Wrecked Alloys!!!, Just had to replace all my wheels on my Celi.... |
Wrecked Alloys!!!, Just had to replace all my wheels on my Celi.... |
Nov 24, 2008 - 1:22 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '07 From Newcastle UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hi guys/girls
So I'm driving down the road the other day on my way home from work when I see something emerge from under the car in front. By the time I realised what it was (a brick), I'd hit it. Now I'm doing like 70mph at the time and didn't have much time to avoid it. Anyway, there was this gut-wrenching BANG!!! followed by a wobbling of the steering wheel. When I got home, I took the drivers side front wheel off and inspected the damage. Only thing was, there wasn't any! So I put the wheel back on and thought nothing more of it until the following day. Next day I went out in the car with my Girlfirend. Straight away, she started going on about the wobble on the steering wheel and a low frequency "buffetting" noise and said she thought there was something seriously wrong with my car. So I swing by my usual wheel/tyre place and have them check the wheel balancing. He puts the wheel on his machine and hey presto - bent as a £7 note! Had to replace ALL of my wheels there and then! B*llocks! Anyway I settled for some Wolfrace Triads. I've got no pics as yet but I'll post 'em as soon as I have. Rant over! P.S Does anyone fancy buying 3 really good wheels and ever-so-slightly buckled wheel for their Celi???.....thought not This post has been edited by Racer_J: Nov 24, 2008 - 1:23 PM -------------------- |
Nov 24, 2008 - 3:38 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '07 From Newcastle UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hey, thanks for the reply!
Bad luck with the tyres, maybe you're going for too soft a compound? If your tracking/alignment is OK and your wheels are properly balanced, you should get plenty of wear out of 'em. I don't hang around when I drive my Celi, that's not to say I thrash the nuts off it either but I get plenty of mileage out of mine (usually well over 12 months.) My new rims look pretty cool to be honest, they're a bit more intricate looking but very nice. I used my existing tyres as they've not been on the car that long so got a good deal on the rims. I could go outside now and get some snaps of 'em but my car's covered in cr*p and I won't take pics of a dirty car!! LOL I'll get some this weekend Watch this space -------------------- |
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