Took my RL7s off the 3dr today to clean them and found one of them to have 3 cracks on the rear outer edge !!!!!!!!! Please tell me it can be fixed !!!!! The pic i have taken shows where one of the cracks is !!

 

best off taking them to a wheel reconditoner

 

It's because they are 25% Mag mate, not best off as a road wheel, they WILL go time and time again now!

Sticky's are fucked from constant cracking/repairing, there is a guy called Ian that can repair them and does them for a lot of people AFAIK, someone on here will know who I mean and give you a number

IMO Lee it's time for a change and some CXN's with Black centre's on your car would be stunning!

 

mag wheels u got 2 love them! lol

not sure there is much that can be done!

 

CXNs would be nice lol

 

Ian of Ian Jemmison engineering - did some work on my brother's Magnesium wheels and has a great reputation.

Si

 

as SiB says, hes work is more motorsport quality though if im honest !

 

There not your RL7's.............There mine

 

btw my RL7s on the scoobie are fine btw pmsl

 

They will be goin in the bin soon i tell ya !!!!!

 

BUY a set of these, look great on 3drs imo...

 

was just thinking about a set of those lol

 

Bin them...

 

glad i dont own mags anymore tbh.i never had a prob but maybe they were on their way.in fairness i was on 16's with a bit more cushioning from the thicker walled tyre.

 

Where is the best place then for me to have them sorted. My mate recons he can weld them no probs he has welding sticks that are a high mag content, but i have been told they might start leaking air !!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP

 

a mate welded my rl7's. you need to get the person who welds them to grind the cracks out so there really big then weld then VERY hot or they will crack again. mine have been fine for 6000 miles

 

better still sell them to me for scrap value

 

might as well get your mate to do them, whats the worse that can heppen... they will need doing again. as i said make sure he grinds the cracks out a good 4mm wide & weld them very hot. cant see why they would go down when done

 

might just give them a go then

 

i was another that suffered the dredded RL7 cracking issue.

over the course of 3 ish years each wheel must have been welded about 6 times.

in the end i had enough of it - shame as they were/are one of the best looking wheels out there!!

 

My good old 205 GTi spec RL7's are fine being all ally

 

That's him Si, speak to this guy Lee!

 

Gunna call the guy now mate fingers crossed hey lol

 

I had mine welded a while back, they deffo need to have the crack ground out and re-filled.

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Exactly what mine have done mate. I must have at least 5 repairs in each wheel at the moment. They are holding air at the moment, but those wheels are on borrowed time....

Such a shame as there a nice wheel.

 

Wel I have now had chance to look at all the wheels and its not quite as bad as i first thought!!!!!!! Its only two of the four that are cracked (at the mo LOL) so those two will be sent off soon. Got a show this weekend as well, hope i dont like Dans white old skool MOs that he is lending me too much or i will be making him an offer lol