Peter:
Good observations - I have been through all the mental gymnastics
myself. I know I'm going to "ruin" my painted wheels, but I like the
look with the trim rings. The reason I am not using my other trim rings
is that they are the original brushed aluminum rings ($$$$'s) and I
don't want to screw them up.
What I am curious about is whether as far as the stainless steel rims go
- from the various suppliers - are they all the same?
Oh, by the way, my car is now up to 8K miles, just too much fun driving
it.
Jack Radley
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Zaborski [mailto:peterz@merak.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:35 PM
To: 'Radley, Jack'
Subject: RE: Stainless Trim Rings for TR6
> ...have decided I don't like the plain wheel look and want to
> put stainless trim rings on the new rims.
Jack, one word of caution. I believe you recently had your wheels
repainted
correct? I think once you put the trim rings on freshly painted wheels
the
paint will be permanently scratched up if you ever decide to go back to
the
"plain" look. So think twice before re-fitting them on.
The only TR6s which had the trim rings are the North American ones since
we
are apparently into glitzy trim parts :-). The rest of the world got the
steel wheels plain. Looking at various pictures of European TR6s I
decided
to try the plain look. I've just had my wheel painted and definitely
prefer
the plain look over the trim rings. Just personal preference of course.
Makes the car look sleeker and lighter. (Of course I've removed the
hideous
rubber over-riders as well).
As for the currently available rings, they are not the same as the
original
brushed aluminum ones. They are highly polished (stainless steel I
think)
and look even more glitzy than the original ones. If you can find NOS
aluminum rings expect to pay $$$. Why not just use the ones from your
original wheels? Assuming they are in good shape (and on a 7000 mi car
that's probably a safe assumption).
Good luck,
Peter (76, with a lot of stuff removed)
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