ALLOYS

Anonymous · January 17, 2004, 19:46

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I noticed one of my alloys corroding, I went round to Mr T's today, they took one look and said, "Oh yes five spoke alloy, we'll have a replacement on wednesday".
Do I take it this is a common fault and can I expect more of the same??? s:?: :?: s:?:

Liz · January 17, 2004, 19:55

Lots of info about this on:

m http://www.mr2roc.org/viewtopic.php?t=1 ... ing+alloys m

Hope this helps with a common problem.

Anonymous · January 17, 2004, 20:16

One of mine has started to flake too... yet another thing on the list for them to fix!

Anonymous · January 17, 2004, 20:44

Quote from: "Liz"Lots of info about this on:

m http://www.mr2roc.org/viewtopic.php?t=1 ... ing+alloys m

Hope this helps with a common problem.

Thanks Liz.
I don't know if it's a help or a hinderance, I've just had the power steering pump changed and now the alloys are going, scanning this forum it looks like I may have a few problems with the Mr2 as I did with my Crapica (oops sorry Celica)

Anonymous · January 18, 2004, 00:24

I had a complete set changed after about 10 months from the car being new and now the second set are going as well after another 10 months s:cry: :cry: s:cry: Shoddy really as it seems to be common as said by others..

Anonymous · January 18, 2004, 00:38

Toyota reliability?

?

Liz · January 18, 2004, 03:59

Mine goes in soon for its power steering pump, before I completely go mad with it whining at me when I am sitting at traffic lights etc. I keep nudging the wheel just to make it shut up for 5 seconds!!

heathstimpson · January 18, 2004, 07:24

And the 03 light clusters seals go very quickly as well s:? :? s:?

Slacey · January 18, 2004, 10:51

I know you all hate me when I bring this up, but nothing really has gone wrong with my car... as for the alloys, they were used for 12 months and there isn't a single mark on them; they are being stored in a leaky garage and having looked at them a few days ago, they are still OK.

Anonymous · January 18, 2004, 11:58

Quote from: "Slacey"I know you all hate me when I bring this up, but nothing really has gone wrong with my car... as for the alloys, they were used for 12 months and there isn't a single mark on them; they are being stored in a leaky garage and having looked at them a few days ago, they are still OK.

Could be a static build up, road salt, electrolosis thingy.
Maybe thats where I'm going wrong, (leave them in the garage!) s:D

s:D

SteveJ · January 18, 2004, 12:09

Quote from: "Les"
Quote from: "Slacey"I know you all hate me when I bring this up, but nothing really has gone wrong with my car... as for the alloys, they were used for 12 months and there isn't a single mark on them; they are being stored in a leaky garage and having looked at them a few days ago, they are still OK.

Could be a static build up, road salt, electrolosis thingy.
Maybe thats where I'm going wrong, (leave them in the garage!) s:D s:D

The failure of the powder coat is due to hot particles coming from the brake pads damaging the lacquer - this then allow moisture to penetrate into the alluminium alloy below, which corrodes causing the blisters.

The wheels that are (were - not sure if they still are) being refurbed by Pristine near MK are getting a different coating which is more resistant to this kind of failure.

Anonymous · January 18, 2004, 16:10

Checked the other wheels today after washing, all the others are showing signs of corrosion!!!! s:x :x s:x s:x :x s:x s:x :x s:x

zud · January 18, 2004, 17:11

I've just had mine replaced, and MrT said they were new wheels rather than refurbs. But, they made me wait a couple of months for new stock which is supposed to have cured the bubbling problem.

I also mentioned the rusting calipers... and they agreed to paint them as well... they're now black and look great with the new wheels. A feather in the cap for T W Hawkins of Ewell (the dealer) and a very happy '2 owner (me) s:D

s:D

Anonymous · January 19, 2004, 10:13

N-i-iiiiiiiiice!

Sundance s8)

s8)

Anonymous · January 19, 2004, 12:05

On the issue of replacement alloys there was certainly the use of Pristine to refurb alloys due to the numbers and having used them personally they did do a good job.

However I was led to believe I was given a new set by the dealer although they could have been mistaken. They certainly came beautifully packed in big Toyota boxes and wrapped in tissue paper so might have been new.

A complete set of SSR's Type-Cs look more and more attractive once the warranty starts to run out ...

Anonymous · January 19, 2004, 13:45

When I had mine replaced last summer (just before warranty expiry), the replacements came with Japanese symbols printed on the inside edge of the rims; so either Pristine are doing this, or I got a brand new set.

markiii · January 19, 2004, 13:46

I think they have run out of stock in the Uk to refurb, so now when you have warranty work done they are new wheels.

dancarbon · January 29, 2004, 12:23

We had ours replaced last July, but when I was checking the wheels on wednesday (the brakes had rusted and locked tight whilst I was on holiday) I see that the new wheels had bubbled worse than the originals s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

Here we go again.

Anonymous · January 29, 2004, 14:35

I've had mine replaced twice.
Now that its out of warrenty I'm scared to look closely again! s:(

s:(

Anonymous · February 2, 2004, 21:47

So am I right in thinking the alloys are covered under warranty if the car is less than 3 years old? And if I take the car to my main dealer, they'll replace them asap?

Mine is is a 2001 model with 15" alloys on front and back (I think). I've heard the newer models have 16" on rear and 15" on front - would the dealer replace mine with 16"s on the rear?

Sorry for the newbie question - only got my '2 a couple of weeks ago..... but all four wheels have the blistering you all describe.

TIA

JG

aaronjb · February 2, 2004, 22:01

They should replace them, yes - you might have to do a little persuading, but it is something covered by the warranty.

They won't replace them with the 2003 sized wheels though, you'll get 15"s all round - I would imagine 16's on the rear would put your speedo out (as their rolling radius was designed to work with the 2003 models 6 speed gearbox)..

HTH,
Aaron

Anonymous · February 2, 2004, 22:16

Got ours going in shortly as the disks are yuck - locked up the other day - they blame it on keeping it garaged - and theres me thinking thats the best place for it.

Um - subtle hint, check out my avanta - mentioning no names s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Liz · February 3, 2004, 17:27

When my alloys were replaced, I tried my best girlie tricks to get a set of 16's for the back but they wouldn't play s:cry: :cry: s:cry:

Anonymous · February 10, 2004, 16:46

My car is booked in for it's 10k service on Friday and it's getting the alloys replaced for bubbling/corrosion after 10 months. Dealer (Arnold Clark - Aberdeen) not quibbling it at all and didn't look to surprised when he looked at the wheels yesterday.

I had stupidly managed to kerb one of the rear alloys a month ago as well and they're not quibbling the replacement of that wheel - so I suppose in one way this is really quite handy.. s:)

s:)

Anonymous · February 10, 2004, 20:08

I've now got my car booked in for 21st - dealer (Steven Eagell, Milton Keynes) didn't quibble either. They just checked them over and asked when I could bring it in.

Thanks for all the help above!

JG