wheel repair

[coco69]

wet + fast corner + slight curb = busted wheel and luckily no damage to control arms or nothing.

but one of my blitz rims has been cracked on the the inside and slightly lipped, looking to get it repaired somehow, coz it feels unsafe to drive with it while its cracked. plus, the tyre now only holds a constant 9psi. hehehe... and they were perfectly good falken ziex 235's with like 90% tread.

but yeh, any one had any experience with places that can repair damage to a cracked or damaged rim. place with good prices and quality. coz its a shame to have a decent pair of rims just sitting in the garage.

cheers,

- dan.

[Ronin 09]

hey dan have you had an odd set of rims on your car - ie. different fronts and rears? Isn't that illegal? Any tyre shop should be able to put you onto a wheel repairer - i know that "The Mag Wheel Shop" in Richmond (i think) does repairs, but may be pricy cos they do BBS, Simmons, Kahn rims

[coco69]

is it illegal? coz yeh, previously i been running around with different sets of wheels... now back on stockies coz of the crackage... oh darn...

[ApacheX]

i told u not to attempt to drift in the wet dan, when will u listen to me?!

my friends have this prob heaps, ill ask em and get bak to ya man

[LastTemptation]

hrmm why not change ur rims, get r34 rims they will look sweet, thats what im planning to do.. but im not sure if they rub or anything.. , not many r33 have them

[LastTemptation]

any 1 know wer to get them from?

[ApacheX]

r34 gtr rims? man they are expensive! but yer they look awesome

look thru the trading post and stuff, sometimes they are there

[LastTemptation]

or how about the 350Z rims, hrmmm cant really member wat they look like... but they were nice... lol @ bruce lee thats mega pwned rofl

[ApacheX]

heheehhe its a classic sig

u know ive never taken notice of 350z rims, coz i hate the car hehe

[LastTemptation]

wat sif hate it... its like man.. so gorgeous.. biggest chik magnet car eva.. maybe a turbo would have helped but its still sex on wheels

[ApacheX]

naw, i hate the look of the car

it reminds me of the audi TT, which also sux hard

personal taste i guess man, whether its a chick magnet or not, im never gonna own one, so doesn't bother me

[Ronin 09]

LastTemptation R34 GTR rims do not fit R33 GTS-ts, that is why not many R33s have them (except on R33 GTRs)

[ApacheX]

they dont fit them well, but they still do fit man

its just not a good fit

[DJ_L3ThAL]

dont like your chances, i got ****ed around whilst trying to re-polish) my rims up.. went to over 30 shops an they all said no.... try advanced alloy wheels in cheltenham they seemed the best at that 'fixing' stuff... coz mine just needed restoring of its shine and cleaning etc. which im in the progress of doing myself with a paintbursh and a tooth brush but i have to admit they are coming up absolutely sickness!

[coco69]

thanks for the replies (and whores guys!) lol...

but yeh, 34GTR rims are definately sex. and so is the 350 and its wheels. but thats not gonna help is it?

sounds awesome lethal... got pics?

oh, this is still the maddest pic of r33 gtr with gtr34 rims...

[Jamezilla]

Coco: That's a GTS (look at front guards and indicator). Wheels look good though.

[Ronin 09]

something must be modified (either the hubs or the wheels themselves shaved) because stocker R34 GTR rims will stick out about 2cm.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

mmm r34....

[Greg]

so did u end up finding a place to repair your wheels coco? mine is lipped as well after hitting a pothole...

[coco69]

nah haven't found a place yet... still searching, i have the options of:

get the wheel repaired (hopefully under 100)

or, buying another of the same wheel + another snapped one, both for 100. (which is a pretty good price)

trying to decide. repair or buy another and a half. ?

but still haven't found a place that will repair yet. i was over at ice today talking to the guys and they told me a place that was good, but i forgot where it was or the name of the place... grrr

the wheels are 8.5" wide, x16" diameter, any one got any idea of the maximum tyre width i can chuck onto it?