Wheels and Caps

[we350z]

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Steering wheel vibrates at certain speeds (60-75mph).

Please reference my original post.

Recently I was lucky enough to run over a screw with my brand new Toyo Proxes, fortunately Discount Tire plugs and patches for free ... unfortuantely the tech was able to EASILY scratch the clear coat and paint off of the rim (exposing bare aluminum) while removing it from the vehicle. This is not normal. Most rims are painted, but the paint SHOULD NOT just come right off. It looks like there is a VERY thin layer of clear coat on these rims. They managed to really goup on the paint though, I will post some more pics later of the overspray pooling. I may repaint them, I will probably apply 4 very thin layers. There are obvious quality contol issues with these rims.

I need to make sure the integrity of the rims are good. I should have done this up front, please do so if you decide to buy replicas. You should check the following:

Make sure you balance wheels PRIOR to mounting tires - that way if something is wrong you can return them (they do not accept returns on wheels that have been mounted - if you are really careful they probably wouldnt be able to tell)

- Check if you should need hub centric rings ('00-'06 is 72.56mm)
- Check centerbore is in spec on each wheel with digital caliper micrometer
- Check that rims are not bent (i had to send one back that was)
- Check that wheels are not out of round
- Check that centerbore and lug holes are centered on the rim