OEM wheels flaking; bead leaks

[Tyson Varosyan]

I assume that these are chrome wheels? NEVER buy chrome, unless you plan to
deal drugs from your car. It is worthless in every possible way! I have
NEVER heard of this happening with any alloy or steel rims - happens with
chromes all the time!

Tyson Varosyan
Technical Director, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
tyson at up-times.com
www.up-times.com
206-715-TECH (8324)
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-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis Unsworth
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:57 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: OEM wheels flaking; bead leaks

OEM wheels are flaking where the bead contacts the wheel. New Cooper  
CS4's won't maintain pressure. '03 Allroad 2.7T; 83k miles, new to me  
last summer; OEM 17 x 7.5, 5 spoke wheels. External surface looks  
great and there are no signs of abuse, but 3 of 4 tires won't  
maintain pressure for more than a week. Worst one loses half its  
pressure in 7 - 10 days. Bath confirmed leaking at the bead. There's  
quite a bit of flaking apparent once the tire is removed.

Ever see such a thing? Time to go wheel shopping?

Dennis
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