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#49801 - 02/25/10 05:01 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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those actually look really good on your car shane!!
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#49802 - 02/25/10 05:55 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Those rims aren't bad looking on gps.
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#49803 - 02/25/10 07:41 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Yours are just a bit different then mine, Mine actually have a sphere in the middle yours is flat (or somewhat flat) and has AR logo weird. I'd get some chrome lugs and valve stem as well to finish em.
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#49804 - 02/25/10 07:50 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Sadly the two worse tires hold air and the two new ones don't . I filled em up all 4 and than washed them at home and where the rim and tire meets there were air bubbles being forced out and it's loud enough to hear. Is there an at home fix or is goin to a tire shop my only option
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#49805 - 02/25/10 08:24 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Tire shop. Hope the rims aren't bent.
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#49806 - 02/25/10 08:33 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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If you have a compressor, you could let all air out.Use a board or something that sits on tire right where it is leaking. Stand on it so you make some gap where between the rim & tire. Mix a little water & shampoo (slippery yet will not harm rim or tire) together and spray it in the gap. Air tires back up to max PSI on side wall to help seat the bead. While it is airing up, use a rubber mallet and beat on tire where it is leaking to help it seat.

If it was me, I would take them back to installer. Either they took a chuck of bead out when they installed them, or there is crap left on the rims from the last tires, which you probably would have noticed. I would bet it is the first. I would mark the tire where it is leaking with a grease pencil or chalk and tell the shop manager that you would like to see the tire when they break the bead (squeeze tire till it comes off rim edge) I've seen plenty of new guys ruin the bead of a high performance stiff low profile tire while installing.

Check date on old tires. I looked up Michelin Pilots and found none made today that matched your tread design.

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoSidewall.do
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#49807 - 02/25/10 09:06 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Chevman your awesome. I'm bringing them to a shop tomorrow to get them taken off and fixed. I think it's cause two of them had stuff siting on them in his shed . They were all flat and had to be pumped up and just my luck the two good ones failed. I'll let you all know the results tomorrow and hopefully I'll be running all 4 tires not2 !!!
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#49808 - 02/25/10 09:43 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Probably just need the inside of the rim cleaned up and put some sealing goo in there. Either that or it's bent, hence why you maybe got 'em so cheap.
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#49809 - 02/25/10 10:22 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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The rims themselves, minus SOME chrome peeling on the inside and just some wear (they're going on a few years old + being stored in a bad shed) they look fine. Curb rash a bit but nothing TOO major. I better not be told that its bent , or this guys gonna hear from me.
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#49810 - 02/25/10 10:44 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Originally posted by 01GTshaner:
The rims themselves, minus SOME chrome peeling on the inside and just some wear (they're going on a few years old + being stored in a bad shed) they look fine. Curb rash a bit but nothing TOO major. I better not be told that its bent , or this guys gonna hear from me.
Best of luck, hope they arn't bent. I had a bit of leaking on my 18's awhile back, you could hear the air on mine as well. They ended up fixing it by putting something in their to seal it. This is probably common on Casinos so I wouldn't sweat it. Had something to do with just a bit of corrosion or something.



It's weird how yours differ from mine.
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#49811 - 02/25/10 10:51 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Ya that sounds like mine man. Meh. I'll keep GPN posted.
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#49812 - 02/25/10 10:52 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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ben, his are probably an older version, while yours are fairly new.
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#49813 - 02/25/10 10:54 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Ben you have the newer 07+ center caps, his are the pre 07 caps.
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#49814 - 02/25/10 10:55 PM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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I'm digging the center piece more on those older styles then the ones that are on mine.
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#49815 - 02/26/10 02:21 AM Re: Rims Mounted + Photos (56K)
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Quote:
Originally posted by 01GTshaner:
Chevman your awesome.
That's what my wife says 4 times a year. LOL

Working in a shop for 5 years that did mostly tire installs and suspension work was great education.
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