Hello Paradise Music:
Crooked TR6 steel wheels seem to be a dime a dozen and are almost
exclusively what people are running on who have not bought alloy or wire
wheels. Check those rims for trueness before assigning them any value at
all.
Blasting, straightening and powder-coating my TR6's steel wheels cost me
about $175 a corner last year from www.rimandwheelworks.com. They
certainly cured 95% of the interminable shimmy that had been driving me
mad on the car since 1986. I still have other things to do, but I
suspect that wheel issues are behind most of the shakes that people
discuss on this site.
So, it's practically cheaper to get alloy wheels than fixing the old
ones, but I preferred the original look and decided to pay for it.
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paradise Music
Sent: March 15, 2006 3:01 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR6 steel wheels
Hello all. I have found a salvage TR6 today that has all 5 wheels.
Except
for the spare, they all have rust on them. My question to the list is,
what
would be a fair price to offer for these wheels, and if I am able to get
them,
would it be better to paint or powder coat these after sand blasting.
Also,
is there any way to check these wheels for warpage?(after the wheels are
off
the car) Many thanks to y'all. This is a great bunch of folks.
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