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Date:         Sat, 4 Jun 2005 21:02:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Correct hub caps...chrome moonies
In-Reply-To:  <6da5793405060420186c7df45e@mail.gmail.com>
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Yes, it is non-magnetic. My '73 Audi had stainless bumpers.

On 4 Jun 2005 at 20:18, John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Isn't stainless non-magnetic? Wouldn't a magnet stick to chrome plated > steel and not stailess? > > > I didnšt take any orig up to him to > > compare to and never did get back up there, but he suspected that the orig may > > not be chromed but a form of stainless stamping like he has seen on quite a > > few other vehicles from that era. > > > > Anybody know of a nondestructive test? >

Shawn Wright http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright '85 Jetta D '88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels) '82 Diesel Westy


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