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Rusting white painted wheels?

Old Dec 2, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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Rusting white painted wheels?

We've had nothing but trouble since we replaced the front run flat tires. After the tech damaged the wheels and caused incessant leakage that I had to refill weekly they found the problem, filed it all down, added all kinds of sealer and it was OK for a while. Now it's losing 1 lb a day and the REAR wheels are doing likewise.

Has anyone has problems with the integrity of these white painted wheels?

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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by alohanorm
We've had nothing but trouble since we replaced the front run flat tires. After the tech damaged the wheels and caused incessant leakage that I had to refill weekly they found the problem, filed it all down, added all kinds of sealer and it was OK for a while. Now it's losing 1 lb a day and the REAR wheels are doing likewise.

Has anyone has problems with the integrity of these white painted wheels?

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Sounds to me like the tire shop should be calling your local MINI dealer and getting you a new a rim. I had a tire shop do this on my Pontiac and they bought me a new rim from the dealer. All it took was a loud nasty conversation in front of other customers.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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There's a whole set of 17" "S" lites complete with OEM Runflats for $250 from another member here in the classifieds section. Not bad at all for the price.
 
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