Rims do not hold air!! WT*

Radial GT1 · Post by **Radial GT1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:10 am

My 93 SS rims do not hold air for crap. The tires are brand new, I have had them remounted twice and they still go flat? Anyone else have this problem?

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:27 am

All of them? Alloy does degrade over, time and is always semi-permeable, but all four would be strange even if it were caused by damage.

Did they replace the valve stems? A lot of times reused shitty valve stems (or even new shit ones) leak. I always use the metal ones and never have any problems. My car's been sitting over a year and still has enough air to get safely to a gas station for a refill.

ivwarrior · Post by **ivwarrior** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:01 am

Get a spray bottle, fill it with water and a little (few drops or so) dish soap. Spray the entire tire, including the bead area, and the valve stem. (take the cap off) Watch for the bubbles to point out the leak.

I've seen lots of alloys corrode in the bead area giving slow leaks. It can be cleaned up, and the leaks will stop, but not all places give a crap enough to actually do it when mounting new tires.

Radial GT1 · Post by **Radial GT1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:01 am

They have not replaced the valve stems. I was back there when they remounted them, and they did grind on the mounting areas. 3 of the 4 of them leak. They go almost flat in the matter of about a little over a week. I am a gas station regular for free air.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:08 am

Cracks? Bends? Anything?

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:46 pm

Why didn't they replace the valve stems?

That's the most likely suspect in my mind.

Radial GT1 · Post by **Radial GT1** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:40 am

IronMonkeyL255 wrote:Why didn't they replace the valve stems?

That's the most likely suspect in my mind.

Becuase the tires plus here in town are cheep bastards or something.

I think that 2 of them where bent a bit. They seemed to have a tough time balancing them if I remember right. I just repained them before I learned they where bent, so I am going to try the valve stems when I get back into town before I pitch them.

Unless someone has got a good set of rims off something that looks good...

HellBinder · Post by **HellBinder** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:08 am

go to a different tire shop.

Radial GT1 · Post by **Radial GT1** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:57 am

Good call on that^

I am in Iraq right now, it can picture my car at the base right now. 3 flat tires. I will be taking care of that when I get home.

Valve stems are the first thing. Thanks!

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Rims do not hold air!! WT*

Rims do not hold air!! WT*