How is the quality of the chrome on the magnum 500's? For a car that usually sits outside and is driven in rain now and then will they rust in no time or are they pretty good?

Is Wheel Vintiques the only company that makes them and they're resold by others?

Just bought a set, rusted before I unloaded out of the ram. Paint and machine work not good. I won't buy WV again. Almost forgot, threads pulled on bullseye caps useing a nut driver! Knew I should have went steelies. Mark

Steelies are what I have now, and was just thinking of a change.

A Mustang parts house sells them for $650 + $70 for the bullseye caps which sounds like an OK deal, but if they turn to crap in no time on a driver I probably won't bother.

Do not put WD-40 on them if you are trying to protect from rust. Go to a sporting goods store and by some of the gun rust preventative products that gun owners use. WD-40 is solvent based which makes it a good penetrating agent on rusted parts but as it evaporates and it will promote rust.

I have the Specialty Wheels chrome magnums. They have done pretty good. 3 of the 4 wheels have a little rust on the seam on the outer wheel. Mine are 10+ years old. I drive 2000+ miles a year some in rain. in a carport when not being driven. I always wash the wheels after I drive in the rain though.

It appeared that the wheel vintiques magnums were not as good as the Specialty wheels magnums, but I read somewhere that they were both aquired by Coker tires so they will probably go to the the cheapest process.

Recieved mine, returned 3, 2 for paint, 1 didn't have one of the slots punched out. Got 3 returned 2 paint again, got 2 should have returned them. Said the he!! withit. So much for QC.