I have a set on Huxley (the red Spit) and I don't think that is paint on the wheels. I believe it is powder coating. And if that is the case, the shop must have gone to greatlengths to booger up your wheels. That stuff is pretty durable. After about 8 years, mine are still perfect.
And by the way, if you want to ad a logo to those blank center caps, look here: http://members.cox.net/spitlist/centercaps.html Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: [Spit] Minator Wheels Question > I recently purchased a set of Minator wheels for my > '80 Spitfire. When my local tire shop was mounting the > tires, they really marked up one wheel badly and took > about three 1/8" chips out of the paint on a second > one. > > The shop is definitely going to replace the one wheel > that is badly marked. However I didn't notice the > marks on the second wheel until I was getting ready to > mount them on the car. > > For anyone that has Minator wheels, how well does the > paint on them stand up? If they are prone too paint > chips I won't hassle the shop to fix/replace the wheel > with the small marks. But if the paint is generally > very durable and doesn't usually get marked up, I will > look into getting that wheel fix/replace as well. > > Thanks > Chad Edwards > '80 Spitfire Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
