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Re: Another waste of time - Rim question

To: "'Bill & Skip Pugh'" <anabil@caltel.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Another waste of time - Rim question
From: Bob Annand <bobannand@hfx.eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:06:08 -0300
Bob Annand wrote:

> Try auto dealers that have been in business for a long time. There is 
> a machine for this work. I found a dealer in Halifax that still had 
> the machine in his shop. It was harder to find someone who knew how to 
> work it. The tolerances were a bit rough ( 1/16" I think ) and it was 
> expensive ( $40 Cdn per wheel ).
> Bob
> TR3
>
> Mark Hooper wrote:
>
>> Can somebody send me a link to a company that does steel (not cast) 
>> rim straightening? I know there are services in the US. Here in the 
>> third world (Quebec) it seems that they can only handle cast wheels. 
>> I just wasted a few weeks waiting on a company who sent them back 
>> with a "Oh, these are metal wheels not mags"). The season's started 
>> and my TR6 is on bricks. I just can't face another season driving on 
>> egg-shaped wheels.  :^(
>>
>> Mark (grinding my teeth in Montreal)
>>
>>
>> P.S. No I don't want to convert to panasports.




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