So I am driving along the road and I hear a very odd grinding noise. I pulled over and 2 of my spokes on my Kineses F110 wheel are cracked all the way through the spokes! I was amazed as I thought these were bullet proof strong wheels! So I have the car flat bedded away to a near by shop. The tire guy comes back to me and says that they have been welded up recently! I just bought these a month ago from a forum member online that told me they were "just re-painted because of some minor scratches." I am pretty pissed at this point for not only being f*cked over for buying welded up wheels but this could have killed myself or others on the road!!! Imagine if I was driving the car hard and it busted completely!
You can see the welds on the back side were the cracks are if you look closely. Come to find out these wheels were bought from a major Porsche wheel company online, welded up, painted over, and re-sold!
You can see the spokes have been welded up and painted over:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...78/photo61.jpg
Let me know what you guys think....
The danger of buying used wheels, buyer beware!
03-22-2011, 09:48 PM
