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Jamie-C

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1st Sep 15 at 16:41

This bit looks to be the weakest part but cant see any obvious signs of damage to it.

Would it effect anything if it was bent?

DaveyLC

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1st Sep 15 at 17:01

Yes, it would put the camber out..

--ToM--

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1st Sep 15 at 17:40

Jamie aren't you a mechanic by trade or am I think if of someone else?

ShEp

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1st Sep 15 at 18:15

Drifting at 20mph?

Bull....that's taken a hell of a whack to do that to the wheel, as it hasnt snapped off cleanly.

3CorsaMeal

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1st Sep 15 at 18:24

Over a ton of weight moving 20mph involves quite a bit of force to stop. If you ran into a wall at 10mph it would hurt.

ShEp

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1st Sep 15 at 18:54

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Over a ton of weight moving 20mph involves quite a bit of force to stop. If you ran into a wall at 10mph it would hurt.

Dee25790

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1st Sep 15 at 19:17

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Over a ton of weight moving 20mph involves quite a bit of force to stop. If you ran into a wall at 10mph it would hurt.

johnny86

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1st Sep 15 at 19:24

I hit a bus stop at 15mph. Cost me 3500 and new bumper, 2 x headlights and drivers wing

--ToM--

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1st Sep 15 at 19:59

Probably wasn't even 20mph if it was done whilst "drifting" don't know what it's like around other areas of the UK but by me it's full of little turd sacks in mx5 and ropey old e36 and e46 bmws who think that finding a little round about on an industrial estate and sliding round in on the limiter in 1st gear in the same direction continuously makes them drift kings.

broster

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1st Sep 15 at 20:04

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
This bit looks to be the weakest part but cant see any obvious signs of damage to it.

Would it effect anything if it was bent?

Yes, that part has a cut in it which allows it to bend so you don't damage the sub frame. Seems BMW knew this might happen and designed their cars to have a sacrificial £30 ish arm so the sub frame doesn't bend. Disputes with cs says!

broster

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1st Sep 15 at 20:06

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If a pot hole is deep enough to consume a 255/50 tyre I'd say that's more of a 'crater'.
cant argue with you davey, you seem to know more about the goings on in my previous employment than the items i seen, so thats cool. keep up the good work.

Lol! I've seen so many BMW wheels crack, out of 10 wheels we have in for repair 8 will be BMW, true story.

Dee25790

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1st Sep 15 at 20:19

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If a pot hole is deep enough to consume a 255/50 tyre I'd say that's more of a 'crater'.
cant argue with you davey, you seem to know more about the goings on in my previous employment than the items i seen, so thats cool. keep up the good work.

Lol! I've seen so many BMW wheels crack, out of 10 wheels we have in for repair 8 will be BMW, true story.

i was always told if you cracked a wheel just bin it. By the time you've tried to repair it another crack will have opened up or you've weakened the wheel overall.

It was because of a repair on a bmw wheel that went wrong that caused my dad to stop repairing them

Or do you just do the repair and send it back out?

ShEp

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1st Sep 15 at 20:20

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If a pot hole is deep enough to consume a 255/50 tyre I'd say that's more of a 'crater'.
cant argue with you davey, you seem to know more about the goings on in my previous employment than the items i seen, so thats cool. keep up the good work.

Lol! I've seen so many BMW wheels crack, out of 10 wheels we have in for repair 8 will be BMW, true story.

LandRover ones are pretty poop too.

--ToM--

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1st Sep 15 at 20:27

So are vxr 19s

--ToM--

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1st Sep 15 at 20:28

Nothing wrong with a welded wheel dee.

Saying that there trying to bring it into the MOT regs that a welded wheel is a failure. It'll never happen though.

broster

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1st Sep 15 at 20:33

quote:
Originally posted by Dee25790

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If a pot hole is deep enough to consume a 255/50 tyre I'd say that's more of a 'crater'.
cant argue with you davey, you seem to know more about the goings on in my previous employment than the items i seen, so thats cool. keep up the good work.

Lol! I've seen so many BMW wheels crack, out of 10 wheels we have in for repair 8 will be BMW, true story.

i was always told if you cracked a wheel just bin it. By the time you've tried to repair it another crack will have opened up or you've weakened the wheel overall.

It was because of a repair on a bmw wheel that went wrong that caused my dad to stop repairing them

Or do you just do the repair and send it back out?

No offence to your dads repairs, but it does depend on how it's repaired. We see loads that other people have "repaired" and they are a joke! We do a lot of wheel repairs, yes some we don't repair because they are to far gone, but it's amazing what can be fixed!

--ToM--

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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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1st Sep 15 at 20:44

Have you seen the delightful slug welds right over the top of the crack with a crack right through the weld aswell haha.

Do you cut a Vee in the crack and wedge it? Then grind the weld back so you can't tell it's been done?

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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2nd Sep 15 at 12:25

Rear camber arms.

They're not strong

Dee25790

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2nd Sep 15 at 12:53

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Dee25790

quote:
Originally posted by broster

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
If a pot hole is deep enough to consume a 255/50 tyre I'd say that's more of a 'crater'.
cant argue with you davey, you seem to know more about the goings on in my previous employment than the items i seen, so thats cool. keep up the good work.

Lol! I've seen so many BMW wheels crack, out of 10 wheels we have in for repair 8 will be BMW, true story.

i was always told if you cracked a wheel just bin it. By the time you've tried to repair it another crack will have opened up or you've weakened the wheel overall.

It was because of a repair on a bmw wheel that went wrong that caused my dad to stop repairing them

Or do you just do the repair and send it back out?

No offence to your dads repairs, but it does depend on how it's repaired. We see loads that other people have "repaired" and they are a joke! We do a lot of wheel repairs, yes some we don't repair because they are to far gone, but it's amazing what can be fixed!

The bmw realise was done by a lad they use all the time but was on my dads head as he had commissioned Andy to do it. It was probably more just I can't be arsed with doing them anymore than it not being possible to do. I assumed he told me refuse them as it wasn't worthwhile.

Good to know where to go next time I twat a kerb though

3CorsaMeal

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2nd Sep 15 at 13:17

I bought a set of alloys on ebay and two had been welded and one was egg shaped, couldn't tell with the tyres on (tyre shop showed me afterwards)

I binned 3 of them.

ShEp

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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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2nd Sep 15 at 21:03

quote:
Originally posted by --ToM--
Have you seen the delightful slug welds right over the top of the crack with a crack right through the weld aswell haha.

Do you cut a Vee in the crack and wedge it? Then grind the weld back so you can't tell it's been done?

Only way to do it really, the slugs can be done by anyone and don't last 5 minutes.

My mate hit a rock in his S3, wheel had a 5inch hole in it, and it was repaired, I know quite a few aluminium welders, I can do it myself too, but I'm not that great at it.

AndyCorsaSport

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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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2nd Sep 15 at 22:02

My sisters golf has R32 wheels on and one of them has been repaired, it's like a big slug on the inside of the alloy.

She's had the car 2 years and it's been fine for the last 20k miles, didn't even know it was like that untill it went for some new tyres.

chris_uk

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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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3rd Sep 15 at 07:19

Do you have rear toe adjustments?

If you do you will of knocked it out which would explain why its out.

If you knocked it in then your steering wheel will be trying to turn the opposite way.

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