Originally Posted by
lacey
But it still costs alot for the rims as I got quotes on patterns to re cast the centres and the casting ain't cheap to , back to the other part of this thread about mags life span , it's all good saying msg is no good after a time period (lets say 10 years for example) but that means that most the mag uprights and rear arms on cars ( other that repro,s ) are also no good along with wrc sump pans and so on which high lights how they have been looked after ref, storage , for example I know you don't use your car much but are your wheels mag centre lockers and if so what's to say there still any good ??, it just that if I truely thought that after x amount of time that mag was no good I would not be putting it on my car unless it was going on a mantil piece
hi dan
there is a place that gets rims from germany me and martin have spoken to them about half the price of image ,the problem with mag is people dont treat it right ,what they tend to do is get it blasted and powder coated which is no good ,it should be sent back to the factory ,they strip it ,x ray it ,then chromate coat it which gets in every nook and cranny to make sure it is protected from the air ,than coat it ,like yo usay some ducati s etc come with mag wheels as standard and they must be road legal so pass mot etc
thanks mark