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Wheels straightened but...

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  • 02-02-2014 12:35am
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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭


    My 2002 323F 2.0 Sport has OEM Mazda 17s from the Mazda 6. I got them on Done Deal but they needed refurbishment. I gave them to a local refurbisher and he said he straightened them and refinished them. Nevertheless, there was a lot of vibration and they wouldn't hold air.

    I brought them to a local tyre centre for a diagnosis but they carried on and piled weights on weights to balance them and sealed them with sealer. I fitted them to the car and jacked the car up. I ran it in 1st and can confirm that there are very visible warps in both front wheels.

    Suffice to say I'm not sure if the wheels are as good as they're going to get or if the refurbisher just had bad day.

    Should I expect wheels to be straightened to (near) perfection?

    Should I expect them to seal without excessive amounts of sealer?


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    #2
    ibstar
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭ibstar


    Not going to go into a long story of how much frustration and money I put into trying to fix the disks on my corolla when I bought it.
    But to cut it short, I bought new disks with new tyres after spending 1/3 of what I could have used to buy the new disks straight away.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Not DIY, moved out to main forum.


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