Halibrand Magnesium 427 Wheels

[Johan]

For what it is worth, I have several sets of mag wheels. Some are old and some are new. The new ones are either made by Dymag or M & A.
There are a couple of characteristics of mag wheels that you should be aware of.
They leak air and they corrode.
M & A has a process called impregnation to help with the leakdown issue. If you get the wheels, get them impregnated at M & A. This is different than paint. Race cars do not matter so much because the tire pressures are adjusted before each session but for a street car you want to have a wheels that does not leak worse than the tire.
The corrosion eventually stops the leaks, but still you don't want corrosion !
Steel wool and WD40 will clean them up to a good race car standard. We do the wheels when we put new tires on them.
If you are after the highly polished look, and your car has no patina, then you probably should stick with an aluminum wheel and get it clear coated.
If you think a mag wheel looks great, like I do, then it is not necessary to do much more than WD40 it every few months or so.

[rodneym]

Dang, all this activity on here during my Christmas party!

We'll get it done. If not, I'll eat a bug.

The purpose of the list wasn't make the whole list but add new folks, which we did, with a couple interested in multiple sets.

I also have some interest in dealers who want to see a dealer cost. That will come available when Richard gets his costs down. Let's face it, a guy buying a 200k Aluminum Shelby CSX is gonna want mags.

[cobra]

RodKnock

Can you tell me if the magnesium rims fit on an ERA with six pins?

[rodneym]

Originally Posted by cobra

RodKnock

Can you tell me if the magnesium rims fit on an ERA with six pins?

rodneym here. Currently Rodknock is interviewing someone to polish his Cobra
Earlier posts in this thread say that ERA's require a different backspacing for the fronts. They are six pin.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by rodneym

rodneym here. Currently Rodknock is interviewing someone to polish his Cobra
Earlier posts in this thread say that ERA's require a different backspacing for the fronts. They are six pin.

Phew! Just got back from the interview. All the guy wanted to do was take a break and get down to the local oyster bar so he could talk about LED's in the trunk light.

Here's a set for an ERA for sale here on Club Cobra. ERA's require some machining to be done on the front as rodneym mentioned.

http://www.clubcobra.com/classifieds...uct=3361&cat=4