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Have had a very slow leak for a couple weeks, filled twice and just got into shop to check. Turns out there is a crack in the rim. Got it 'patched' and holding air, but need to replace rim before it gets worse. Any advise on where to pick up a front rim, '04 Coupe model? Many thanks.
Someone is selling what they say is a brand new OEM wheel, not a reproduction (they do make those also), on EBay.
I spotted it while browsing around for parts. I bought a brand new factory OEM one for $469 a month or two ago, and thought I was lucky to find that price. This listing on ebay is for $225 and free shipping.
It's a really good price if it's a brand new OEM one. Based on the pictures, the packing materials looked identical to how my new wheel was packed when I got mine from a Chrysler dealer.
Better hurry if you're interested. There's only one left, there had been two.
Thanks for the information. I felt compelled to order one asap from a parts place I found online as I have to drive a good distance Fri. 12th and delivery is scheduled for Thur. 11th which seems incredibly quick! It can't be factory OEM as the price was around $170. incl. shipping but I showed the information to the mechanic and he thought it would be fine as the specs were all correct.
If properly drilled (to stop from cracking further) and welded then the inside painted with latex paint and many a race car has used that method. Does depend on where the crack is.
Here's why I replaced my front wheel. After I bought it, I found this funny crack on the rim while washing it. I couldn't understand why air wasn't leaking out.
I had bought the car from a Ford dealership, and part of the work they did when they got the car, was to replace the TPMS sensor in that exact wheel. That wheel also had the plastic wheel center cap that was gouged like someone used a can opener to remove it, and it also wasn't seated on the wheel properly (the only wheel of the four to be in that condition).
Somehow they managed to replace the TPMS sensor, and not notice the JB Weld right next to the valve stem area inside the rim. Giving them benefit of the doubt, maybe they only popped the tire part-way off the wheel, and replaced the TPMS, and never saw the patch on the inside of the rim.
Of course, the reason they were replacing the TPMS, apparently was because it was "missing"; which my tire guy found the old one rolling around inside the tire, since the plastic body was broken ! One would think if a Ford mechanic is replacing a bad sensor and it's just missing, they might think of looking inside the tire for it.
They messed up almost every single thing they did on that car to condition it for resale. I don't think I would ever take my Ford there for service, after seeing what they did on all the other work also.
Here's why I replaced my front wheel. After I bought it, I found this funny crack on the rim while washing it. I couldn't understand why air wasn't leaking out.
I had bought the car from a Ford dealership, and part of the work they did when they got the car, was to replace the TPMS sensor in that exact wheel. That wheel also had the plastic wheel center cap that was gouged like someone used a can opener to remove it, and it also wasn't seated on the wheel properly (the only wheel of the four to be in that condition).
Somehow they managed to replace the TPMS sensor, and not notice the JB Weld right next to the valve stem area inside the rim. Giving them benefit of the doubt, maybe they only popped the tire part-way off the wheel, and replaced the TPMS, and never saw the patch on the inside of the rim.
Of course, the reason they were replacing the TPMS, apparently was because it was "missing"; which my tire guy found the old one rolling around inside the tire, since the plastic body was broken ! One would think if a Ford mechanic is replacing a bad sensor and it's just missing, they might think of looking inside the tire for it.
They messed up almost every single thing they did on that car to condition it for resale. I don't think I would ever take my Ford there for service, after seeing what they did on all the other work also.
Many years ago I got a coupon for a 'FREE' oil change at a local Ford stealership. I took my 01 Ranger Edge there for that oil change. Watching them through the garage door window (it was cold and they had the door closed but there were oval glass portholes in the door) I saw the tech with a spray can spraying the underside front end including both sides at the wheels. After this 'free' oil change, I was presented with an estimate to 'replace' the lower front ball joints. Declining the 'work', I took the truck and pulled it to the curb away from the dealership parking lot traffic. Both lower ball joints were wet and the rubber was decomposing. Thanks for the 'free' oil change BUT I had to replace the lower ball joints. I decided (since the age and the miles on them) to replace both lowers and uppers with RA parts. Very low cost of the parts and my labor, was a good lesson to learn about THAT stealership. Sucks that shady workers and managers have to resort to generating their revenue by trashing a customers vehicle.
It happens, watch them like a hawk. You may not be able to prove it BUT you'll know where the damage came from. Be proactive, and watch your property. There are a few posts (one recently about many miles put on a members XF) about stealership employees taking customers cars out for joyrides (in the Takata airbag recall fiasco posts)!
Need new rim
Many years ago I got a coupon for a 'FREE' oil change at a local Ford stealership. I took my 01 Ranger Edge there for that oil change. Watching them through the garage door window (it was cold and they had the door closed but there were oval glass portholes in the door) I saw the tech with a spray can spraying the underside front end including both sides at the wheels. After this 'free' oil change, I was presented with an estimate to 'replace' the lower front ball joints. Declining the 'work', I took the truck and pulled it to the curb away from the dealership parking lot traffic. Both lower ball joints were wet and the rubber was decomposing. Thanks for the 'free' oil change BUT I had to replace the lower ball joints. I decided (since the age and the miles on them) to replace both lowers and uppers with RA parts. Very low cost of the parts and my labor, was a good lesson to learn about THAT stealership. Sucks that shady workers and managers have to resort to generating their revenue by trashing a customers vehicle. 
It happens, watch them like a hawk. You may not be able to prove it BUT you'll know where the damage came from. Be proactive, and watch your property. There are a few posts (one recently about many miles put on a members XF) about stealership employees taking customers cars out for joyrides (in the Takata airbag recall fiasco posts)!