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Me to I will be speaking to the manager at myalloys about this

i have had 2 sets of these wheels do that and they were in the normal factory paint , i have also checked other wrxs with these on and you can see signs of cracks apearing , i dont think it has anything to do with powdercoating , i think the wheels are just weak. and with a few years of abuse they just fail ! we do loads of powdercoating and never had a problem , id emagine they were cracked before and the powdercoat had just hidden the obvious signs .


mags

Well these have been fitted for a few years and they get lots of abuse ! :)

I think the problem is you are trusting that the ones doing the coating are doing it properly and that your wheels are mint in the first place. Any weaknesses are going to be exacerbated by the powdercoating process. If you buy them second hand even worse, as you have no idea of the wheels history.

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Love the fact its got eqc advertising at top of the page LOL:)

Unless those tyres are new, they`re insanely clean :lol1:

Really, there's many threads all over the web about this powdercoating problem, including a few linked in this thread.

I haven't seen any web stuff on WRX alloys letting go like this, have you any info/links?

use for the other 3 wheels . . . . .

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Not new, use degreaser :)

Cool :thumb:

New :lol1: Can't you see the tide mark half down the wall :lol1:

;) hence the abuse the wheels have taken :)

:thumb: Good man.

Keep checkin' 'em ;)

This is not a new problem,in the nineties there were a spate of motorbike accidents caused by powdercoated wheels. I think the more light weight the wheel the more likely they are to crack after coating.
My wheel man paints them after filling & reshaping any scuffs & they always come up like new.

Anyone wanna buy a set of newly refurbished newage alloys!!! Lol

i have no info , but every thread that has been on here for wheels failing has been the wrx wheels , i have see 2 cases , and inspected others and found cracks so it cant just be a co incidence .

i will ask my powdercoater and see if he has had any issues ? and ill report back :thumb:

mags

are you confusing these with the lightweight "magnesium" wheels that broke??
had nothing to do with powder coating

Only a muppet would PC a cracked alloy...

And high quality lightweight wheels are MORE likely to survive the process, IMHO.

It's how you heat and cool the alloy that alters it's metallic structure not the amount of heat used.

dunx

Sorry for the off topic reply to this thread but..

The Inovit Redlines I've just bought, will they come with nuts and/or will my original nuts be ok to use?

Cheers

I'd get some slimline nuts as the shafts are very thin and get fubard by sockets :)

did you buy new ??

Yep, bought them from Turriff Tyres (premier_wheels - eBay). Only now I'm wondering if you could have done me a better deal. Sorry mate, I should have msg'd you.

Arrived today and had 22 nuts included.

Just put them on in the dark with a torch in my mouth. Got too excited to wait for the weekend. Very happy with them. Slightly harder ride and slight change in steering feel.

Damage to car. Any ideas on cost of repair? New wing? The inner liner has detached also. Cheers
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Pretty much what happened to mine. With a bit of body English and a lump hammer behind a board I flatted out the creasing in the rear of the wing and then filled and sprayed.

Other thing is finding a breaker to sell you a same colour used wing - bolt off, bolt on :)

Really good idea on looking at breakers. Theres an offside on ebay in the right colour but I need a near side.

A breaker's wing usu costs ~£35

24/7 spares are good. Wanted ad here etc

They look like my old wheels when I had a accident and ping ponged down a hill bouncing off the kerbs, I hope no one was stupid enough to buy them and try and repair them to make a quick buck!

thats cool bud lol i was gona say if you bought new they come with nuts :thumb:

what happened to the wing ?

Really want to powder coat my wheels but reading this has worried me a bit
I have newage sti wheels ??

The wing got clattered by the wheel on its way off. It's creased it and taken some paint off. Got a couple of scuffs on the rear bumper so will send it to the body shop and get it all sorted. Thinking of a high level spoiler at the same time also.