In my opinion,a properly repaired wheel is no more dangerous that any other wheel. You can Google it and draw your own conclusions on how you feel about it. Personally, I will always get my wheels repaired.
My last wheel was the right rear. it was cracked in two spots... got it fixed and it lasted IDK 20 or 30 thousand miles before I bent the crap out of it in a construction zone and it couldn't be repaired... even did a track day on it... never thought twice about it. I don't remember how many miles were on the car then... that was like, two years ago.
This time it was the front left. It just started loosing air out of the blue. I finally got sick of filling it all the time and pulled it of to find the leak. After check the whole tread surface, it hit the lip and sure enough, I found the crack. I have 120K on the car now. I have no idea if I hit a pothole or what. The roads are pretty crappy around here so who knows...
The only symptoms will be leaking air. If you suspect a crack but can't find it, hit the back lip of the rim with some soapy water and you'll find it. The cracks will always be on the back lip.
When ever I take a rim to get fixed they tell me how crappy the BMW wheels are and how they are always fixing cracks in them. They said the 6 series wheels are the worst of all.
Here's a pic of the crack in mine...
And here is the same wheel fixed... it doesn't have to be pretty since it's on the back
Last edited by Sockethead; 09-26-2012 at 05:50 PM.
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