Henry964

finally next week my 2 new rear wheels will arrive to Argentina

The tire rack web page describes the finish of this replicas as "silver painted" but I am not sure if they are painted in the same color as the ones I have now (original Cup 1 with 15 years and 95000 miles of use)

Is the color different?

If the color is different I think the best solution would be to repaint the replicas before putting them in the car

mr pg

I was at meet recently and was comparing my cup 1 replicas with original cup 1's, and the originals appeared to have a duller, more grey than silver colour. The other difference is that replicas have a flatter outer rim next to the tyre wall. The originals are slightly curved.
May stand out if you're mixing types on the same car.

Henry964

thanks mr pg
maybe I will paint them before using them

Blown Away

Why not repaint the old wheels to match? If you can get a colour match done it seems like a lot less work!

Henry964

thanks, its true what you say about painting the old ones but for doing that I must take the old ones out of the car, put their tyres out of the wheels before going to the wheel shop to paint.

with the new ones I can simply take them to a wheel repair shop and tell them to paint them of the same color as the old ones, and...after they are painted I will go to a shop put tyres on and then the complete wheel on the car.

this way I am saving time consuming steps

Henry964

thanks, its true what you say about painting the old ones but for doing that I must take the old ones out of the car, put their tyres out of the wheels before going to the wheel shop to paint.

with the new ones I can simply take them to a wheel repair shop and tell them to paint them of the same color as the old ones, and...after they are painted I only have to go to a Tire shop put tires on and then install the complete wheel on the car.

this way I am saving time consuming steps