Reply to "The Cost of wheels?"

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To me the major attraction to the billet 17" Campi replicas is that they have a nice polished finish to them.

IF magnesium wasn't such a PITA to maintain polished I think I could go that way.

I have seen real Campis COMPLETELY polished before and they are nothing short of breathtaking. Polished magnesium the quality level used by Campagnolo is a step above polished aluminum and not cheap looking like chrome.

I have only seen ONE set of the billet aluminum wheels in person and although they are gorgeous as a single entity on display off the car naked, on the black car I saw them on, after 30 seconds , they were kinda ho-hum...boring.

Given the choice between polished and painted, I'll have to stay with my 8/10 painted Campis. We all have to sacrifice for practicality somewhere and have some sort of a cross to bear?

12/9/136:13 PM

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