A friend has a '71 XKE V-12 Coupe that has been sitting in his garage for about 20 years. Aside from the usual rehab work, it needs the wire wheels rehabilitated. Does anyone know of a shop that can clean up/re-chrome and tune Jag wire wheels?
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June 16, 2008 9:24 a.m. tommyt73
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June 16, 2008 9:57 a.m. Jack SuperDork
http://www.britishwirewheel.com/
NFI, but they were, at one time, a sponsor at a show I ran 8 years ago.
I bought a set of rebuilt wheels from one of thier employees. These wheels were destinied for his son's car, but the kid elected to go with mags. In the 8 years I've had them on the car, with some autocrossing, two are a tad out and need to be tuned, but overall, I'm very happy with thier work.
jack
Edit - I just looked at their site and I'm not sure they still rebuild wheels.
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June 16, 2008 10:43 a.m. wetpossum New Reader
It's almost more affordable at this point to buy new wheels than to have the originals re-done. You can buy a set of stainless Dayton's for ~$150 each, with a 3 year warranty and no rust, or you can spend about the same getting the originals rebuilt, re-chromed, and polished. Unfortunately, I think wire wheels have become regular replacement items.
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June 16, 2008 3:59 p.m. tommyt73 New Reader
Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. I tried to call Dayton this afternoon, and the "Press 1 for automotive wheels" option rang 20-30 times wihtout answer. I'll try 'em again later.
Tommyt
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June 20, 2008 12:42 p.m. spitfirebill Reader
Hendrix Wire Wheel in Greensboro NC.
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June 20, 2008 4:21 p.m. beaulieu New Reader
are new ones only $150 each ?
where ?
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June 20, 2008 7:19 p.m. steved033 New Reader
for real...the only daytons I've seen in replacement form are 1200 for the set.
sjd
