The set I used last year were in a terrible state --- with the powder coating bubbling off three of the four rims very quickly.
This time I have tried Ian Jemmison in York who does a lot of the mag wheel repairs fro pristine wheels and has been playing with Minilites for many years.
He has baked them for two weeks, then re-cleaned them, primed and twice painted them, all in the day.
His opinion was that the original powder coating had not been cured properly, because it was too brittle. As I've said, they look great now, but ask me in five years ?
The second set of very rough wheels, coated by the same people, were fitted for Oulton Park on te 6th.
The are already bubbling ad may not last the season. Once the powder coating lifts I won't want to get too much moisture into them, so I guess I'll have them done again.
I did get in touch with Creasey Castings who could make exact copies of the SM wheels if Porsche would allow them to. They would love to have access to the original tools but, who knows if this would be possible ?
The cost per set (with tooling) of ten sets would be £40,000 --- new. Any takers for a set at £4k per set ?
Ian Jemmison says that in his view the worry that Mags turn into a pile of white powder once they are 15 years old, is a myth.
Where next ??
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