The gold rims on my 1984 Fuji Del Rey are not gold on the sides. Originally, I thought this was due to wear, but on closer inspection of the bike and the catalog pics, it looks like they were only gold across the the top (spoke hole surface) of the rim, whereas the 1983 Fujis with gold rims, like the OP's Royale or my 1983 Opus, were gold all the way around.