It is obviously not a good thing when these are cracked. BUT, i really dont see how it will affect anything,and becoming " dangerous".I do have a friend,that has had his 3piece aeros for 20 years,and they have been cracked on all bolt holes, for a number of years,and nothing has ever happened to his wheels. But no one can really recommend to continue to use the wheels,but in all honesty i dont think they will ever crack to the extent of them actually falling off the car.
That is very true ,mister. I think the main thing to consider, if you are keeping these..and " trying" to get comfortable driving these, would be that you do only (as ususal) tighten these era wheels/12mm bolt holes/ etc with only 110 nm as pr manual. And that you do regular checks on the bolts, to check their tightness, and even just throw an eye on the " cracks" to see if anything changes. If done that, i would not be afraid of running around on those wheels.
When it comes to yours, Are there no way of returning them to the seller?or
Obviously you are talking about me,,and i never said it was safe,so please dont misquote what i said!.It is pretty clear that what i said, was an explanation of a real world example, and what my thoughts are around it.If you look how the cracks are,it is pretty obvious that the wheel cannot crack completely and fall off. What can happen,is that if the crack expands, the bolt will over time, loosen tension,hense what i said about checking the bolt tension now and then.Also my last question back to the guy was " is there really no way to return the wheels".
I was actually more interested in real world experience than subjective opinions (which are also valuable but there's already a lot on the forums). So I appreciate your feedback, specially with the new binary culture of people afraid of discussing the gray are in between black or white.
Im glad to hear that
I hope you find a solution to the whole thing. Funfact...i have my 3 piece wheels in for acid dipping,and powdercoating at the moment. Waiting for them to return.Pretty excited
I see..that makes it really difficult,cause tarrifs and shipping cost is quite an amount on those wheels i reckon..
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