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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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Team Dynamics Poor Finish

Anyone here with the Team Dynamics Pro Race 1 in Hyper Silver? Have any complaints about the finish? I just got mine in today and took them to have tires mounted. Two scratches on two of the wheels. The guy who mounted them offered to pay to replace them and remount the tires for free. Great. Got them home and started to put them on the MINI. Dropped a lug nut while lining up the wheel and got a chip. Go to the other side to mount the front and bump the wheel with the torque wrench. Huge (to me) scratch. Are these wheels normally that sensitive to touch? If so they will look like trash in a week of driving up and down the highway. I really love the look on the car, and I'll try to find a matching touch-up paint but, jeez.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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Never had any problems with any of my TD wheels. All paint will scratch.

Silver should be fairly easy to match
 

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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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if the tire place didn't use the right equipment to mount they will
scratch any wheel.

it does sound like your wheels are of lower quality paint... but
wat do you expect from a budget wheel? drive on them
until they are nasty and have them powder coated.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 06:00 PM
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A few days at the track and i have burned the brake dust into the clearcoat anyway :P

TD wheels are great, the the matte finishes do show some scratches. but they are race oriented wheels not show car stuff.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
if the tire place didn't use the right equipment to mount they will
scratch any wheel.

it does sound like your wheels are of lower quality paint... but
wat do you expect from a budget wheel? drive on them
until they are nasty and have them powder coated.
How do you do the powder coating?
 
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