Help needed!!!

[disco bob]

Car went for mot today,failed on one thing the n/s front wheel is egged shaped,
Anybody got one sitting in there garage for sale in good condition or can someone recommend anywhere.
cheers disco.

[Tyre Smoke]

Can't help with the wheel, but didn't you notice?

To get it through the MOT, why not slap your space saver on?

That way you are okay road legal wise until you get another wheel. Let's face it, no plod is going to notice the wheel if you didn't.

[raceboy]

You shouldn't have too much trouble getting hold of a 15" front 5 spoke as a lot of people seem to be upgrading to bling bling rims, or 16's all round so there should be a few 15's knocking about, saying that I can't see any in the classifieds or on ebay at the moment

[wwesty]

raceboy said:

or 16's all round :

I was wondering about that.....has anyone actually done that - fitted standard 16's all round?? Main issue I have is that the front wheels look a little puny, so had been pondering whether that was simplest (and cheapest) fix.....

Anyone have any pics?

[raceboy]

wwesty said:

Anyone have any pics?

I know it's an S but......

[disco bob]

There must be someone out there who can help me.
Bellhill have quoted me £250 +vat for a refurbished one.
cheers bob.

[raceboy]

I would have expected a set of 4 for that
Have you had a look in the past few issues of Sprint, I'm sure I've seen a few sets for about that price in there.

[smedlen]

Have you tried www.douglasvalley.co.uk/ ?

[K4TRV]

disco bob said:

There must be someone out there who can help me. Bellhill have quoted me £250 +vat for a refurbished one. cheers bob.

Try this link to Ebay - 9 days to go:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9886&item=7934223841&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

You could "contact" the seller and "plead" !!

Trev McM

[cliff123]

How badly egged shaped is it? I believe it is actually possible to knock them back into shape if you know how. Who's doing the MOT? Have a word with your local garage and suggest it. Neighbour had the same problem six months ago after he thinks running into a pot hole in the road, which altered the shape of one wheel. His garage just knocked it back into shape in 5 minutes. The wheel is still round and working fine today.

[edward1]

Got the same problem with one of my rears, don't notice it when driving, but it was pointed out when having new tyre fitted. Picking up one from a breakers at the weekend for £150 (inc VAT). All the full sets either on here or ebay seem to go for anything between £300-£500.

My concern is that an egg shaped wheel will probably in the long term damage wheel bearings/diff/suspension bushes etc.

[my 350i]

Tyre Smoke said:

Can't help with the wheel, but didn't you notice? To get it through the MOT, why not slap your space saver on? That way you are okay road legal wise until you get another wheel. Let's face it, no plod is going to notice the wheel if you didn't.

I`m afraid that fitting the space saver is a it will still fail as all wheels on the same axle must be the same size and fitted with the same size tyres. Best bet just borrow one or two 15/16" wheels for the test, most later 4 stud ford wheels should do the job

[poorpeet]

do a search under alloy wheel repairs on Google.

[disco bob]

Having had a think about this it might be best for me to buy a set of four wheels and tyres as mine are looking tired so if anybody as got a set of 5 spokes or 7 for sale in good nick let me know.