Paul Lamar wrote:

I really like these chrome wheels and rear spoiler. Too bad they are
not offered in the States.  Hopefully that will change. I am going to
have mine chromed. I think they had a lot to the looks of the RX8.

Paul, I agree that the chrome wheels are sharp looking, but I was under
the impression that chroming aluminum (alloy) was a bad idea because of
chrome embrittlement.  Any materials science guys wanna jump in here
with the facts?

Russell Kent

 
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