Soldato
My tyres are leaking air fairly rapidly, and always have done. Since my car has been "in use" (by which I mean sitting on the drive other than a few 10 mile journeys) it's lost 13psi (down to 22) in the front driver side and about 6 each in the rears, in 2 weeks. Refilling the air every 2 weeks is a pain in the bum and losing that much pressure in 2 weeks without much driving is a bit concerning! This has happened on the rears since I've had the car years ago, over multiple tyres, but the front is a new thing. Upon closer inspection there appear to be little cracks or fractures in the wheel, on all wheels. The car had a mega inspection last week were comments were made on the tread of the tyres and no mention was made of finding a nail or anything (and I can't see anything either). The wheels are in overall poor or very poor condition:
Will a wheel refurb fix the leaky air issue and cracks?
If I get second hand replacement wheels do I run the risk of the same issues either now or somepoint down the line?
If the above are not options where are some good wheel shops online? Most of the aftermarket wheels I find look naff. A Google image search for "E46 aftermarket wheels" returns a depressing array of chavvy looking cars. I can't really think of any from a skim of a few shops that would look OK.
It's a 2003 BMW 330ci, with MV1's which are 18" x 8" and 18"x 8.5" at the front and rear respectively. I am not looking to for larger, or wider, or stanced or stretched wheels/tyres.
Will a wheel refurb fix the leaky air issue and cracks?
If I get second hand replacement wheels do I run the risk of the same issues either now or somepoint down the line?
If the above are not options where are some good wheel shops online? Most of the aftermarket wheels I find look naff. A Google image search for "E46 aftermarket wheels" returns a depressing array of chavvy looking cars. I can't really think of any from a skim of a few shops that would look OK.
It's a 2003 BMW 330ci, with MV1's which are 18" x 8" and 18"x 8.5" at the front and rear respectively. I am not looking to for larger, or wider, or stanced or stretched wheels/tyres.