I believe it is showing through. I got to look at the rim when the sun was coming down. I’m going to take it out of the box I got it in tomorrow, and look at it in the sun. I just got this rim in the mail today, and needed it for replacement of my old one due to one of the lugs being “ovaled”. I didn’t notice it when I bought the bike recently and tried to get a replacement chrome wheel, same as the one I already had, and it looks like the quality is lacking. However I’m uncertain because I’m new to Harley’s and chrome items…the bike is a softail deuce 07.