Mel, got my wheels yesterday, with the backspacing I requested.
Sent this email this morning and I copied Compomotive in England
In a message dated 3/14/2003 2:34:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
NDBoyd@usacomp.com writes:
The matter will be closed when you have wheels of the proper offset
No Sir, I do not think so.
Your claim here is misleading. The bulk of the 10 months the wheels were either in your possession, waiting for you or the builder to provide specifications or waiting for payment
No Sir, the wheels were in my possession only a couple of days each time they were sent to me incorrectly.
The wheels were built to specifications provided by you or your car builder. The fact that the wheels were the incorrect backspace for your application was not any fault of ours.
Possibly, the first time. On the second try, I could not get Alan and Jim Riddel, of California Custom Cobras, to call and talk to each other, I tried for at least two weeks. Then Alan said: "Look it's not rocket science, measure from the inside lip of the body to the mounting surface, make sure to allow at least 1" from the outside edge of the body for clearance, and I will take it from there." I gave him that measurement, the wheels came back incorrect.
Again, since the incorrect backspace was not our fault, I would see no reason to reimburse you for freight. In fact, the cost of the rebuilds and our expense for the freight back to you should not really be our cost.
See above.
You can see from the attached thread on FFcobra forum, and the links on that thread to Club Cobra threads, that mine is not an isolated case, that's one of the reasons I disagree with your first response: The matter will be closed when you have wheels of the proper offset
Wayne McAllaster
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