Chrome wheels??

[redleg321]

I am going to look at an 05 cashmere at a car dealer. The pics show OEM chrome wheels, not the alloy 17? spoke wheels. What is going on here? Help anyone?

Thanks,
Tom
redleg321
No T-Bird, but an 06 Gold Wing :)

[BirdsAndBugs]

Re: Chrome wheels??

Here's the specs on the 2005 50th Anniversary Edition cashmere Thunderbird:

http://www.portholeauthority.com/the.../50thspec.html

Compare the one you're looking at to this as there really shouldn't be any variation.

[5bird7]

Re: Chrome wheels??

Tom, probably the previous owner didn't like the 17 spoke wheels and changed them out so they'd have more chrome on the car. It's happened before. do check the hub caps though - the "Ford" ring should match the color of the body - ie, there should be some metallic in the off-white paint, not the flat off-white that normally comes with the premium wheels on the other color models. Of course, the previous owner may not have realized that and switched to the chrome hub caps that came on the chrome premium wheels, otherwise the caps would have silver painted centers.

[LBPatt]

Re: Chrome wheels??

What's the dealer's asking price ???