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kwack 19 December 2000 09:07 AM

Just had a new set of Goodyear F1 fitted at WTS all in £347, found out that the two rear wheels were slightly buckled.

Does anyone know whether they can be trued or do I need new wheels. If they can be trued, does anyoen know of a wheel specialist in the Herts area

Cheers

Nigel

Pete Croney 19 December 2000 09:29 AM

Nigel

We've never known one of these to buckle and they are substantially stronger than many of the alternatives. At last years RAC, a friend buckled all four wheels (not MiMs) when we blasted 3 miles of forest track up to a stage carpark. The MiM shod cars were fine.

I'm sure they can be true'd but I would get a second check done first. It is difficult to fit a 215/40 and it maybe that the tyre is not sitting correctly on the rims.

TonyBurns 19 December 2000 03:30 PM

I can agree with Pete on how difficult it is to fit 215 40's, took 2 guys to get the tyre on the alloy!!

Tony

kwack 19 December 2000 03:44 PM

Thanks for the advice guys, I will get the two wheels fitted elsewhere and see whether this solves it. The tyre fitter at WTS pointed the buckle out and said that this was a common problem with 17" wheels due to the low profile of the tyres fitter.

Anyway I will try again and see what happens


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