Help! My LE-37 Volks' Clear is FLAKING!
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I bought mine from a reputable dealer and like Adam said, my boxes came labeled with "TE37" and "limited edition" stamped on them not "LE37t".. Your wheels look pretty authentic to me.. All of your stampings seems to be at the same place as mine and you have the correct newer LE37t center cap along with the gold "limited edition" sticker that only came with the Glossy black LE37t's..
what was included according to Mackin:
http://www.mackinindustries.com/md/rays/le37t.html
http://www.mackinindustries.com/md/rays/le37t.html
I am sure the wheels are legit. IIRC the seller might have had them cleared - seems some memory is coming back from when I bought them - it's all a distant memory with how buried in projects I've been at work.
I don't expect any support from Mackin since they were not the importer. Also I don't expect anythign from the seller - all private sales are as-is anyway and he was legit and did not mis-represent the wheels, but I'll call him after the holidays just to satisfy my curiosity.
Thanks for replying, Mike. I feel a lot better now.
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Again, the wheels are so awesome, I don't care much about the clear flaking, it's just an inconvenience. I might check out a couple respectable wheel repair shops in the area to see what they have to say about repairs.
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*thread revival*
I just bought a set of used LE37T which are in decent shape, but the lips on both the rear wheels have some nicks/gouges/scrapes that I want to have repaired before mounting tires. There are a couple wheel repair shops in the area that I am considering, but I don't know how much experience they have with Volk wheels with machined+clearcoated lips.
Is there a particular type of clear coat that the shop should use to give the lips the original Volk finish, or at least get close?
I just bought a set of used LE37T which are in decent shape, but the lips on both the rear wheels have some nicks/gouges/scrapes that I want to have repaired before mounting tires. There are a couple wheel repair shops in the area that I am considering, but I don't know how much experience they have with Volk wheels with machined+clearcoated lips.
Is there a particular type of clear coat that the shop should use to give the lips the original Volk finish, or at least get close?
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The wheels are angry at you for having so much tire gap
edit I fail LOL oooooold thread
sry-just a good automotive quality clearcoat will work. My friend owns a Wheel Shop and machines lips and clears them it looks IDENTICAL to Volks finish side by side.
edit I fail LOL oooooold thread
sry-just a good automotive quality clearcoat will work. My friend owns a Wheel Shop and machines lips and clears them it looks IDENTICAL to Volks finish side by side.
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well there not a machine finish my buddy owns a wheel shop and had a long talk with mackin about there finsh that they use at first they tried to say it was just a polish with a clear but no thats not correct there really a slight anodized with a clear hence the reason u will see a rainbow effect one of few companies that uses this process
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well there not a machine finish my buddy owns a wheel shop and had a long talk with mackin about there finsh that they use at first they tried to say it was just a polish with a clear but no thats not correct there really a slight anodized with a clear hence the reason u will see a rainbow effect one of few companies that uses this process
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