Old style cragar ss vs the new style ss

[Resurrected69ss]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68ys8030</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I looked for like 6 months for a set of 15x4 cragars for my 69. One night I was on my local craigslist and typed in &quot;cragar&quot;. There they were.. 15x4 cragars 5x4.750 still in the boxes!
got em for 200 bucks in dusty old boxes. The funny think is they were lised on there for quite a while and nobody bought them. LUCK ! I have newer 15x10s on the rear. unilug. I think the newer 15x10s have a step in the hoop that the older ones don't so I'm still looking for a set of old 15x10s. Love the cragars!
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Your car is badass dude! I was reading one of the magazines with your car in it, love it man!

[TheNovaMan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Day2_69Z</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yep, but I also have Brand New non Blemished wheels to Go Fast with and have piece of mind.
Plus, I hate the silver paint in the lug area....terrible then...terrible now !.
The new wheels are quite nice...not perfect like a &quot;Paul's Chrome&quot; for $1200 -$1500 ...2 wheels. + the cost of wheels </div></div> Who's Paul?

[Salvatore]

Pauls Chrome. he should be on the internet.

[Day2_69Z]

Paul's Chrome in Mars, Pa.
One of the Finest (and most expensive) Chrome shops in the U.S.
They restore, rechrome Anything from potmetal, diecast, stamped or spring steel. The Cragars , TT's , Appliance, ET wheels with a Chrome steel hoop and aluminum hub centers can be &quot;restored//rechromed&quot; ....
they also will Chrome any Non Porous aluminum wheels, anodized and stainless steel such as window mldgs.
Some members cars you see here and National Magazine Features and High End Builds feature Paul's Chrome.

[whitetop]

Be cautious on replating Cragars. I had 2 15x4's replated by Pauls and when placed with my 15x10 NOS rears the chrome did not match. The original chrome from the 60's and 70's was hexevelant and very few shops use this chrome as it has been nearly banned by the EPA

Pauls does very nice work the problem is his chrome has a brownish cast to it (Pauls admit to this) and makes the chrome look &quot;dark&quot;. Every chrome shop has a slightly different color..Advanced Plating in TN appears bluish.

The original Cragar chrome is Hexavelant and is a pure white/clear..the problem is very few chrome shops use hexavelant due to EPA. I found a shop out in CA that redid the wheels by Pauls in correct hexavelant..it did not cost much because ll they did was strip the chrome and left the base

Of course of you have all 4 wheels done that is different...though you still might see the brownish cast in certain light.

A friend of mine restored an famous old chopper and use 2 diff co'-use Pauls for the Columbus Springer front end-chrome did not match..He ended up replating the front end (used Custom Chrome out of Medina Oh)


Again nothing wrong with Pauls he does great work but if you have chrome from other co's say on your engine compartment you are going to see the difference in chrome &quot;color&quot;

[whitetop]

original 14x6 NOS sometime late 70's..with painted lug nut pocket

[whitetop]

early 15x10's nos with correct rim kickup Steve above with the 69 Camaro mentioned-See 15x10 on Steves camaro for difference. These do not have painted lug nut pocket

[whitetop]

15x4's with correct &quot;white chrome&quot; hexevelant chrome from the shop in Ca.

[whitetop]

NOS 14x6 with original painted lug nut pocket..good side view.

[Resurrected69ss]

White top what's the name of the shop you used in California for the correct chrome?