solman98

Just remember, the chroming process 30 years ago is not like it is now. Then, no one cared about what it did to the environment or the "leftovers". Now it is a much "cheaper" process and is nothing like what those Cragar's got. But, even so, you know that if you did not keep a good coating of wax on those wheels, especially aroung th lugs, they would have been covered over with rust well before now. Now who is going to keep removing the roof rack to keep those nooks and crannies polished.

Plus those Cragar SS wheels are chrome plated steel rims with an chrome aluminum center........ You would only get rust on the outer rim. Hope you never used the outer wheel weights....

courthousedeb

That's the only picture I have of that at the moment. It is also chipped all over the place on the part that is chrome plated on the outside. While I realize this is subject to much more heat than say a roof rack would be, it still ended up looking like crap after a short time.

I'm sure your rims are in much better shape than this obviously cheap tip that I purchased. The stuff that was done years ago, like your rims was probably done much better than this was. They sure don't make some things like they used to...that's for sure.

I didn't get the roof rails or the spoiler for several reasons. One being they weren't on the car when I bought it...and 2nd because I wanted the roofline to keep it's clean look...but it's all a matter of what each prefers.

Good luck Snoopy getting all the info you're looking for. Sorry we got a little sidetracked here.

Snoopy

Not a problem, Deb....

Interesting debate...has me thinking also.....what is the material of the rails. Looking at them closely, I do not believe they are polished aluminum. the material seems to be to thin to sustain 150# (if x rails were installed) plus the additional wind force generated. I'm thinking maybe low grade stainless, which is magnetic...the better grades are not.

Ideas anyone.

captain howdy

Sounds about right, I'll agree with you.