Stone chips on wheels
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Stone chips on wheels
I have no idea how these even happen but I seem to have picked some up. Any idea what the best course of action is? Don't fancy a full refurb as unless you're ocd like me you can't really notice them but now I know they're there...
Rest of wheel is of course fine.
Rest of wheel is of course fine.
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
I don't know bit I've picked up a few recently. Maybe its the angle of the concave rotors making them a stone magnet.
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
Such a shame as you know how ocd I am - I know they're there now lol
Knew I shouldn't have detailed it today!
Knew I shouldn't have detailed it today!
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2017 BMW M4 Competition Pack - Mineral Grey - 530ps by bootmod3, JCWeldfab exhaust.
Previously:
Renault Megane R26 - Liquid Yellow - 275ps.
2015 Audi Exclusive RS4 B8 - Merlin Purple - JCWF Exhaust
2009 Audi RS6 C6 - Phantom Black - 730ps MRC Tuned
2008 Audi RS4 B7 - Phantom Black - 449ps MRC Tuned
2002 Peugeot 106 Gti - Mauritius blue - 430ps Home built.
Re: Stone chips on wheels
That the front right wheel? Possibly damage from oncoming cars?
The chip in the second pic, that side of the wheel spoke will be facing forward when the spoke is passing top dead centre, and it will do so at twice the speed the car is traveling.
So if you are driving at 60 mph, and a stone off an oncoming car driving at 60 mph hits the front face of the wheel spoke, the impact speed could easily be 180 mph+
The chip in the second pic, that side of the wheel spoke will be facing forward when the spoke is passing top dead centre, and it will do so at twice the speed the car is traveling.
So if you are driving at 60 mph, and a stone off an oncoming car driving at 60 mph hits the front face of the wheel spoke, the impact speed could easily be 180 mph+
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
Yeah Ian front drivers side. 260mph+ impact. Ouch
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Previously:
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2015 Audi Exclusive RS4 B8 - Merlin Purple - JCWF Exhaust
2009 Audi RS6 C6 - Phantom Black - 730ps MRC Tuned
2008 Audi RS4 B7 - Phantom Black - 449ps MRC Tuned
2002 Peugeot 106 Gti - Mauritius blue - 430ps Home built.
Re: Stone chips on wheels
Haha, I was gonna say, you don't drive 60 mph very often Ross....
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
Seriously clean wheels though Ross
Re: Stone chips on wheels
A common mis-conception.
If you drive into a wall at 40mph, you will do the same damage as if you have a head on collision at 40mph. It's all about Newton's 3rd law or something. Pretty interesting if you read up about it.
I need to go to specsavers though, I cannot see anything on those wheels! You must be looking through a microscope!
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
Read my post again! The whole post!MrHilario wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:41 amA common mis-conception.
If you drive into a wall at 40mph, you will do the same damage as if you have a head on collision at 40mph. It's all about Newton's 3rd law or something. Pretty interesting if you read up about it.
I need to go to specsavers though, I cannot see anything on those wheels! You must be looking through a microscope!
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I did I just couldn't be bothered to quote it all. Same logic applies, you don't just add up the speeds of the two projectiles, it doesn't work like that.
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Re: Stone chips on wheels
If the car is driving at 60 mph, the bottom of the wheel is traveling at 0 mph whilst the top of the wheel is traveling at 120 mph
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