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and fuchs deform, they don't crack
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Here is one that will dampen that rumor. Could be a repo, but fuch's still crack regardless. |
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oh, SCHITT.
Clearly fakes....(just kidding.)
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I doubt that is a forged wheel.
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if you magnify the pic, it looks like it has a raised lip like a steel wheel.
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Fuchs fatigue crack around bolt holes, the grain pattern of the break looks like cast aluminum, besides if the crack did result in a break it wouldn't shatter the entire center like the picture shows. Forged aluminum is ductile and this was a brittle failure.
Like John Walker noted: steel rim!
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Could be a 17" Fuchs made from a 16X6 rim.
I can see how it would catastrophically fail, being subjected to loads far exceeding what a 16X6 would see, plus after being welded, and being so many years old. |
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05-30-2011, 12:36 PM
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I sent an email to the editor....maybe they will respond.
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Da cab
