RE: New to Quattroness

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

That sounds like you send in Speedlines, and maybe you can get back BBSs
and change, just like McDonalds! $180 to get my wheels all nicey-nice is
a bit steep. Starts to make 16x7.5 look awfully appealing, now, doesn't
it? Or my current choice, status quo.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v, also with peeling Speedlines

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>From: 	schulz@tif623.ED.RAY.COM[SMTP:schulz@tif623.ED.RAY.COM]
>Sent: 	Friday, June 14, 1996 3:37 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Cc: 	Duff, Ian
>Subject: 	RE: New to Quattroness
>
>On Friday 14 June, Ian Duff said:
>
>>I've got the original Speedline wheels, with the crummy clearcoat.
>>Someone (Peter Schulz?) is checking into a shop near Boston that can fix
>>the crummy job, for about $60/wheel. Have you verified that Tire Rack
>>has the correct offset and bolt diameter wheels? I would like to (after
>>winning the lottery - tough, since entry is usually a prerequisite) go
>>with the BBSs they have on sale, too. The BBSs look similar to the
>>Speedlines, and I could go with 16x7 or 16x7.5 vs. the stock Speedline
>>15x7s I currently have.
>
>It was me (I?) I called Mark Moran at "Rim & Wheel Works, inc"
>(800) 261-0495, in Newton, MA.  Mark said that they have experience
>with
>the Speedline Wheels.  The problem is evidently related to the fact
>that
>only the outer rim was originally clear-coated.  Mark can bead-blast
>the
>rim and repaint it for about $90/rim.  Straightening will set you back 
>about another $90 (my rims are carrying alot of weights since this past
>winter).  I am not ready to spend $180 a rim, but this was a phone
>quote.
>
>OTOH, I haven't yet showed the rims to Mark.  Perhaps the price could 
>be lowered. Perhaps a group of us could get a discount...
>
>Peter Schulz
>1990 Coupe Quattro (with peeling Speedline rims)
>schulz@ed.ray.com
>