So anyway I put my rota c8s on since winter is nearly over. Anyway all is well, I put three rims on and the last one is the drivers side. I put it on and for some reason, it just wont sit flush. Theres just this little tiny angle so that the back of the rim where it sits against the rotor, it kinda pops out a little bit on one side. It was late and I needed to drive 40 miles back to my apartment. Anyway on the highway I got some weird vibrations coming from the driver's side and I assume its the rim.

SOOO I take it off the next day and look at it. It seems like where the rim sits against the rotor, it looks as if its been worn down in a crooked fashion. I dont know how this happened because I took these rims off before winter. Anyway this rim before winter was on the right rear side of the car. What does this mean?

Am I basically screwed??? Do I need a new rim?? I will post pics in a sec

but any help is appreciated, just hope its nothing bad though I have a feeling its gonna be bad:mfrown:

here are some pics to explain

note here, the very left side is alot thinner than the very right side.


left side, thin


right side, the back is thicker


here are some pics of the rim sitting crooked

notice how small the gap is between the rim and the rotor


so Ill turn the rim 180 and now look at the gap


again any help much appreciated


Modified by si death at 8:45 AM 3/7/2006

 

man no one??? so is this normal???

 

if there is a gap between the rotor a wheel, you need to stop using them immediately. if the faces aren't sitting flush you're putting undue stress on the lug studs, which will cause them to fail. that could get ugly.

i'm not sure what the cause of your wheel being jacked up is, but i'd take more/better pictures (i couldn't really see what you were saying), write a nice letter to rota, and hope they send you a new wheel.

i'd also probably replace the lug studs because they are likely weakened at this point.

 

updated with pics showing problem area

 

word... doesn't really look like you wore that down by driving on it. loost like it was cast that way (defective)... as i said, write a letter to rota with pictures.

 

Dayum. With multiple reports of Rota C8s breaking, and now this... looks like I'll never buy them. Too bad, because they're the sickest looking wheel out there.