split alloy

cantdecide

hello all. i bought a set of RS6 reps for my A6 today.

I thought the seller said that one of the tyres had a split so i priced a replacement. As it turns out, he was saying wheel but i was hearing tyre:o . theres a crack on the inside of the rim which i discovered when i got home. the tyre is knackered as well.

the crask runs down the lip where the tyre meets the wheel and continues onto the flat area if that makes sense. it's about an inch and a half long in total.

any idea if this fixable???

copacetic

doesn't sound fixable, and not sure would ever trust it if someone said they could fix it.

colm_mcm

With the low profile tyres that the A6 has with RS6 alloys, I wouldn't leave it to chance, just get a new wheel.

cantdecide

it's not that bad actually- i've actually measured it and its only about 3/4" long.

i've heard of people cutting and widening alloys, how come a wee crack can't be welded?

FX Meister

I would just get a new wheel, surely it can't be that expensive dude.

cantdecide

might be a waste of a potentially good wheel dude:p

copacetic

cantdecide wrote:

it's not that bad actually- i've actually measured it and its only about 3/4" long.

i've heard of people cutting and widening alloys, how come a wee crack can't be welded?

well you could ask around, would have thought it would nearly be cheaper to buy a new one. Are the wheels cast alu?

bazz26

cantdecide wrote:

might be a waste of a potentially good wheel dude:p

I would not feel comfortable driving a car with that rim even if repaired. One encounter with a pothole or even a speed bump could potentially weaken the structure of the rim again.

Eoin

bazz26 wrote:

One encounter with a pothole or even a speed bump could potentially weaken the structure of the rim again.

And that's weakening the structure of a rim that probably started off much weaker and softer than an OEM wheel.

cantdecide

i was ponted in the right direction by someone in the tyre trade. dropped off wheel at this specialist engineering place and told me the wheel will be 100% when they're done. €40.

they said they've repaired far worse and this kind of thing is common as muck. bit of a result.

copacetic

cantdecide wrote:

i was ponted in the right direction by someone in the tyre trade. dropped off wheel at this specialist engineering place and told me the wheel will be 100% when they're done. €40.

they said they've repaired far worse and this kind of thing is common as muck. bit of a result.

interesting, let us know how it turns out and pass on name of place, maybe get before and after pics?

rooney8

http://www.wefixalloywheels.com/index.htm - (no joke) this is a shop out in bray, i cracked my alloy on my beamer a couple of months ago and brought it up to these guys. 100 euro, got the crack fixed and the wheel balanced and no problems since!!