Thank you for your reply. Sounds like the good folks at Performance Wheels have not been too consistent about how they mark their wheels. Would it be possible for you to call Performance Wheels and ask them how they have marked their wheels through the years. My wheels are at least a dozen years old. It is possible they were never marked at all.
You can also let them know that they seem to be losing sales in the U.S. because of a poor distributor. Sounds like they are giving the market back to Minilite without a fight. I don't know the quality difference between Superlites and Minilites, but I certainly know the difference between $90 and $200 per wheel.
Robert Bailey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Heuer [SMTP:paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au]
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 6:53 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Minilite copy?
>
> From: Robert Bailey <RBailey(at)doa.state.la.us>
>
> > It has 4 alloy minilite-type wheels.
> > I'm certainly happy to have them, but I am curious to know who the
> maker is.
>
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>
> From: Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
>
> >They're probably Superlites. Made in Australia.
>
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>
> My Superlites have the makers name and the rim size cast into them,
> and
> a number (18P) stamped into them on a little raised casting. The rims
> are made by 'Performance Wheels' here in Adelaide, South Australia.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
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