I am another one in the cracked rim crew. Never had any car with any alloy wheels fail in this way but the first wheel I cracked in October. Had the S85 since July. First tyre pressure warnings happened just after having new tyres fitted. Then it was ok for a while then it wasn't then it was. It was peculiar as the tyre would randomly hold pressure for a day of driving or it just wouldn't at all.
I suspect a second has just cracked in the last week as there was a mysterious bang a few days ago and now the tyre isn't holding pressure as well as it was. Noise happened in a slow moving traffic queue. Had the first one welded but it is an ugly looking weld. Repairer said they don't grind down the weld as that weakens the wheel even further. Managed to get a grey turbine from Ebay that looked new. That's been on a few weeks.
I'm looking at some el cheapo Wolfrace X10s as they're load rated and almost cheap enough to consider disposable as they're a fraction of the cost of continually buying used 21s.
The car display with all 4 tyre pressures is a blessing and a curse
I suspect a second has just cracked in the last week as there was a mysterious bang a few days ago and now the tyre isn't holding pressure as well as it was. Noise happened in a slow moving traffic queue. Had the first one welded but it is an ugly looking weld. Repairer said they don't grind down the weld as that weakens the wheel even further. Managed to get a grey turbine from Ebay that looked new. That's been on a few weeks.
I'm looking at some el cheapo Wolfrace X10s as they're load rated and almost cheap enough to consider disposable as they're a fraction of the cost of continually buying used 21s.
The car display with all 4 tyre pressures is a blessing and a curse