New wheels and plenty of problems

[shantybeater]

I know it needs lowering!! it will be once i've sorted the damn things out...if i do




Well guys a few days back I swapped my RXII 16's for some RM's, stuck some brand new tyres on & headed home, I noticed that the front wheel seemed to kink somewhat so I took it to kwikfit, he said the wheel is buckled and i need a new one , the scray thing is the other front seems to kink a bit too, I'm hoping that this isnt the case, hopefully a guy from tidy is going to take a look at them for me. Any ideas what it could be? could it be that they havent been rebuilt & sealed properly (does that mean its a case of just splitting them & doing it again) or is it more likely the dishes or drums are buckled? when the tyres were put on they said they had issues getting them pumped up, and i seem to be loosing alot of air on them as i saw it escaping from the bottom of the valve when i was washing the car on both sides.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[tomo87]

dude they do look soooooo good though!

[New B]

Now that 3 members of this forum with PHAT BBS rim on a GTI

I wish I brought BBS wheels now instead of the Schmidt's

[tomo87]

i ordered th lines then cancelled them!!

james have you got another set of wheels to use? you can borrow my G60's for a while if you need to mate

[shantybeater]

mate you would be a life saver, that way i could get up to basingstoke and deal with this on the cheap, i'm really hoping its balancing or tyres not fitted properly, the outer rims are brand new so i find it very difficult to believe they are bent

[tomo87]

if you want to borrow them you can come get them today and il even help you put them on eh?!! haha

[shantybeater]

are you free now? i have work at 5pm so i'd need to be quick

[Si_GTi]

w00t for RMs!

If the outer dishes are new then I would hope that they aren't buckled or damaged! But you never know...

As you say, just needs lowering

[DanDiesel]

ah mate i hope they're not buckled coz they look absolutely stunning!