Cracked rim on my 2000 saleen

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06-02-2011, 07:29 PM

nodger

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Cracked rim on my 2000 saleen

Any idea where I can find original saleen rims? All I can find is replicas.
Thanks for the help

06-11-2011, 02:02 PM

coderedsaleen

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Why don't you get your cracked rim welded? How bad is the crack? Do you have a pic?

08-10-2011, 01:39 PM

nodger

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its a pretty nice crack and it wraps around an entire spoke

08-10-2011, 05:53 PM

coderedsaleen

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That is not the one that is on eBay is it?

08-10-2011, 07:03 PM

Soldier GT

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Originally Posted by coderedsaleen

Why don't you get your cracked rim welded? How bad is the crack? Do you have a pic?

Never, ever get a cracked rim welded. Welds are meant to brake eventually. I don't care how good it's done. Would be a bad site on the interstate doing 70 + and the weld breaks..

08-10-2011, 07:18 PM

coderedsaleen

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Originally Posted by Soldier GT

Never, ever get a cracked rim welded. Welds are meant to brake eventually. I don't care how good it's done. Would be a bad site on the interstate doing 70 + and the weld breaks..

Depends where the crack is. I had my rims widened an inch and never had problem. I guess welding a nuclear pipe should never be done either? If the weld shop knows what they are doing you shouldn't have a problem. Welds are not meant to break, they are meant to hold and add to structural strength.