I had my original rims straightened and powder-coated last year. It
ended up costing about $200/corner with shipping etc, but has kept the
original look and given nice smooth ride. I suffered for ages with the
dreaded highway shake. No amount of balancing could fix it. I used
www.rimandwheelworks.com. I'm certainly happy to have a smooth(er) ride.
Be careful; they did a very nice job of powder coating the insides and
front of the rims, but did not coat the rear side. They came back
perfectly sandblasted bare steel on the back. I had to paint the back
myself after discovering they were turning brown behind. However, they
are definitely straight and look nice.
Cheers,
Mark 1972 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Foster, Stan
Sent: June 29, 2006 4:44 PM
To: 6pack
Subject: The wheels saga
My attempt to replace my out-of-round steel wheels is not going well.
Nobody has the 15x6 silver panasports and most places cant even tell me
when they might see some again. Not even Panasport in CA.
The next option on my list was the minilite clones. TRF tells me they
are having quality issues (they don't fit right on the hubs) and they
have stopped selling them for now.
I know there are other alloy wheels but I could spend weeks finding that
they are also made of unobtanium too. So I wonder has anyone bought any
silver alloy wheels recently for their TR6 and fitted 205/65 or 205/70
tires or bigger and had no significant clearance issues ?. If so I'd
love to know what you bought and where you got them..
Thanks,
Stan
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