Greeting- May I put my two cents in here, I have owned both rostyle and wire
wheeled cars and although wires are not everyone's cup of tea I love the
look of wires and have found the maintenance to be minimal. They add to the
overall value of the car. However I do prefer "Chrome" over "Painted" they
just look better. Painted however are easer to maintain in the fact that if
you get road chips on them, a can of gray spray paint fixes the problem.The
question I have is what about the front-end Craig ? Are you planning to
convert the front-end too?
kcmgb-70 MGB (wired)
----- Original Message -----
From: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
To: Craig D. Niederst <niederst@telerama.com>; MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Wire wheel rear end
> It sounds like a pretty good deal to me. The hubs alone could set you back
> $50. New ones sell for well over $100 each. That is before we even get
into
> the rear end itself.
>
> And wire wheels are not a PITA if they are maintained. Just be sure to
keep
> the splines greased or you will pay later in much pain.
>
> I much prefer them to the rostyle wheels.
>
> David
> 67 BGT
> 71 BGT
>
> At 10:33 PM 6/18/00 -0400, Craig D. Niederst wrote:
> >My '71 B has rostyle wheels and I am intending to convert to wires
sometime
> >in the future (please, no flames on why wires are a PITA and why I should
> >keep the rostyles). I have the opportunity to pick up a wire wheel rear
end
> >w/ hubs locally removed from a '77 B that the owner performed a V8
> >conversion on. He wants $50 for it and insists that it was not noisy when
> >removed. This price seemed pretty good to me, but I am unfamiliar on what
> >wire wheel rear ends go for. Is this a decent deal? TIA.
> >
> >Craig
> >'71 B
> >
>
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