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Old 08-19-2019, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TiAgX5 View Post
If the wheel has a figure 8 and/or hop, it can be mounted on a lathe (face toward chuck), the wheel is manipulated until the barrel side indicates within a few thousandths of an inch, then a skim cut is taken on the hub mounting surface.

Bingo, figure 8/hop fixed. All for ~ $125 to $150.
Man. You give me hope. I will be calling the shops around and get all my rims fixed one go. Why am I doing this, when looking for an x5m? I don’t know. Either my wife or someone is going to get a nice old e53. Lol.
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