I received my Viper reproduction wheels and to my disappointment the machine work around the bolt holes is all funky and wavy and poorly finished. Looks like someone did the work with a hand grinder. I know a few of you guys have these wheels. Do yours look like this? Give me your opinion.

Thanks, Dave

 

I have comp grey painted FR SRT8 reps..

of my 4 wheels, 3 are not noticeably blemished but 1 the paint is definitely wavy and not finished as cleanly/smoothly as the other 3 when you look at an angle you see it best..
but after polish not very obvious unless really closely looked at..

also i have 1 that is always losing 3 psi compared to the other 3, and it also has an "out of round" look but I know eyes play tricks sometimes so until I have hard data as to why I'm losing 3 PSI I cant say its the wheel for sure, maybe I have a slow leak or just a bad tire (doubt it, but who knows, been this way basically from the 1st few weeks after I put them on )

so far the price is right tho for 22's,
could be a few bucks less bit definitely not a bad deal on a set of 4 deucey-deuces..

i think I remember a paper coming in the box that said something like no returns for cosmetic blemishes or something like that lol - thats a big turn off for me if it did say that tho, But I wouldn't have bothered anyway unless it was clearly and obviously badly finished...

 

but from your pic that would prob bother me,
if its that obvious from a close distance. If the pic is true to what you see from a few feet away or less (not just highly zoomed in and stretched) I would say thats pretty bad, not only is it beveled looking its far from a round circle!

 

I agree with your gripe but at the price for 22's on a cast replica wheel u can't expect perfection especially on a brushed finish which is most difficult to get perfect.

 

There is no distortion. The holes are oval. If anything the pics show less than is person

 

That is pretty bad. I would contact them as that seems a bit more than a finish blemish
STEVE

 

I would definetly call them, that is pretty poor workmanship for sure.

 

I have the same issue with one or two of my Vipers, It appears that the C$C machine is dropping into the hole slightly out of the cut area, they may need to calibrate the machine. Since I bought mine used and so damn cheap I'm not complaining.

 

Mine appear to have some slight imperfections but they look amazing as a whole, If they are not mounted give them a shout and see what happens.