Hi - three out of four wheels are losing air. My local tyre shop are quoting c£125 - £150 to repair the rims so they don't leak anymore.

 

It got me thinking, maybe its better to buy replacement used wheels so had a look on ebay - but they could leak or leak soon and not convinced that is a good way to go.

 

New - where do people recommend? I currently have 15" wheels and they seem fine. Not looking for anything trendy/expensive, its a diesel family car

 

Thanks

Rim seal type puncture should cost about the same as a normal puncture. £15.00 to £25.00 per wheel.

Just take the tyre off. Clean/wire brush the old flaky paint off. Respray with a can of spray paint.

You can buy cans of paint for alloys. You are only painting the inside rim so you don't see this.

I find two coats work fine. Let the paint dry and then refit the tyres.

Don't waste your money on new/ebay wheels.

 

Thanks AG Falco

Thanks for the information - looks like my local tyre place are quoting over the odds so will shop around.

 

If I can get them to just take the tyres off so I can do the work myself, do I not need to clean, remove flaky paint, prime, paint and lacquer or is the primer and lacquer not required because that part of the wheel is not exposed as cover by the tyre?

 

 

I got my Octavia Scout wheels stripped and painted anthracite by a local business for about 90 pounds per wheel. They had had the problem of the laquer/clear coat failing and the alloy corroding. The paint seems thick, the tyres don't leak anymore. The fine line (diamond cut?) on the spokes are no longer vsible, but there is no corrosion so far (1 year).

I think they are quoting for a complete referb of the wheels.

If you want your wheels to look like new then that is what you would expect to pay.

 

If you just want no rim seal punctures then do as I suggested above.

The seal between the tyre and wheel is just a push fit.

Both surfaces need to be clean and flat.

 

So take the tyre off.

Clean all of the loose/flaky paint from the inside of the wheel where the tyre fits. The bead area.

Using a wire brush and plenty of elbow grease helps.

Respray the bead area with paint. I find two coats work. Paint like this:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Auto-Inpart-Metallic-Silver-resistant/dp/B0079YLL6M/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1545988938&sr=8-10&keywords=alloy+wheel+paint+can

 

Allow the paint to dry the refit the tyres using tyre paste that helps to seal the bead not just the lubricant type:-

https://www.tyrebaydirect.com/product/rim-seal-5kg/

Don't waste your time/money on the black bead sealer as this is just covering the problem up.

 

Thanks AG Falco

Thanks AG Falco

 

I agree with you, £90 per wheel must be a complete refurb and my car does not receive that much love, its more of a workhorse.

 

I guess I will need to put the car on axle stands - does anyone have any diagrams showing where the stands should go? Thanks

 

On 27/12/2018 at 21:13, Cyrill said:

Hi - three out of four wheels are losing air. My local tyre shop are quoting c£125 - £150 to repair the rims so they don't leak anymore.

 

It got me thinking, maybe its better to buy replacement used wheels so had a look on ebay - but they could leak or leak soon and not convinced that is a good way to go.

 

New - where do people recommend? I currently have 15" wheels and they seem fine. Not looking for anything trendy/expensive, its a diesel family car

 

Thanks

 

 

Ive experienced this ..... I went to my local tyre place (when having 4 new tyres fitted) they wire brushed the inner edges of rim where the tyre sits and the hole for the valve.  They then painted something on with a brush prior to refitting tyres at an additional cost of £20 for all 4 (excluding the normal tyre fitting cost of £15 per wheel) ....

 

They never leaked again 

 

 

Probably just used some bead paste.