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mikefocke · 08-10-2009, 02:23 PM

in repairing rims. Usually the damage was cosmetic and the sanding, filling and painting makes them good as new. Generally costs $100-150 per wheel.

What you are doing is different...structural. And those 18s you have are beautiful but they are the lightest wheels Porsche sells (assuming they are real P-car parts...do they have a Porsche part number stamped into them?). I doubt that they were damaged by tire installation, rather from some contact that resulted in tire damage and thus the need to replace the tires. Which raises the possible issue of alignment. Or other suspension damage. This is one of the risks of low profile tires...that the tire has less give ability in the difference between the road and the wheel and thus the tire can be more easily forced back applying pressure against the wheel. When you add in the material wheels are made when they are intended to be both wide and light and you have potential for damage. You said the car came from the north and that means potholes and increased possibility of damage...the smoother the roads the bigger the wheels can get.

I'd get it looked at by a pro that specializes in rebuilding wheels and has a history with Porsche wheels. I'd want the truest contact between wheel and tire I could have.

Hope everything else with the car is fine and you enjoy the heck out of your new toy.

08-10-2009, 02:23 PM	#12
mikefocke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sanford NC Posts: 2,576	There are shops that specialize in repairing rims. Usually the damage was cosmetic and the sanding, filling and painting makes them good as new. Generally costs $100-150 per wheel. What you are doing is different...structural. And those 18s you have are beautiful but they are the lightest wheels Porsche sells (assuming they are real P-car parts...do they have a Porsche part number stamped into them?). I doubt that they were damaged by tire installation, rather from some contact that resulted in tire damage and thus the need to replace the tires. Which raises the possible issue of alignment. Or other suspension damage. This is one of the risks of low profile tires...that the tire has less give ability in the difference between the road and the wheel and thus the tire can be more easily forced back applying pressure against the wheel. When you add in the material wheels are made when they are intended to be both wide and light and you have potential for damage. You said the car came from the north and that means potholes and increased possibility of damage...the smoother the roads the bigger the wheels can get. I'd get it looked at by a pro that specializes in rebuilding wheels and has a history with Porsche wheels. I'd want the truest contact between wheel and tire I could have. Hope everything else with the car is fine and you enjoy the heck out of your new toy.