Wheel Damage - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource

Mar 3, 2010 | 10:56 PM

#16

Duane996tt

Registered User

Joined: Mar 2007

Posts: 1,870

From: San Diego, San Francisco

Rep Power: 116

Duane996tt has a reputation beyond repute

Stock Porsche wheels are very robust. If you bent one, you hit something very hard. Get a replacement wheel. Once bent, the wheel loses strength and they can never be straighten completely true. I just had my 3 pieces completely rebuilt (new inner and outer barrels) after hitting a obscured speed bump. No visable damage but all wheels out of round. I also got rid of the chromed outers (too many bead leak problems) and went to high polished clear coated. It's not worth risking your car and life to save a few bucks.

Last edited by Duane996tt; Mar 3, 2010 at 11:07 PM.

Mar 4, 2010 | 12:27 AM

#17

Terminator

Thread Starter

Registered User

Joined: Jul 2007

Posts: 1,276

From: London

Rep Power: 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpflip

I don't know about your part of the world but here in Quebec we got a place that fix a lot worst than that and it is impossible to see the repair. It is called P.Jacques. Look at the site and I am convince in England you got a similar place... Last time I got a wheel fix it cost $90.00 canadian which is about 58 pounds....

http://www.pjacques.com/

I know such places exist but I would be very nervous at 190mph trusting the welded wheel. Probably just a psychological barrier, but it’s the same as plugged tyres. They work fine but your head is telling you otherwise.