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Late Series Alpine or Tiger OEM Trim Rings

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Does anyone have a decent set of trim rings (beauty rings) for sale? Thanks for any help finding some.
Rick
 
I think some clarity here may be useful.

"Trim Rings" could refer to the chrome rim that is pushed into the outer rim of the wheel (often referred to back then using Ace Mercury's trade-name "Rimbellisher"). They look like this:

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Or... it could refer to the slotted aluminium beauty trims that are installed beneath the hub cap (nave plate). The Rootes ones looked like this (Note: they were offered with a couple of differnt slot designs on Alpines):

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I suspect Rootes sourced these from Ace Mercury as well, as they were the leading manufacturer at the time. Triumph was also a big consumer as they were fitted to their Spitfire and Herald cars.
 
Wow. They missed a bit of real estate where they could have added more raised lettering on the sidewalls. So sloppy.
 
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