To make the long story short. I bought Enkei RP03 from discount tire about 6 months ago. 19 by 8.5 front and 19 by 10 in the rears. Everything went swell til about a month ago when I noticed my front passenger tire lost about 10psi. Just aired it back up and about two weeks later the same happened. I was certain there was a leak in the tire so I took it in. After having discount take a look at my tire, they tell me there is a slight bent on the inner wall of my passenger wheel. Anyway they just patch it up with some weird sticky black solution. Since then I haven't noticed any leaks. My question is can the wheel be fixed back to its original shape? or do I need to buy another? If so anyone have any suggestions on where to go? I was told it is unsafe attempt to repair a forged wheel, is this so?

 

-yes they can be fixed back to original shape
-I have used wheels america (FixRim.com) with good results
- your wheels are not forged so no worries

 

I'll definetly give them a call first thing tomorrow,
How long did it take them to fix your wheel??

 

check their site... they have a 24 hr turn around. I actually have a wheel to send out tomorrow for them to fix. Flat rate of $129. Not sure where you are from; you may be near by me (Farmington, MN?)?? I send mine down to Arlington Heights, IL. Shipping is about 3 days via fedex/ups

 

i had enkei's also on my other car and they are known to bend. i had 2 bents on my lips part. good rims but not good enough

 

That's what I heard too. But that wasn't after purchased them. I heard the RPF1 have a real tendency to break easy too. I think its the race series wheels that end easily. They're light but I had known they were gonna bend easy I would have went with some tsw and save me a grand!

 

Right by my place. They do good work.

 

really? There are cheap enkei wheels, but wheels like their RPF1's, the NT03+M, and the new GTC01 have good reps from what I have read. They are widely used in racing.

A 5 spoke design like the RP03 is susceptible to bending do to the distance between the spokes.

 

rpf1s have a forged barrel not sure about the rp03. all wheels bend. i slightly bent my first set of LE37Ts back in 02 and never hit a thing.

 

ive seen about 2-3 rpf1's bend from hard track use. Im running NT03's with 2 track events and 1 drift under my belt so far so good *knocks on wood*

 

Hey I have to jump in here about the RPF1 Enkei wheels. We have had them on our SCCA T-2 car for 3 years. We race the car hard as proven by several track records in Northeast and Southeast divisions. We had trouble two times but only because we were hit right on the wheel. Any wheels would have broken under those hard impacts.

The number one cause of wheel bending or breaking is hitting curbs and potholes. Especially with very low profile tires which wont take much of the impact. If you have a problem with an Enkei wheel I suggest you call the distributor in Texas and see what they will do for you.