Originally Posted by
RED DOG
I agree that the wheel shop probably damaged her wheel. If it wasn't leaking air before she took it in then they are the ones that cracked the wheel. Also that "new" wheel is not OEM . . . it's a "replica" wheel. Might be just as good as OEM but I don't know and I wouldn't buy it.
Yea, didn't think of that, made in China, not Poland ........
Maybe you should go with car-part.com and get a good used one .......
( I see several in Florida, closest one seems to be Vero Beach )
CAUTION : most of these wheels will have some damage, and some may be bent !!!!!!
It's hard to tell from a visual inspection if a wheel is slightly bent or not.
Best you can do is place it face down on a known flat surface and see if there are any gaps, then flip it over and repeat inspection.