Chrome or painted?

[Rivnut]

I'm restoring a 24" JC Higgins girls bike. Versions I've seen pictures of on the internet show painted with pinstripe or chrome. Which do you prefer? Either way, it will have white sidewall tires

 

[5760rj]

I'm restoring a 24" JC Higgins girls bike. Versions I've seen pictures of on the internet show painted with pinstripe or chrome. Which do you prefer? Either way, it will have white sidewall tires
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chrome is nice, but to accent the bike and have diversity in color, the hoops could be powder coated to be subtle or eye catching.... with stainless spokes with colored nipples or colored spokes to off set the hoops with the bikes color theme......

 

[piercer_99]

The 24" girls 1953 I had came with painted rims.

Yours is a bit nicer.

 

[Rivnut]

Neither picture is of my bike. Those pictures were found using a Google search. Mine came with chrome wheels but they're pitted. I'd have them blasted and paint them the dark blue with a white stripe. I bought a Western Auto Parts bike the other day and it had some chrome rims on it that cleaned up nicely. My only quandry now is to see if I want to spend the money to have the chrome rims blasted.

 

[Sevenhills1952]

Paint or chrome those or replace them? If those I would paint. You could chrome later if you wanted.

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[Roger Henning]

I would use aluminum rims. Roger

 

[Rivnut]

1)That would mean finding a third set of rims when I only need one set, and
2) aluminum rims are not OEM

 

[Frank and Pam Skid Kings]

Painted. I think cooler original vintage vibe.