Looks like I need a new 15in Imola
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Whilst checking the Chim over after finding my knackered wheel bearing I've also found one of my front Imola's is badly buckled but for some reason you can't feel it through the steering wheel even though its wobbling all over! So took it to an alloy wheel repair place today and it turns out its buckled on the inside and outside edge so they can't straighten it, which means I now need to find a new wheel
Well I bought the brand new ebay one but it turned out to be an old wheel re-painted and was actually buckled worse than my original, luckily the seller was really good about it as he hadn't realised and was given it with his old Chim as new. I have taken my old wheel to 2 different repair places now and one said they can't do anything as there's a slight twist in the outer face, the second said they could improve it and once they straighten the inside it may bring the outside back inline but they'd probably have to put loads of heat in the outer face meaning it would need re-painting anyway. So still looking for a decent replacement but so far 15in imola's seem to buckle easily and its obviously hard to check when buying one without bolting it to a hub or wheel balancer and spinning it.
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