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Title: Alloy wheels
Post by: davyv on May 09, 2009, 08:22:19 PM

I have a crack on one of my rear wheels and its getting worse.They are five spoke and the problem is its an RSR and with only 500 made there\'s little chance of getting a spare. Can you get it repaired.

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Post by: jackaleks on May 09, 2009, 08:52:05 PM

one of my dad\'s M-Sport wheels was cracked in the middle parallel to the rim. he got a guy call Paul Stapley to fix it.

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Post by: davyv on May 09, 2009, 08:55:31 PM

The crack is across one of the spokes. Did it do much damage to the face of the wheel where it was welded at the back.

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Post by: Jono FD3 on May 09, 2009, 11:11:05 PM

is that the Work RSR\'s?? any pics??

Jono

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Post by: Jit on May 09, 2009, 11:18:49 PM

RSR wheels are the same as the 17in 5 spokes on the RS

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Post by: davyv on May 10, 2009, 12:02:41 AM

Yes they are the same but the RSR only came in gunmetal, did the RS?. All the RS i have seen have silver wheels.

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Post by: Jit on May 10, 2009, 12:07:17 AM

RS came in silver...shouldnt be too hard to match

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Post by: davyv on May 10, 2009, 12:10:15 AM

re- spray them then.

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Post by: davyv on May 10, 2009, 12:12:06 AM

Or i could just buy some Rays 57 Maximum Pro Alloy Wheels.

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Post by: AtomicRex on May 10, 2009, 08:00:24 AM

I wouldn\'t repair these!

The shock loadings the wheels take is phenominal....if you hit a pot hole they could split, and you could have a very nasty crash.

Mag wheels are x-rayed even if there are no visible cracks and thrown if one is found. Somethings are just not worth risking

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Post by: Red and Single on May 10, 2009, 09:15:02 AM

I totally agree with the above, definately not worth the risk.

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Post by: davyv on May 10, 2009, 11:05:51 AM

My wheel sizes 17x8.5jj x50 and 17x8jj x50. What wheels sizes will be ok as i cant find many wheels in those sizes.

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Post by: Mark Ide on May 11, 2009, 01:04:34 PM

team dynamics pro race 1.2

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Post by: NurburgRob on May 11, 2009, 07:38:40 PM

You should be able to get RS wheels, just had mine powder coated black and I\'m sorry to say they look better than the brown-ish grey RSR wheels :)

(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/senojsports/Photo0035-1.jpg)

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Post by: davyv on May 11, 2009, 08:50:27 PM

Thats what colour they are, gimme one of yours lol.

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