Thanks...only the one cap was badly damaged, the other was just a scratch and I buffed it out mostly. At first they said no problem, two caps are going out today. Then two caps of the wrong style and size arrived. It took them a few days to figure out what cap was correct and I had to measure the cap on the wheels they sent me which seemed really odd. Then they sent me only one correct cap. So being a decent guy, I sent the two large wrong caps back to CA on my coin and asked them to send me 1 more correct cap. Nothing ever came.
Here is the fully story......
It was a slightly strange buying experience even getting a full set. First off all google led me to a website that had their prices listed. It let you build the wheels, pick your backspacing, sizes, etc. Then it spit out a price and said to print the page then call with a credit card to pay. Ok.
I called, credit card in hand, and they said, sorry, website is wrong and old, that page should have been taken down and you can't access it from our home page anymore. The prices have changed and are now $50 higher per wheel! WTF. So after arguing with them I sent the link, and bossman approved the lower prices.
Wheels came on time which was a month lead or so. The did indeed have spatter. Some of the welding on the back looked improper but they swore left and right that the welding was ok. I had one badly damaged center cap and one light dink. The caps were packed in loose fitting foam sleeves and ended up bouncing around in the back of the wheel cavity during shipment.
I also questioned why the inset parts of the spoke were not polished. They don't look bad but it was wierd. I was told "these are machine polished wheels, for the prices we charge we do not hand polish the crevices and they stay as machined".....I said "you list "full polished", not surface polished, just because the wheels are on sale and normally $400 list does not mean you don't polish the whole wheel"
They wanted me to send the set back at their cost to fix some of the issues. But it would have been 3 weeks with the shipping from NJ to them, etc.
But the wheels looked great even with the issues. I waited a month for them, had tires ready to go on from tire rack, car was on stands already, and they were one of a few that fit the car and were 17x7" (for my 1965 t bird landau w/factory disk brakes). So I ended up buffing the spatter and anything else that bothered me over the course of a couple evenings in the garage.
So now over the winter I want to do something with the wheels on the goat. (67 disk brake car). But I am not sure if I can deal with them. I hear cragar is doing custom work now. Maybe I will end up with SS's on the car if they can work the caliper clearance and BS.
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