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Rims

When I restored the T34 in 1999-2000 I'd based it on the original 1961 Cabriolet sales brochure.  The interior was done to match but since I'd chosen Ruby Red for the body then I decided at that time to do the rims red as well.  That was 20 years ago ... I did not know what I know now.

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When the interior work was done in March 2020 I decided to redo the rims back to the original color.  I checked the Cabriolet brochure showing the Ruby Red convertible and saw it had Pearl White rims.  So I was fortunate to have Pedro take them for powdercoating at The Quality Powder Coat shop in Chula Vista.  They first baked the red rims to remove the red.  Then they applied a zinc primer coating before adding the final Pearl White color.

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My Discount Tire shop would not mount the tires (from 2000) so Pedro used his shop without issue.  We used the short large-diameter valves.  Great upgrade!

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