New harder Wheels

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Bushy
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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by Bushy » Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:57 am

You must have hit something hard, thats the first time i heard of bent suspension

Anyone else experienced this?
Can't beat a bit of boost!

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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by rblanford » Sat Feb 01, 2003 2:36 pm

Would love to say it happened popping out of the Karusel at 60mph plus but was actually caused by graceful slide in icy car park while avoiding another sliding car. Have to say there was a small amount of wheel/kerb contact but could not have been at more than 10mph.

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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by dog » Thu Feb 06, 2003 6:02 am

What did exactly bend?

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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by jonp » Thu Feb 06, 2003 1:49 pm

Have my new hard wheels at the moment and am very pleased after 3 weeks - I've usually bent some by then! The old wheels that were taken off by ATS seem to have mysteriously dissapeared! Not that I'd ever want a spare set for a track day.

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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by PaulR » Thu Feb 06, 2003 8:34 pm

I must say it's nice to read something positive about the wheels. I waited over a month when I bought my car because I was determined not to buy one with the originals. I now appreciate how easy it is to kerb them with such low profile tyres, and hence the attraction of the lifetime warranty. But it's got to be more useable day to day without the hassle of having to get replacements. Well that's my view & I'm sticking to it (for now!)

...Paul.

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Re: New harder Wheels

Post by rblanford » Sun Feb 09, 2003 4:31 pm

Damage was new lower rear wishbone. Kim at Quattrosports has a couple of crashed/recovered ones and put an undamaged one on, bill was under £200, dealer quote was £600.

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