
the rim near where the tire seats. I've never heard of a paint mask like
the later wheels have available, but I don't know how well they work
anyway. This would definitely be a brush by hand job, and I guess that's
part of why I never finished it. I also have a picture of a set that is
painted in reverse, being mostly silver with black trim, which actually
looked better to me. The pictures I have are all MGB-GTs, but I think the
wheels are the same layout.
Mike Ellsworth
71 Midget
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> From: Mymgmidget@aol.com
> To: Spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Older style rostyles paint
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 7:48 PM
>
> Another quick question....
>
> I just acquired a set of older style rostyle wheels in need of paint.
They
> are painted just silver and I thought that I saw a set with black on the
> insides. They are not the newer style... which I have now. Does anyone
have
> a color pic of them or can describe the way they were originally
painmted ??
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