18" Performance Alloys (Buckled!?)

s200rey89

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Jan 21, 2016
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North East England
Howdy all,

Been a while, just thought I'd post up here to see if anybody has had the same issue(s) with there 18" Performance Alloys (Leon FR) - Just been in today to get some Michelin Pilot Sport 4's fitted to the rear (got 43,000 from the dreaded bridgestones!) and had all four wheels balanced whilst in.

@ ATS

Anyway, it appears, 3 of my wheels are buckled, 1 fairly badly on the inside of the alloy. I've had the car from new, and until today haven't felt a thing!? My last tyre change was at 18,000 miles when I binned the front bridgestones for Pilot Sport 4's and no issues were apparent then.

I went into my local SEAT with the invoice / sheet stating 3 wheels are buckled, just to see where I stood (2016 car) and they laughed, and said basically nothing they can / will do after the car is 3 months old or 1000 miles...

AWESOME. :wtf:

As stated above, can't feel anything regarding wheel wobble or anything like that, and ATS advised the two worse wheels (luckily both on the front axle) swap to the rear which would make less of an impact so had that done whilst it was in...

Anybody else come across this,

Again, car is 2016 Leon FR, with 43,000 miles.

Cheers
 

offshore

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Jan 31, 2018
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Thats interesting and worrying at the same time; I have just been looking at Leon FR advertised with performance 18 alloys.

Everything looked good about the car, but I was concerned about the possible firm ride. If they are prone to buckling that would be a big concern for somebody like me.

Thanks for the information; sorry you have this problem to contend with. Do you have any idea of the cost of replacing them with a standard wheel - if that is not a silly question.
 

offshore

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Jan 31, 2018
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Another really silly question- that exposes my complete ignorance.

Is it possible to just swap the 18 " alloy wheels on a FR for bog standard 16" wheels; or is it more complex than that?
 
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