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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 02:31 PM
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I was out of town this weekend and walked outside to my right rear tire basically flat. Pumped it back up and took it to a tire place thinking there was a hole somewhere in the tire. Turns out my wheel was cracked on the inside lip, about 1" long I'd guess going from where the tire meets the wheel inwards. Would I be better off getting a new wheel or trying to get it repaired? Based on where the crack is, I'm not sure what the better option is. They're stock Z06 Speedline wheels fwiw. I don't have any pics of it, sorry.
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Old Sep 14, 2017 | 03:37 PM
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Shop the classified section on here bud for a used one. One of mine on my current Z was bent just slightly and I bought a used replica that looked identical and was flawless for 75.00 shipped. No way can you tell it's a replica and I saved quite a bit of change.
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Bought a used oem speedline wheel and I'm going to see if I can get my cracked one repaired and keep it as a spare.
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