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Old Mar 5, 2009, 09:44 AM
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Question Need advice on repaired wheels (pics included)

Hi, I may be interested in purchasing a set of wheels that has been repaired.

Please see these pics how do you feel about it? As of now I have no additional information other than, there were two seperate wheels and three seperate fixes, one appears to be for a bent lip, the 2nd, I'm not sure, but looks like some massive fix for bent lips as well. These wheels are forged.

1. How would you feel personally driving under normal conditions on these two wheels given the pictures of the fix?

2. What about autocrossing?

Wheel 1 fix:

backside of wheel 1 fix:


Wheels 2 fix:
repair 1

repair 2

backside of repair 1 i believe




thanks!
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driving daily should be fine. But i would not go to the track with them
Old Mar 5, 2009, 10:00 AM
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I wouldnt even put those back on my car. I have seen wheel repairs fail. Scary stuff!
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Weld, rim, no. Sure it may be strong and last forever, its just a chance I would never take.
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Hope you didn't pay too much for that. It looks horrible.
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I'd walk away from that in a heartbeat. Seriously. I base that on peace of mind alone.
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