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63 Avanti Wheels


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I'm going to replace aftermarket wheels with original style steel wheels and hubcaps on my 63 R2. The car is black. Is a black wheel correct? I see that may original photos show white wheels and wanted to make sure that black was the correct wheel color for a black car.

Thanks!

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The wheels were not color keyed to the body color. They came painted off-white for all cars. I don't know what shade, but someone here should know a close interchange.

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There is a vendor selling 6 inch wide wheels in the back of Turning Wheels, I

think they might also advertise in Avanti Magazine. They are for "disc brake"

cars, which is REQUIRED for an Avanti. Stock wheels were 5 inch wide on an

Avanti, but the extra inch is worth having - more tire options.

Tom

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Thanks! The wheels I'm using are original Avanti wheels and are currently painted off-white, but need to be redone. For this car I'm going with 6.70x15 Bias whitewalls and original wheels and hubcaps.

John

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John,

The closest readily available color is Ford Wimbleton White and is available at most all FLAPS in their paint department. Dupli-Color is very good and one can should be sufficient. Hope this helps. :)

Dan Miller

Atlanta, GA

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In one of my more anal-retentive quests, I got the colors (color codes when available) for over 40 paintable parts, not including interior and body paint. This was published in a recent Avanti magazine article.

I'm going to replace aftermarket wheels with original style steel wheels and hubcaps on my 63 R2. The car is black. Is a black wheel correct? I see that may original photos show white wheels and wanted to make sure that black was the correct wheel color for a black car.

Thanks!

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