Cracked a rim, early xmas for me

[walbjj]

i got a tps light this morning, checked and inflated, it was at 20psi, pumped to 38psi and did my errands this morning, got home and checked again and it was down to 34psi. took it to my tyre shop, and when he pulled the wheel off, he showed me the 2cm crack.
19" oz racing ultraleggera. ill admit, ive hit some whoppers since ive had the car, dark rainy night, and BAM, u run over a trench of a hole. it happens. i was kinda pissed, but it is what it is. first time ive ever run 19" rims, and i realise now that sydney roads aint designed for flash rims and nice cars.
better off in the hilux with the chunky tyres.
gonna cost about $500 delivered, nice xmas present i guess

[team_v]

I think the problem is our shoddy road conditions nad the fact you are running 19" wheels.

I run 19's on the Tig but have a larger sidewall height so i can stand more bumps.

Fingers crossed you dn't have any more crackers.

[fatmir305]

i copped the same thing
little hairline crack and would go to 20psi after about a day or so.
But why $500?
Local wheel shop got mine repaired for $100.

[team_v]

i copped the same thing
little hairline crack and would go to 20psi after about a day or so.
But why $500?
Local wheel shop got mine repaired for $100.

$500 for a new wheel i believe?

I wouldn't be comfortable driving on a cracked and repaired wheel one piece wheel.

[walbjj]

$500 for a brand new ultraleggera delivered. ill go and send the cracked one off to repair and keep as a spare or a nice coffee table. cos this will undoubtedly happen again.
im not confident that a repair will make it stronger, especially with lightweight alumnium rims, and ive been told it will prob crack again

[rayray086]

Depends on how it's fixed - if just welded up, it will bound to crack again. A wheel guy I use does metal stamping/punching (not sure on the exact term but it looks like he pinches in new metal in the crack) and then welds it over. He's been building and fixing wheels for a long time and he is confident of his work. I've had a cracked wheel fixed up for around the $150 mark, but I'll admit, if a new, identical wheel can be bought for $500, I'd probably buy a new one.

[walbjj]

Depends on how it's fixed - if just welded up, it will bound to crack again. A wheel guy I use does metal stamping/punching (not sure on the exact term but it looks like he pinches in new metal in the crack) and then welds it over. He's been building and fixing wheels for a long time and he is confident of his work. I've had a cracked wheel fixed up for around the $150 mark, but I'll admit, if a new, identical wheel can be bought for $500, I'd probably buy a new one.

rayray, care to pass the name along, ill ask around anyway in my local area, if its $150, then ill just repair and keep as a spare anyway

[rayray086]

Place is called OZwheels (not related to the OZ Racing wheels you have haha), Peter's the owner. Located at 6/8 Purdy St, Minchinbury, and can be contacted on (02) 9623 7179.


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[dylan8]

hate that! your lucky your wheels are still avalbile.
my monzas turned up with a crack, had that welded and rolled and its been fine. its a very ugly weld but cant see it really unless the wheel is off.

[kaanage]

Who did you get to fix your Monza's?

[dylan8]

Who did you get to fix your Monza's?

eastern wheel works in lilydale.

[walbjj]

Tyre was dead flat today, got it stripped off and took it to ambula engineering in brookvale $99 to weld and roll, also bought a brand new oz racing rim, bit over $600 for the 1 rim delivered. Better than amg aust who want $750.
What an awesome week

[gldgti]

wheel repairs can go ok - mainly depends on the guy doing the repairing and the position of the crack.

I have a lovely old set of Speedlines that are so light but very prone to damage... anyway, there's a guy in west gosford that does magical work welding and re-rolling. cash upfront only though, but good value.

Anyway I had 3 hairline cracks in 2 rims (not even letting air out, but 2 were longer than 20mm) that he fixed up cheaper than the prices mentioned here.

[walbjj]

Ok, tyre mounted and it's back on the car. No leaks so far. RePair is on the inside barrel so not visible from outside. The lady charged me $66, I didn't argue. But the guy said if ur running rims this size and rubber that small then I'll be seeing u in the future, fml

[rayray086]

Time to get one of these: