gfgirl
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Post by gfgirl on Apr 29, 2014 6:31:38 GMT -8
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John Palmer
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Hi, From a vintage trailer guy located in Santa Ana, CA. It's good to see lots of activity here.
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Post by John Palmer on Apr 29, 2014 13:33:06 GMT -8
I live not far from this seller, and have visited their store to look at these caps. These are the same Chinese Imported, cheaply made, poor chrome quality, very thin metal thickness reproduction hubcaps sold by many different aftermarket wheel companies.
I buy my steels wheels from WheelSmith in Corona, CA. I have had to go to their store and hand pick hub caps because the quality is so low.
Coker, Stockton Wheel, and Vintique from Fresno all sell aftermarket steel wheels and the same imported hub caps.
Unfortunately, you do not have many options if you want a nice quality hubcap, mainly because of the high cost to rechrome originals.
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gfgirl
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Post by gfgirl on Apr 29, 2014 14:26:24 GMT -8
Thanks for the heads up John. It will definitely help me make up my mind as to if I want to shell out the bucks. That's definitely the down side of buying on the internet, quality is hard to determine.
So if everyone sells the same crummy offshore hub caps what is the best option?
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Post by pirateslife on Apr 29, 2014 14:30:37 GMT -8
Thanks for the heads up John. It will definitely help me make up my mind as to if I want to shell out the bucks. That's definitely the down side of buying on the internet, quality is hard to determine. So if everyone sells the same crummy offshore hub caps what is the best option? While it may be hard to find top quality, for the price think about how often you can replace the Chinese made one. They may not last 50 years but would definitely give you pleny of time to look for originals. It's going to be hard to find good quality with everything being sourced out overseas now |
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Post by soup on Apr 29, 2014 14:30:46 GMT -8
They are okay for a while.
Plus you wouldn't have a nervous breakdown and throw a fit if they get damaged, stolen, or lost.
You can even change them out every few years when the chrome gets funky.
Just trying to see the bright chrome side of the equation.
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