Scott Hunt's Review of TSW Imola Chrome

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Name: Scott Hunt
Email: [email protected]
Product: TSW
Model: Imola Chrome
Store: Town Fair Tire/?
Price: 1100.00
Car: 240sx/'90
Worth_it: No
Difficulty_Rating: 1
Date: 21 Feb 1999

Problems

Local tire dealer installed. Mounted, balanced, etc...

Tips

n/a

Thoughts

At first the rims looked great and in combination with my Nitto NT-450's the handling and braking performance definately increaced.

Other

After having my TSW's for about 3 months all wheel hell broke loose. It started with a slight flaking or dusting of the chrome where the "spokes" met the centers, then it proceeded to flat out peeling. I called TSW tech-line in cali and the guy was more than helpful. He told me to take the rims back to the dealer and send them back to TSW for "a look" to determine cause for problem. At the dealer (TFT) they had to dis-mount my tires,obviousley, and check all my rims for warps of bends. If they are warped or bent per TSW, you void 1yr warranty due to abuse/negligence/misuse or something they'll pin on you. luckily 3 of 4 were straight. Next I thought that my rims would be shipped to TSW to be hooked -up. Not so simple, TSW requires that the customer pays the shipping to cali. Not so bad if I lived in Oceanside, however I live in Rhode Island! It's $180.00 each way. WTF? I was good enough to pay $1100.00 for the rims, but when it came time to back their product TSW gave me the cold shoulder!! I just hope their clearcoated rims hold-up better.