Just so everyone knows: after seeing Jarrid's post on Superlites I
decided to visit their website. I also e-mailed them, enquiring about
their wheels and prices. It appears that they are the supplier from
which the infamous Ian McKenzie of Performance Industries (Miami, FL)
obtained his stock, for they made reference to him in their reply to my
inquiry. I sent them our list of makes and models and a request for
prices on all sizes available for each. We'll see what turns up.
Christopher
Paul Heuer writes:
Ahem,
People. I have an uneasy feeling that we may be talking about two
different wheels/wheel companies here. Remember that I've only been in
this Brit-car thing for about a year, so I know not what is available
around the world.
The wheels that are made here in Australia are made by PERFORMANCE
INDUSTRIES. They make a range of wheels, and one of that range is called
the "Superlite". It looks a lot like a Minilite wheel. The centre cap
reads "Performance". It is only available in two offsets for each rim
size.
>>From Jarrid's post it seems there is a company in England called
SUPERLITE WHEELS LIMITED, that make but one style of wheel also looking
a lot like a Minilite. These people claim a long sporting heritage, and
it looks like they make a wide range of sizes and offsets. Note the
centre cap on their whhels says "Superlite".
(Just to confuse even more, Cragar also makes a disk wheel called a
"Superlite", but at least it doesn't look like a Minilite)
I now understand the post from a Brit who said why send them from
UK-AUS-USA - he was talking about SUPERLITE WHEELS LTD. There were
others who asked specifically for the Australian-made wheels. It could
also explain the different info people have found/not found cast into
their wheels.
I will still go ahead and inquire about the exact offsets for the sizes
posted to the list last week. I just want to be sure poeple know they
are not buying a "famous" English wheel from Australia!
Cheers,
Paul.
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