Hartmann wheel Owners:
12-01-2006, 11:29 AM
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man that sucks. IIRC your car is a lease. lets just guess and say you pay 800 a month. That is $26..
.. a day you pay to drive that car. Say it takes 4 days to get your wheels. Thats another $100. Still a "discouted rate"? Oops..i forgot to add in the cost of the tireshop pulling off your tire and putting it on the new wheels...lets say its about $30.
I SAY ITS BS!
I SAY ITS BS!
12-01-2006, 11:29 AM
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That's the problem with forged, they dent easy...
forged alum/alloy is fairly soft, despite the improved processes. Cast is stronger. You'll never get a dented cast alloy wheel. Cracked, yes...but it still takes quite a hit to do that.
12-01-2006, 12:01 PM
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When you say it has a bend in it, what...
exactly do you mean? If it's a structural bend to the shape, with no evidence of external damage, then it's possible it is stressing due to a casting defect and it's a precursor to a major crack...as with your other one.
Cast alloy wheels really should never "bend" or "dent". I have cracked a couple in the past on curbs or parking lot dividers that I failed to see (after too many drinks, hehe), but have never seen a bent one.
Cast alloy wheels really should never "bend" or "dent". I have cracked a couple in the past on curbs or parking lot dividers that I failed to see (after too many drinks, hehe), but have never seen a bent one.