Watto89 Member 38 Member For: 16y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 19/06/10 09:38 AM Share Posted 19/06/10 09:38 AM Hey people, I Purchased a set of 20" rims from a shop online in Sydney, 8 months ago.I went to a tyre shop to get some new tyres put on to two rims, a few weeks later both of those rims started to loose air!I Checked them closer and there cracked, could it be the make or when the tyre shop put them on they cracked the rim? they didput one of the tyre on the wrong way (inside facing out) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 19/06/10 01:04 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 01:04 PM That's f*cked...Must have been trying really hard to get the tyre on if they cracked the rim? Doubt it... Unless they were trying to fit a 19 in tyre to it!!!Looks like the rim was dodgy IMHO... Should be under warranty. There would be a buckle in the rim if you had hit something with it... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 19y 3d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 19/06/10 01:33 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 01:33 PM What brand of rim are they?I had a set of BSA rims before my current ones and when it came time to swap them over every single rim had cracks.Not just one or two... HEAPS! - all four!I'd say its a manufacturing fault... if they're cheap rims that's what you get unfortunately Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 19/06/10 09:29 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 09:29 PM Most have warranty though... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_AK cj_ak Donating Members 5,077 Member For: 17y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Ropes Crossing Posted 19/06/10 10:41 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 10:41 PM I doubt it was the tyre shop mate.cheap rims and small pot holes are not good friends.chase up your warranty. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 20/06/10 06:29 AM Share Posted 20/06/10 06:29 AM off topic: awesome avatar xtb Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke them tyres Member 557 Member For: 17y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/06/10 12:10 PM Share Posted 20/06/10 12:10 PM (edited) The most load a rim usually sees is when the bead is stretched/rolled over the rim lip. For it to be on the inside without a dent or flat and on both rims indicates to me IMO something done at tyre install. It wasn't cracked with the first set of tyres was it?I'm not convinced of the quality of some of the rims on the market these days (China, SE Asia)......casting quality and material used. Particularly with low profiles, grip available, high spring rates, heavy cars and potholed roads. The cracks also indicate to me a lack of "flexibility" in the rim......less than best material used in casting?The fitment the wrong way round is hopeless job quality/pride. If the same guy put the tyre on back to front (ie chucked over rim), who's to say he wasn't also f*cked on the operation of the install machine. And why wasn't it noticed by the guy fitting it to the car, or was that the same culprit/lugnut again? I would be going back to them. Why both rims, LH & RH at exactly the same time I would be asking them. Edited 20/06/10 12:11 PM by Smoke them tyres Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicky Go Pies!!! Donating Members 2,852 Member For: 17y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 20/06/10 03:01 PM Share Posted 20/06/10 03:01 PM Mate, as the others have said - could be the rims (shop)....Get the rims checked for buckles - this is what the rim guys will do anyways... If buckled they are likely to say - sorry son... if no buckles then sound be ok...Only way I know the guys in the tyer shop would have done something like that is if the machine to strip the rubber was clamped way to far out... The claws/teeth have then some crazy way ripped the hell of out the rim... as a result I would again bet that the rim is buckled... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/68873-cracked-rims/#findComment-1017614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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