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--- Quote from: MartyC on January 19, 2010, 11:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: cheekythirtysix on January 17, 2010, 07:32 PM ---If they are USA made PAT PENDING RIMS and they don't say MADE IN ENGLAND on them, then ya shouldn't put the decals on the rims... Only the MADE IN ENGLAND  rims had the printed rims  :daumenhoch:

The USA made ones had the reflective red/blue/chrome decal on the rims topside  :daumenhoch:

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I think they may have had a single decal in the early days John but by 82/83 ACS had Z-Rims in the US with the sidewall logo's, I have a Jan '83 BMX Action with an ACS advert that has the logo's sidewall shown.

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Ya could be right Marty... I just remember when I got my USA ones BITD they just had the decal on the top.... maybe once they started production in the UK and the "PAT PENDING" had been sorted then they all had the sidewall logos worldwide... just a guess that though buddy!

Also I do seem to remember reading an article BITD that suggested that the non "PAT PENDING" rims were a lot more flexy than the early ones.... something to do with the strain of nylon zytel or somethin?
I remember a friend of mine had some black non PAT PENDING rims on his gen 1 Haro and to be honest they did seem a lot more flexy than my early rims.... had some fun bending them all over the place  :LolLolLolLol:

NORTY40:
They came out great in the end Ben  :daumenhoch:

Top job !

COZZFATHER:
DO THE Z RIMS THAT have decals on the rims where the brakes rub still say z rim moulded in on the rim right by the spokes or do they have no other moulded in markings and only decals that rub off eventually ???

Ta.

Kaner:
All this info is great.

So these ones are def 'PAT PEND' USA Made.

The actual raised lettering below the valve opening reads:

 "ACS - Z RIM - PAD PEND."

there is no other raised or indented markings at all, one of them is ink stamped on the inside of the rim with:

 "Sep 7 1982 C"

and I would say, as rims go they are quite stiff.

Daddybass:
Good work just remember nothing seems to come easy thats what i love about this site  next person will have learn something from your work  :4_17_5:

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