My Wheel Vintques meltdown

[twodko]

The last touch to our freshly resto'd 69 was some new shoes and socks. We choose W V's Chrome Magnum 500's for the old school look. They look great on the car but.........I was cleaning the wheels yesterday and discovered the black paint is flaking off!!! 

So I email them about this and here's the responce I received from Eric at W V :

"Sorry that you are having a paint issue. If you email me your address I can send you some paint to touch them up. Unfortunately they are almost four months old and out of our 30day warranty period."

"Sorry I'M having a paint issue" .....really.......really.....its my problem? On the car for 4 months and maybe 50 miles and its my problem. It just goes to show ya - once they have your money you are F**KED! I'm so gawd damn mad I can't see straight. 

Wheel Vintques is out of Fresno, Ca. plenty close enough for me to drive over there and chuck the wheels through their front window!   

OK I'm done now....( WheelVintques - the skeevin lowlife skallywag corporate buttsucking good for nothing customers don't mean crap pimples on the ass of humanity so on and so forth) Bastards.

[71ChallengeHer]

That sucks.    I bought my ralley wheels from them. I hope nothing like that happens to mine.

[elacruze]

Crap.

I was mad at Stockton Wheel for taking 5 months on a 6 week promise, and lying to me 3 or 4 times along the way.
At least they made right by tossing in a set of baby moons for free. I was hoping WV was better.

[Cooter]

Unfortunately, Paint does NOT stick to chrome...And Chrome does NOT stick to aluminum very well..Just ask anybody that has a set of aluminum wheels chrome plated what happens the FIRST time you mount a set of low profile tires on 'em....

[komninon]

i know what you mean. i had the same problem with my wheels too.
i have the billet aluminum. I paid $400 each wheel, and they sent me a spray can of flat black  paint.....
they even told me, that this is the first time they had a problem like that....

[The70RT]

My 15" Chrome Magnums from Vintques have been in the garage attic since '05....hope they are ok.

[472 R/T SE]

Since Specialty has went above & beyond for us here, maybe you can contact them to get their take on it.  Perfect opportunity for them to one up the competition?   

Worth a try I guess.

[no318]

Mine did it too, just have to touch it up periodically, I guess.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Since Specialty has went above & beyond for us here, maybe you can contact them to get their take on it.  Perfect opportunity for them to one up the competition?   

Worth a try I guess.

My SW Road Wheels chip in the black painted area as well....like Cooter said paint doesnt stick well to chrome

[FLG]

Since Specialty has went above & beyond for us here, maybe you can contact them to get their take on it.  Perfect opportunity for them to one up the competition?   

Worth a try I guess.

My SW Road Wheels chip in the black painted area as well....like Cooter said paint doesnt stick well to chrome

I dont understand, if there going to paint a wheel why not either A) Not chrome it or B) De-Chrome the wheels they have before paint or C) De-Chrome the wheels and powder coat

Though A seems more viable.

[twodko]

Greetings membership!

I'm much calmer this morning and I've stowed all of my weapons!  
I appreciate all the comments gang, thanks. Lesson learned I guess. It was a toss up between American Racing alloy TT II's or Mag 500's. They both look old school great on our cars. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It will be hard to sell them now with this paint issue and in this economy I can't replace them unless I can sell the 500's.......frack! To all of my cold climate membership friends, pardon me for mentioning this but its going to be in the 70's this weekend here in NorCal so we're rolling the R/T and damn the flaking paint and damn the high gas prices!  

[charger Downunder]

The black paint came off my magnums too i just repainted them i purchased a template from year one to make it easier masking off, they should sell them unpainted and throw in a paint template so you can paint them yourself.

[twodko]

Yeah mate I hear you. How much did YearOuch want for a temple kit?

[RECHRGD]

Hmmmmm....I bought my WV magnum 500's through Year One about 12 years and 36K miles ago.  No issues at all.  They still look like new.   Bob

[Cooter]

Since Specialty has went above & beyond for us here, maybe you can contact them to get their take on it.  Perfect opportunity for them to one up the competition?   

Worth a try I guess.

My SW Road Wheels chip in the black painted area as well....like Cooter said paint doesnt stick well to chrome

I dont understand, if there going to paint a wheel why not either A) Not chrome it or B) De-Chrome the wheels they have before paint or C) De-Chrome the wheels and powder coat

Though A seems more viable.

Cause then, they'd cost a bunch more and instead of bit*hin' bout paint flaking, the price would be the new bit*h..

[FLG]

How would they cost more if they simply didn't chrome the ones they painted? Why not make powder coating a extra option? 

Seems it would cost more to chrome a weel than paint over it, why chrome it in the first place?

[Cooter]

Time is money...More time to do seperate steps, = More money..

[FLG]

Time is money...More time to do seperate steps, = More money..

How is it more steps? Your taking a whole step out.

"These batch skip chrome go straight to paint" how is this more work? Or an extra step?

Seems more work, chrome a wheel, send it to paint...don't chrome the wheel...send it to paint.

Am I missing something?

They'd probably be saving money by not chroming them.

[The70RT]

Time is money...More time to do seperate steps, = More money..

How is it more steps? Your taking a whole step out.

"These batch skip chrome go straight to paint" how is this more work? Or an extra step?

Seems more work, chrome a wheel, send it to paint...don't chrome the wheel...send it to paint.

Am I missing something?

They'd probably be saving money by not chroming them.

Magnum wheels are chrome then they paint the center. Road wheels had no chrome. It would be difficult to chrome part of the wheel unless they chromed it then inserted the center but then you have to weld near the chrome.

[Cooter]

Thank You, I was beginning to think nobody actually understood this concept....This guy wanted Chrome wheels (Magnum 500)..You can't Chrome PART of a wheel once it's together...Then, if it's chromed and welded, guess what would be the bit*h then? Yep, the chrome is peeling off my brand new wheels....

[FLG]

Gotcha, forgot we were talking about magnums and they're a mixture of chrome and black..

[bull]

Not to pile on or put you on the spot but why didn't you take advantage of the Specialty group buy deal?

Anyway, seems like they didn't have this problem with the original Magnum 500s. Or am I misinformed?

[charger Downunder]

Yeah mate I hear you. How much did YearOuch want for a temple kit?

$26 part sf23
http://yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?cat=1

[twodko]

Its OK Bull, I can't cry over spilled milk. A lay off was in my immediate future. It was a choice between a) Do I finish the car short of new shoes with the funds I have? or b) do I tap into the savings?
I had to do what I could at the time.  

[TUFCAT]

I have Wheel Vintiques magnum 500's - purchased in 2005. I've never had a problem with peeling or chipping.