[Miata] Painted wheels

[Larry Alster]

Yup, I remember Scott.

Yes, I bought the wheels from Tommy in something like August.  It was my car 
on his website showing the wheels he had for sale.  I had just happened to 
call him the day he found them on a inventory sheet showing Mazda had them 
sitting in a warehouse.

Larry

White Knight      1991 Crystal White   #99 CSP
Silver Bullet        1992 Silverstone     #17 SM2  FM I+ Turbo
Honey B             1992 Sunburst Yellow
Whooosh           2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5

LowCountry Miata  http://www.lowcountrymiataclub.net
Masters Miata
RAGS 074


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Spray" <gaspray at cox.net>
To: <miata at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Miata] Painted wheels


> At 10:18 AM 2/11/2007, Larry Alster wrote:
>>Yup, that's about what my car looks like when those wheels are on.
>>
>>Got mine in 96 from Tommy just in time to put new tires on for the Miata 
>>Games in Atlanta.
>
> Yep, I got my dates all mixed up. I just looked it up and according to my 
> Miata journal I got the white alloys in November of 1996. I sold my silver 
> alloys to Scott Chamberlain of the list. Remember him?
>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Spray" <gaspray at cox.net>
>>To: <miata at realbig.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:35 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Miata] Painted wheels
>>
>>
>>>At 08:47 AM 2/11/2007, Larry Alster wrote:
>>>>I don't have them painted white, I have them factory white.  One of 
>>>>about 400 sets that Mazda produced but never installed on cars.  I got 
>>>>them from Tommy of Finishline back in 1996.
>>>
>>>I got mine from him. They were apparently produced for the Mazda 
>>>Competition Parts program. When I went to my first Solo 2 Nationals in 
>>>1997 I noticed that about half of the 1.6 Miatas were wearing these white 
>>>wheels. A couple of years later Tommy got ahold of some and was selling 
>>>them for $70 each and I bought four. Sometime later I happened to be 
>>>talking on the phone to Mazda Competition Parts and discovered that they 
>>>had 14X5.5 stock alloys ("..but they're white") for $50 each. I ordered 
>>>eight of them. Alas they called me back less than an hour later  to say 
>>>that they shipped out the last of them the day before.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately I can't find any pictures posted anywhere with the wheels 
>>>>on the car.
>>>
>>>Here is mine from the Miata Net Garage:
>>>
>>>http://www.miata.net/garage/top01.jpg
>>>
>>>Yes, they came with perfectly painted white hubcaps too.
>>>
>>
>>Gary Spray
>>Topeka Kansas
>>Mazda Miata-CSP Solo 2
>>http://www.miataforum.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=13459
>>"To win is nice, to race is enough."
>
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