damaged wheel advice needed
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damaged wheel advice needed
Hello all
Got my car (2001 996 C2 cab) out of storage late April. Toronto weather has been horrible, so limited driving to date. took car to detailer last Thursday, then went to a meeting....my terrible luck was to find the largest pot hole in the city....two dinged Sport Classic II's...small chunk out of front, little larger out of back. Tires didn't deflate, and air pressure has remained constant since disaster. No vibration or other symptons when driving.
Questions:
1. Are these wheels/tires still safe? My wife is going to a DE day at Shannonville in three weeks....I'd like her to return!
2. Can these be repaired? Any trusted resources in the Toronto area?
3. fallback, of course, is two new wheels...would need one front, one rear (18s of course)...anyone have these?
Thanks for any advice you can give me
Ian
Got my car (2001 996 C2 cab) out of storage late April. Toronto weather has been horrible, so limited driving to date. took car to detailer last Thursday, then went to a meeting....my terrible luck was to find the largest pot hole in the city....two dinged Sport Classic II's...small chunk out of front, little larger out of back. Tires didn't deflate, and air pressure has remained constant since disaster. No vibration or other symptons when driving.
Questions:
1. Are these wheels/tires still safe? My wife is going to a DE day at Shannonville in three weeks....I'd like her to return!
2. Can these be repaired? Any trusted resources in the Toronto area?
3. fallback, of course, is two new wheels...would need one front, one rear (18s of course)...anyone have these?
Thanks for any advice you can give me
Ian
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: tampa
If it is surface chip or ding it may be finished over, but if it is a larger chunk, I dont think it can be repaired. I think Wheel Inhancement or others in the Porsche Magazines can do that. But you make it sound like it is large chunks broken down into bead of the tire. I would never try to waste time fixing that. Buy a couple of used ones ad be done with it. If they are that bad I also wouldnt be taking any trip out of town on them. They may crack further and there may be a high speed rupture.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2003
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From: nyc
I think there are few places that will swap out your wheels for repaired wheels. So they mail you fixed wheels, you ship back you broken ones in the boxes, and its only like $125 or so.
http://www.wheelenhancement.com/
http://www.wheeltechnologies.com/exchange.html
http://www.wheelenhancement.com/
http://www.wheeltechnologies.com/exchange.html
