Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #197

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Why not just have them "Gold Plated"? Goes well with
Green, Blue, Black, white and maybe even fred!

--- "Burns, James B."
<BurnsJB1@central.SSD.JHUAPL.edu> wrote:
> As far as getting the yellow center caps replaced
> under warranty, it all
> depends on the dealer/service manager that you deal
> with.  I bought a used
> '99 Sport, 16K miles, still under warranty.  The
> place I bought it from
> would not replace the center caps.  They said that
> they would do if the
> paint was flaking off, but not yellowing because it
> was due to the owner
> using harsh chemicals to clean the wheels.
> 
> I went to another dealer, and the service guy gave
> the same line about using
> harsh wheel cleaning chemicals.  I pointed out that
> they had some brand new
> Miatas sitting on their lot which already had yellow
> caps.  He said that
> they sometimes use the wrong chemicals to clean them
> and cause their own
> problems.  He then agreed to replace mine one time
> under warranty.
> 
> I'm going to put a good coat of wax on the new ones
> and only clean them with
> water and mild car wash soap (Meguiar's), and
> hopefully they won't turn
> yellow.
> 
> Brad Burns
> '99 Sport, red
> 
> 


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