Keep a close eye on them.......








Not a mark on them, not even a scratch. Rim lip is perfect.

I emailed Konig directly, awaiting their reply:

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi, I'm the proud owner of a set of 4 Konig Helium 15" Bronze wheels.

The wheels are less than 1 year old with about 2500 miles on them. 1 of the spokes has a crack all the way around the spoke halfway between the hub and the outer edge of the rim. I am not sure if the crack has gone right through the spoke, or not. There was no contact with a curb, and not a scratch anywhere on the rim. I recently moved and lost my receipt. I paid $475 US for the rims. The shop I ordered them through says there is nothing they can do without a receipt, and they are in another City all-together.

What (if anything) can you do for me? I can provide pics if you like. I would hate to have an accident due to what appears to be a faulty rim.

Thank you,


A Very Satisfied and likely repeat customer.
</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

That suxors. Good luck on trying to get a new set out of them. Unless you have a reciept they are usually ******. Hope you get new rims. BTW any full pic of the rims? Good luck. Josh.

 

thats scary

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by civic_hatchback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That suxors. Good luck on trying to get a new set out of them. Unless you have a reciept they are usually ******. Hope you get new rims. BTW any full pic of the rims? Good luck. Josh.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, i have a bunch of others. Just wanted to show the damage here. The rim is absolutely perfect.

.........Aside from the obvious......

 

Well wherever you bought the rims from should be able to provide you with a copy of the receipt. If you paid with VISA or MasterCard. Thats BS if they can't provide you with a purchase receipt.

 

good luck with that.

did you hit any potholes or anything?

 

Nope. I hardly ever even drive the car. I just pulled it outta storage, and noticed this.

Sitting still for a couple months surely couldn't have caused this.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iLLestjr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well wherever you bought the rims from should be able to provide you with a copy of the receipt. If you paid with VISA or MasterCard. Thats BS if they can't provide you with a purchase receipt.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, I did use Paypal over the net. Maybe I can find something on my Paypal account.

 

let us knwo of the updates

 

DAmn, i've had my heliums for like 2 months... i hvae silver, i'm gonna check mine out soon, hope for no cracks! haha, good luck though..

 

ouch

 

Good luck. I hope Konig replaces one for you.

 

Paypal should have it all recorded for you.

 

damn that sux. ive heard a few horror stories about the heliums. i dont think they would be my choice of a rim

 

damn that sux

 

 

From what i remember these wheels are gravity cast. Sometimes an air pocket/bubble will become traped during the casting of the wheels. This seriously weakens the integrity of the wheel. I'm guessing there was a bubble where the wheel cracked. That being said this isn't something that only happens the the heliums, it happens with all wheels cast in this manner.

I have them on my hatch and they all seem fine. You may have just gotten a bad wheel (lets hope so anyway). Good luck and let us know when/if they respond

 

its in your paypal records man..they save every transaction..but thats krazy looks like its about to break off anytime soon

 

I used to own a set and never had a problem, but I have seen that happen to quite a few sets of heliums on tracked cars.

Hope Konig helps you out.

 

Interesting...hope that doesn't cause you to wreck.

 

damn, guess i'd better check them out on the wife's car... she's not too carefull of a driver, doesn't swerve to miss potholes or anything.. hope they are alright.

 

i sell these wheels, and am on my third set( I keep getting offers that I can't refuse). The second set i had for quite sometime and hit quite a few large potholes with no problems. I agree that it sounds like a isolated incident. I am sorry that there was a problem, I am sure that konig will help. If not contact me via pm and I will call them on your behalf.

 

oh man, gotta check mine every now and then. that sux man. did u hit a pothole or wat??

 

kineticgsr - Thanks, depending on their answer, I just may do that.

9!.t3g - Nope. Prolly the worst bump I ever hit was a slightly sunk sewer cover. (1/2-3/4 inch deep) If these rims can't handle that, then when I get the replacement, they are gone.

Still awaiting Konig's reply. (3 days now....)

 

any news????????????