Speedline Corse Challenge Wheels

I have a powder-coating company that is quoting me $300 for all 4 wheels. This includes aluminum repair on the two chips in the edges (small). They are the largest powder-coating company in St. Louis and are very well known in the car scene here (exotics specifically). Gateway PowderCoating is the name of their business.

I don't mind that these are "fakes". I actually prefer aluminum for this exact reason. If something happens to magnesium wheels they are more difficult to repair.

If I was able to get a replacement from Speedline in a reasonable amount of time, I would go that route. But they quoted me another 4 months for a second replacement set. Essentially I would have to return these, they would hold onto my money, and 4 months later I MIGHT get an undamaged set in the mail.

If I go the route of "original Mag Speedline" I will ultimately have to powdercoat those as well since they will likely have some usage on them. I want black only, and apparently those are next to impossible to find?

I think, as long as I can get money back for these, I will be fixing these. Them returning some of my money will help alleviate the cost of wheel bolts, center caps, and tires that I have sitting in my living room waiting to go on my wheels lol.

 

These have the "Cinel" logo on them, do the originals have any other name? I wouldn't consider them "fakes" either since Speedline is selling them. They are just a reproduction of the OEM but in a different metal.

 

The ones I've seen have the "Speedline" or "Speedline Corse" sticker on one of the spokes, but nothing stamped into the metal.

 

Yeah its stamped into the edge.

 

My ride height is about as high. I'm going to lower it when the Challenge wheels go on. Looks much more sleek when it's lowered a bit.

 

Final resolution to this:

Chris (who I worked with start to finish) ultimately allowed a 800 British Pound ($1035 USD).

I accepted this return and will be having a very reputable local company refinish them in matte/ satin black powder coat.

Although not the best situation, I feel like Chris did a great job on his end correcting it the best he could with several options on my end to choose from.

As much as I wanted to say "no just send me another set" I chose not to because of their wait time on production, and the possibility of the same issue on shipping on the second set.

Chris is mailing me new Speedline stickers to replace the ones that are coming off of the wheel during the time of powder coat.

 

Another strange issue I noticed just last night. One of the wheels does not have the "Cinel" imprinted logo. I believe that it was there, but maybe filled in with paint on accident? I can BARELY feel the logo there under the paint. The other 3 look fine.

I may have my powder coating company fill them in, as the "Cinel" kinda takes away from the rest of the minimalistic design of these wheels.
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I'm thinking the same thing. You can kinda feel where the logo was. we will see when these get stripped.

 

This is paint not powder coat from Cinel / Speeline (99% sure). I'll ask my powdercoating company to be positive.

 

I attempted to contact Cinel on multiple occasions, and they kept sending me to their "contractor for the US" and literally never heard back. So I contacted Speedline directly (assuming that's who they kept sending me to). I was very unimpressed with how Cinel handled me trying to buy wheels from them.