Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #157
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   From: Jerry_Coffman@Novell.COM
Subject: Rcpt: Re: teddy bear rims (and
   Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 22:59:52 -0400


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> 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.

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