Broken Rim

[Richie33]

I spent last weekend up at the river and when I went to leave on Monday morning I discovered my front right completely flat Preparing myself for a 2+ hours drive home on my space saver I discovered my standard wheel brace doesn't fit in my wheels... so I'm somewhere near Swan Reach with a flat tyre and no way of getting my wheel off Fortunately I asked the shack next door (they had boats & stuff) and one of the guys was a mechanic and had a socket set & compressor. We pumped it up and I drove home on it like that, checking air pressure everywhere I could. It went flat the next day so I changed it for the space saver.

Looking for a nail or something causing the slow release puncture I found a stress fracture on the inside of the rim.

I need some advice, can this be fixed, and who can fix it? If it can't be fixed where the hell am I going to find an Advan TCII 17x8?

Edited October 5, 2007 by Richie33

[dyken]

my old car had a crack in the rim. i took it to bob jane and they fixed it up, from memory it didnt cost alot

[HOSTILE]

There are a couple of places on south rd near hilton... adelaide wheel and rim works I think is one.

[Scrub]

There are a couple of places on south rd near hilton... adelaide wheel and rim works I think is one.

Go to Extensive Wheel & Rim they're expensive but do excellent work.

I took a stress fractured rim to Adelaide Wheel and Rim and they made it worse.

[Richie33]

Cheers guys, I'll take it to Bob Jane in the morning and see if they can do anything... if they don't want a bar of it I'll take it to Extensive... they're only open Mon-Fri, basically the same time I'm at work. May have to take a morning off to take it in.

Space saver wheels are bad, a 125/90R16 where there used to be a 235/45R17, luckily I don't need to drive above 60km/hr anywhere

[D_Stirls]

i would say that bob jane would be taking it to either extensive or AWR anyway, and we should all be boycotting bob jane as he is responsible for the demise of AIR and drag racing in SA in general.

[Richie33]

i would say that bob jane would be taking it to either extensive or AWR anyway, and we should all be boycotting bob jane as he is responsible for the demise of AIR and drag racing in SA in general.

Your spot on, thats exactly what they do and they don't do it anymore because they get caught in the middle with any disputes. AWR quoted around $250. I'll take it in to Extensive this week and bite the bullet... I'm never gonna find a single Advan TCII for any reasonable money.

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to pick up a second hand 17x8 rim just to get around on while I'm waiting for it to be repaired. Anyone got one lying around PM me. Thanks.