Miata Mailing List: June 1993, Message #135
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   From: guy@odi.com
Subject: Re: teddy bear rims (and wild paint jobs)
   Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 16:02:49 -0400


Mike Carlton writes:
>
> > Stan Sieler asked about the teddy bear rims (shown in the last national mag).
> > In the mag's latest 'points to ponder' they mention that The Tire Rack sells
> > (will special order them for you) for $157/ea. Tire Rack's number is 1-800-42
> 8-
> > 8355. I haven't bought them yet, but think I might once I can afford them. I
> > think it would be hilarious to autoX with them and enjoy the reactions I get
> > when I do well with 'so-cute-they're-obnoxious' rims! :-)  As a comparison, t
> he
> > stock alloy rims cost about $180/ea olast time I checked.
> > -alex-
>
> I haven't seen the rims yet, but I can imagine.  Sounds like great fun
> to autox with them -- it would be a real blow to your average porchse
> owner's ego.
>
> On a vaguely related point -- anyone seen any wild Miata paint jobs?
> I've seen two unique ones recently in Venice.  This last weekend I
> passed a parked Miata -- painted very pink.  More of a pastel than a
> hot pink maybe, but definitely not a factory color.  They even had 3rd
> party wheels which were painted pink.

Must have been a successful Mary Kay dealer...

>
> And a couple of weeks ago, I saw a pretty cool blue Miata with two
> wide white stripes running down the center, front to back.  Looked like
> the 60's style race cars (if I remember correctly).
>
> cheers,
> --mike
>
>