Chicagoland Cruise Nights - Page 5

**Bill Pritchard** · #41 07-15-2005, 08:20 PM

Rick,

Thank you for taking and posting those pictures

My wife said she was happy to be have been able to provide support for the spare tire

Thanks also for pointing out that grain on the steering wheel rim; I honestly had no idea there were differences amongst the 'standard' steering wheels

I will try to take a good picture showing the spare wheel insert color and post it here. As Rick says, it is definitely not black, and I don't believe it has any metallic to it.

Thanks also to Dan for posting the picture of the car a couple pages back. I sure wish his camera batteries hadn't pooped out because there were so many other beautiful cars in attendance that night.

**Mr70** · #42 07-16-2005, 01:15 AM

Cmon all you local bums,I'm turning the key & headed there right now.
LET'S GO!

JoeG · #43 07-16-2005, 03:50 AM

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Rick,

I honestly had no idea there were differences amongst the 'standard' steering wheels

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Can Charlie have it-?---

DarrenX33 · #44 07-16-2005, 06:29 AM

Think it's gonna be a quiet weekend Rick among the locals here Rick.

**Bill Pritchard** · #45 07-16-2005, 06:54 PM

I took a few pics of my spare wheel. The dark grey paint does indeed have some fine metallic in it. It's not as noticeable since the paint does not have a high gloss finish, but it is there. These pics I am posting lost a lot of detail resizing them for posting, but I have higher resolution pics (~ 760kb each) that I could email to anyone who is interested.

**Bill Pritchard** · #46 07-16-2005, 06:55 PM

pic 2

**Bill Pritchard** · #47 07-16-2005, 06:55 PM

pic 3

**Bill Pritchard** · #48 07-16-2005, 06:56 PM

pic 4

**Mr70** · #49 07-16-2005, 07:14 PM

Are you sure about the metallic actually being in it?
I see that as the silver undertone layer that was applied first,before the Dark Charcoal inserts were painted very lightly later.

budnate · #50 07-16-2005, 08:40 PM

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Are you sure about the metallic actually being in it?
I see that as the silver undertone layer that was applied first,before the Dark Charcoal inserts were painted very lightly later.

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that makes the most sense,
I have watched you guys discuss these wheels for awhile, and the three I had were the same, I looked them over and they had a very light metallic to them but the silver bleeding through makes the most sense!!! as it is the strangest looking color, now Rick needs to spray a old wheel and see if it bleeds through the same, good job Columbo!

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