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Originally Posted by rwhite692
Slightly off-topic but, for three piece HRE wheels, wouldn't it be a whole lot easier for HRE to just supply you with a new set of shells? I can't believe anyone would go through the effort and expense to strip chrome/Ni/Cu off of a set of shells in order to get back to bare aluminum, when new aluminum shells are readily available...?
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I guess I should have clarified it. It's the centers that I will be getting brushed. So, to strip of the chrome and to buy wider rim halves, as I will be widening the rear wheels from an 11" to a 12.5", is still way cheaper than buying new centers. They are only charging me $100 per center to strip off the chrome. Not too bad IMO. Now, I am incurring some other costs by having the centers cleared and buying wider rim halves. I knew I should have bought brushed wheels at first!
My wheels are full chrome now, so I will be keeping the chrome hoops with brushed and cleared centers. All in all, it will cost me $1400, which would have been $1000 if it wasn't for that dang ole chrome.
