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Technical Shop => Wheels, Tires, Brakes, Suspension & Steering => Topic started by: blown motor on January 11, 2021, 07:13:00 AM

Title: Rim date code
Post by: blown motor on January 11, 2021, 07:13:00 AM
Is the date code on a wheel rim? Aug 29? How do I know what year?
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: Floyd on January 11, 2021, 07:56:52 AM
Correct, "8" is Aug and "29" is the day.  The year is stamped to the left in your picture.   It looks like "M4" with a "3" underneath.  The "3" is the year, likely 1973. 

The placement is a little odd.  They are normally stamped around the valve stem opening on the face of the rim.  That's the backside right?
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: anlauto on January 11, 2021, 08:03:26 AM
He's likely saved them since August 1929 :pokeeye:
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: blown motor on January 11, 2021, 08:12:06 AM
Listen @anlauto (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/anlauto_19) has Ian been coaching you?  :haha:
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: blown motor on January 11, 2021, 08:21:57 AM
@Floyd (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/floyd_415) that rim is stamped on both front and back. Surely that makes it rare and extremely more valuable  :haha One of the four rims is stamped Nov 17/76. It's grey in the centre and does not have the pentastar logo. I'm guessing a PO damaged a rim and maybe got one from a wrecker. It has yellow grease pencil on it. The other three all have the logo but just one stamped on both sides.
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: 6bblgt on January 11, 2021, 11:33:42 AM
usually "black" road wheels are 14x5.5" & "gray" road wheels are 14x6.0"
Title: Re: Rim date code
Post by: blown motor on January 11, 2021, 06:44:38 PM
Interesting information. The black ones are stamped. 14x6.
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