Going to get tires here soon. I'm going to pull the old ones and have the bare rims for a bit to touch up wheel weight spots. I know they're rim covered, but is there an established modern paint for this color anyone use recently?

 

Ditzler 24149 is what I need, apparently. The problem seems to be modern mixing.

 

What did the paint shop tell you? They should be able to convert that color to a modern mix. Unless they didn't and pulled the formulation from their files.

Hurst also put out the service info on the 75 Hurst/Olds with the following paint codes for the wheels (including your Ditzler number)

Rinshed-Mason A-2714
Ditzler 24149
Dupont 43655L

You may have to bring a wheel in and get it color-matched. And THAT, in and of itself is it's own **** show. Color matching for old paint formulations is not an easy process.

 

They did say it's a ppg color. Picking some up today. Will keep posted.

 

And then?.....

 

Well, I got the paint yesterday. Haven't applied it yet. Tires and wheels still on car.

 

Put 3 brush coats on the wheels where the trim gouges. This style trim ring has teeth that dig into the vertical below the level of the wheel weights. I can't do much with the sheen and texture, and these will be behind the rim anyway, but the color is 99% on, it's enough I would repaint the rims in this color no issue. The gouges previously were to bare metal, and I know the rings will put new ones there, but I did what I could.

They now have mounted and balanced tires on them.

 

I used a Prevail sprayer on my wheels. I could change the sheen/texture by how much thinner I used and how far away the sprayer was from the surface.

 

Excellent idea. I have some Tacoma wheels I need to refurb, and, although the last set I did with 4 cans of Duplicolor Universal Silver (which is a really nice silver), I need to learn to spray for real. This above was me with a brush dabbing.

 

That is just about dead nuts. Which brand/code did you use?

 

Ditzler 24149 came up as PPG same number.

 

So no modern mixing problems? Is that an Enamel or Urethane ?

 

Enamel.

 

Do the five chrome trim pieces come off....how

 

They snap in from the front and have a bent metal spring-clip that holds them in. From the backside, pry the clips up and push the trim out.

The spring clips are at the inside end of the trim inserts.

http://www.oldsmobility.com/old/superstock.htm

 

Koda, what was the ppg code number these use? I'us getting close to doing the wheels.

 

That information is in post 11