[ROVERNET - UK] Wire Wheels

ikke nie rover1000 at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 19 09:44:38 BST 2006


the standard nuts are chromed, if you hit a curb with them and the chrome 
lifts up they start rusting

and I don't have to go back twenty years to remember :-)

Yves


>From: "Paul Smith" <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au>
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Wire Wheels
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:00:04 +1000
>
>I don't think the standard hub nuts are chromed; my memory is a stainless 
>steel.  20 years ago though...
>
>PVS
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
>[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf Of Drew Egginton
>Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2006 11:54 am
>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Wire Wheels
>
>
>I'll jump in if David's not online; His wire wheels aren't chrome
>plated, he does say they're grey, only the hub nuts are chrome. I agree
>that wires shouldn't be chromed , but think of all those other makes
>with chrome wheels!
>
>ACE
>
>Paul Smith wrote:
>
> >All I can say is that I love the wire wheel look, with those large
> >chrome
> >hub nuts and so do many others.
> >
> >Er don't chrome wires!
> >Chrome does not pass heat well, so the metal fatigues.  Not good.
> >Classic racing orgs ban chrome wires.
> >
> >PVS
> >
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