How did you discover your wheels were bent? Was you vehicle in for service when they noticed it or was your vehicle vibrating while driven? TIA.

 

Could you please provide this forum with an update as to the status of this case? Your reply would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

Has anyone recently received any newly manufactured
GS Wheels from the fuctory in Mexico?

Or are they still all Backordered?

 

I called my dealer today and GS wheels are still unavailable with no ETA. I wouldn’t buy them for the $3900 that GM wants. I just think it’s odd that you can’t get them from GM, but House of Wheels seem to have a bunch for $1500 a set.

GM must want people to buy non-GM wheels so they can’t be blamed for their garbage. They would not warranty my 4 out of spec wheels and they cannot supply me with wheels to keep me on the road.

You can can read my tale of woes here:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-warranty.html

 

I purchased my GM OEM wheels for a forum member House of Wheel. They where $1200. less the getting them from the dealer.

 

Here is a list of forum members that have bent/cracked wheels that I’ve been working on.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1600184141

 

I had four bent wheels. I took it in the check the balance of my tires. I could feel a slight vibration. A few days later I recieved a phone call that I had a bent rim, four of them, They where not covered by my 3-36 bumper to bumper warranty.

 

Add me to the list. 3 cracked wheels. Went to replace the tires the end of September and discovered a cracked right rear. Went straight to the dealership with full expectations of being turned down. After a few days of back and forth with the dealership and Chevrolet customer care they ended it with the denial. They went to the pothole or racing excuses. I filed my complaint with the NHTSA. Ill contact the law firm. I don't expect much to come out of any of this. Ill be getting wheels from either Factory Reproductions or House of Wheels. Very frustrating. The service manager told me that he just went to a training class put on by Chevrolet and they were told that the cause may also be from cold weather. Whatever!!!! He also said that they told them that if they get any cracked rims in they are not covered and are not a defect. This without even looking at them??? WTF??? Mary Barra is an extreme disappointment. Electric and autonomous cars Mary? Really? And come on Tadge. Don't fall on the company sword. This is a problem that should have been vetted and not released to the public. Chevrolet needs to stand behind this issue before some one gets seriously injured or killed. Just my two cents worth of venting.

 

Too bad they didnt include paint lol. My wheels have 6k miles and look like someone took a sandblaster cannon to them. Wheels on my 2011 GMC terrain look like they just came from the factory.

 

Interesting. I have 9800 miles on mine and the wheels look pretty much pristine (painted silver)

 

Last week after months of trying to decide on a monoblock rims to purchase to replace my three bent chrome rims on my 16 zo6, I drove to a local rim repair shop and had my original rims repaired. Total cost, $450.
problem solved! No!
I was told that my 4th rim was not bent but the Michelin pilot SS run flat tire was defective and should be replaced somewhere down the road. Whoever thought owning a corvette would be such a headache?

$4000/7000 for new monoblock rims which I was told can bend, might bend, and do bend, just not as often as cast wheels.
or
$150 per wheel every season to repair any damaged crap rims from Chevy and keep driving on the super stiff pilot SS until they wear down.
or
Buy 4 new non run flat tires and avoid pot holes, nails, and road obstacles. Buy a tire plug kit and a electric pump.
or
buy 4 new Michelin a/s3+zp wheels which are about $100 cheaper per wheel over the Michelin pilot ss and ride better for those who do not track or race our cars.
or
Just buy a Ford?
Life is too short for all this bs!
lol

 

Whoever is telling you monoblock forged wheels are no better than the OEM cast ones is seriously misinformed. The wheels you had "repaired" won't last and will bend and and/or crack again, guaranteed. If you really want to fix the problem permanently, buy decent monoblocks for around $4k and switch to non-run flats like Continentals. No matter what you do the OEM's and any cast replacement or rotary forged wheels will just keep bending and cracking.

 

I have yet ot bend a rotary forged wheel on any of my cars, I've driven on them for over 4 years now with zero issues (HRE wheels)

 

HRE is certainly better quality that what GM equips the Vette's with so I'm going to assume that's a major factor, plus luck, that you haven't had any problems.

 

no luck to it at all, Rotary Forged wheels are considerably stronger than a pure cast wheel like GM used on the Z06, couple that with a design engineer who spec'd the wheel with a thinner casting in the bead area on the inside of the wheel and that is why you have wheels that are bending and cracking.

If someone wanted to pay a reputable shop you could have a ring welded right on the edge of the wheel where the lip turns over to the tire. It would reinforce the weaker area, but that would require some welding along with refinishing the wheel afterwards.

I kept my stock wheels for now with the MP Cup2 tires on them, I will use them for a road course or SCCA event, I roll around daily on my BC Forged wheels now.

 

Actually, the OEM wheels are not just cast, they are also rotary forged per GM's explanation but no matter what the case, the quality is poor - made either in China or Mexico. Here's a link to a very informative article on cast, rotary and monoblock wheels; https://www.auto-fanatic.com/uncateg...oblock%20wheel.

 

I have been rolling on rotary forged wheels since our 2016 Audi SQ5 (01/2016), I put my car thru their paces and havent had any issues with any rotary forged wheel. More than likely GM just spec'd the barrel and bead area too thin on the GS/Z06 wheels.

 

If that's your C6 that your talking about, the C7 wide body is different animal when it comes to the wheels. Same goes for the Audi but clearly we're agreed on the quality issue with GM and the C7 W/B wheels - they are inferior quality, whether or not it's a thickness issue is unknown. If that were the problem it would have been easy to modify the specs slightly but after 5 years of ignoring the problem, it's far more likely the cause is just plain cheap cost savings on GM's part.

 

I have a 19 C7Z now.

 

I have a 2019 GS and found a cracked rear wheel when doing my first tire change. Chevy denied a warranty claim at 22k miles. I gook it to BBB asking for a replacement set of wheels. The arbitrator gave me $425.00. Hell the damn dealer wants $850.00 per wheel so I rejected the offer.

Ill be joining whatever lawsuit gets Gms attention. And after 14 vettes in my lifetime...this will be the last one I purchase. I was going to get a C8 so your loss Chevrolet. Ford treats their customers better.