yow

I've got 18x8.5 repros of the 09 z spyder wheels up front. One has a slight bend where I must have hit something last summer. I can feel the vibration when I drive but it's not enough to really bother me. I'm pretty sure it was there before I did my first HPDE last year. Is it something I need to go get addressed before my next track days or is it a negligible issue?

Bad Karma

At a bare minimum, get the wheel rebalanced.

Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable with a bent rim on the track. Hit something wrong loose the seal between tire and wheel and you could be in a bad spot. If it happens when you are near other cars the situation just got a lot worse.

sothpaw2

I think it's enough of an issue for you to have it fixed. Last year, 3 days before an event, I found when having a tire mounted that 1 rim was bent enough that he couldn't get a good balance. I managed to have this rim fixed on a weekend locally.

bumble-z

Get it replaced or fixed, before the next event you go to.

Good luck.

AU N EGL

Corner workers / flaggers see a wobbles wheel they will Black Flag you

froggy47

If you feel it, then it needs repair. Get it straightened or replace.

John Shiels

Needs fixed or replaced. test it for cracks also.

Bakerking31

you can get someone local to recondition it, around here its generally about $150-200

JDIllon

It depends on how and where it is bent? If if can be balanced and there is no vibration and the tire holds air and the bead seals properly??? Then it may be OK? Have it checked by a good wheel shop and they should be able to tell you. Impossible to say without seeing the wheel. I have a bent CCW that I had checked by them and it works fine. JD

Dirty Howie

One of my fronts turned up bent right before a track day. They were able to balance it by spending some time moving the tire around. But after the first track day it was vibrating again because the tire moved under hard braking. Its been fixed now


DH

TB04TJ

I know that all repro wheels aren't of the same quality but I have seen two C6 repros break completely off the car at DEs. I have never seen the same from an OE wheel. I don't recall if the car had street tires or not. I know there are a ton of other factors that could have led up to the failure.
What's my point?
IMHO a repro wheel is risky at a DE, a bent one is a definite NO.

naschmitz

yow

I will go see about getting it fixed. But, I may be making more of it than I need to be. The shop was able to balance it well but you can see the bend at the inner lip of the rim so it peaked my interest. Sounds like I would probably be fine to leave it alone but I don't want 'probably' at a DE. I'll get it fixed!

THANKS!