Evening all
After three incident free months of Gransport ownership, I went out to the car a few weeks ago to find a badly deflated front tire. A check by the garage confirmed a crack in the inner rim, something I now understand to be depressingly common on these Trofeo alloys.
After some debate I elected to buy a fresh wheel from Maserati, which finally arrived a month later. This means two things:
1) I can't afford a holiday next year; and
2) I have a cracked but cosmetically fine Grigio Mercury Trofeo Alloy wheel in a box.
While I could stick it on eBay and see if anyone bites, I'm tempted to put it to good use and see if it can be repaired effectively by someone like this.
There are obviously conflicting opinions on whether repaired alloys are safe to use and so, in the interests of research, I'd be happy to have this wheel tested (to destruction if necessary) to see if repaired alloys can be relied upon. Short of attaching it to a car however, I'm not sure if this is possible.
So, I'd welcome thoughts from you all on what the best use of this wheel would be. P.s have already checked with the o/h and turning it into a coffee table is a non-starter...
After three incident free months of Gransport ownership, I went out to the car a few weeks ago to find a badly deflated front tire. A check by the garage confirmed a crack in the inner rim, something I now understand to be depressingly common on these Trofeo alloys.
After some debate I elected to buy a fresh wheel from Maserati, which finally arrived a month later. This means two things:
1) I can't afford a holiday next year; and
2) I have a cracked but cosmetically fine Grigio Mercury Trofeo Alloy wheel in a box.
While I could stick it on eBay and see if anyone bites, I'm tempted to put it to good use and see if it can be repaired effectively by someone like this.
There are obviously conflicting opinions on whether repaired alloys are safe to use and so, in the interests of research, I'd be happy to have this wheel tested (to destruction if necessary) to see if repaired alloys can be relied upon. Short of attaching it to a car however, I'm not sure if this is possible.
So, I'd welcome thoughts from you all on what the best use of this wheel would be. P.s have already checked with the o/h and turning it into a coffee table is a non-starter...