OEM wheels flaking; bead leaks
Ed Kellock
ekellock at gmail.com
Fri Jan 30 07:13:32 PST 2009
Where does the post mention chrome??
I reread it 3 times and it clearly discusses OEM alloy wheels. The word
"chrome" is not present.
Confused in Colorado.
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> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tyson Varosyan
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:35 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: OEM wheels flaking; bead leaks
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>
> 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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