Lets see them! When I purchased the Rock Crawler Steel Wheels I did a little research. They are made in USA and had great reviews-plus they were super affordable for a 15x10. I also didnt want the red pinstripe line that other similar wheels had.
..This is no longer true..
..This is one of the many things we were discussing yesterday at the Corporate store..
..I originally bought the Procomp plain steelies just like the Cragar soft 8's with the circles (not D's) in a flat black new model number is "97"..This was a buy 3 get one free deal..:biggthump
..The old model number was "98"..This is the first run of the new "97" 's which are now manufactured in China..
..The new model "97" is no longer FLAT BLACK but rather Semi Gloss..Yours truly became the first to locally bring it to their attention..
..After a couple hours of pulling different model Procomp steel wheels from the warehouse (you dang near need a presidential order to do something special here as it is the National/International warehouse) it was realized that Procomp needed to pull their Flat Black steel wheels that are displayed from all the stores and they are working on calling the new finish "Satin"..(It may change along the way)..
..The old model "98" which were truly flat black and Made in America could not be found thru their computers search as it now shows as discontinued..
..This really wasn't helping my situation as this all started with me opening a box at my local store to inspect and not only was it not flat black, it had been dropped and had a 2" flat spot on it which in turn lead me to head up to their Corporate warehouse/store.
..While this was going on we also discussed their model "152" which is a beadlock look (aka Streetlock) at this time are still the American made and flat black except another change was made that they were not aware of...
..The bolts on these are zinc plated...The Manuf. just recently changed and went with a gold colored zinc bolt as apposed to the standard silver color zinc bolt which is also displayed at all their stores...
...For my time and effort Transamerican and Procomp were very generous and helped me upgrade my non flat black wheels to something I could live with, for a small increase in price of course but they did appreciate finding out about these new issues...
..Just remember...:shifty_ey ..You heard it here first on EF..
