19 Z06 cracked rims
08-18-2022, 06:01 PM
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3+ years, 15k miles, zero problems
08-19-2022, 08:31 AM
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23k miles on my 2019 that I bought brand new almost 4 years ago and the passenger rear is cracked. I’m waiting on a set of Forged One Monoblock wheels from TireRack to end the problem completely.
08-19-2022, 12:07 PM
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I must be in the minority when it comes to wheel cracks. I heard all the horror stories about the stock wheels cracking so when I had the opportunity to "upgrade" to some forged aftermarket wheels for a good price, I took it. I had about 11k on the stock wheels when I put the aftermarket wheels on my '19 Z. I got another 11k down the road when I cracked the left rear aftermarket wheel. I went back to the stock wheels and I've got another 10k with them, and no problems (knock on wood). All told, I've got about 21k on the stock wheels and the "stronger" aftermarket ones barely lasted me 11k.
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08-26-2022, 02:07 PM
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08-26-2022, 02:58 PM
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08-26-2022, 04:22 PM
#27
is this just a 19 issue? Or I'd imagine this spans across all C7Z06 wheels? I'm losing PSI slowly in my left rear and thought about this. Need to pull it off and see. Can't one just have a wheel repair company repair the crack? Or is this not a solution due to the metal / casting process?
08-26-2022, 05:00 PM
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is this just a 19 issue? Or I'd imagine this spans across all C7Z06 wheels? I'm losing PSI slowly in my left rear and thought about this. Need to pull it off and see. Can't one just have a wheel repair company repair the crack? Or is this not a solution due to the metal / casting process?
If you happen to know someone who works on race motors and is familiar with welding damaged aluminum heads he can probably weld it properly.
08-26-2022, 05:38 PM
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Sounding like a broken record...there is no engineering process for "flow forging". The proper term for these wheels is injection molded, which is a method of casting. The result are wheels about 1/5th the strength of a forged wheel.
My wheels were still under warranty when they went. Chevy dodged by saying I must have hit something...which is total BS.
My wheels were still under warranty when they went. Chevy dodged by saying I must have hit something...which is total BS.
08-26-2022, 06:16 PM
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08-26-2022, 06:23 PM
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@twiget were the aftermarket wheels that cracked mono block forged or flow formed? Make and model?
09-03-2022, 09:12 PM
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Glad you had good luck. I did one trip with the museum in motion (Ky one lap) with some rougher than normal roads. When I returned home and had things checked, I had 2 bent and 1 one cracked wheel on my 16Z. I replaced the cracked (from house of wheels) and had the others straightened. So far (8k miles later) all is good. The Discount Corvette tire tech said he had never had a Z06 come in that DIDN’T have a bent wheel. He said most of them will balance out OK. He let me know that mine weren’t perfect but there was no need to replace.
09-10-2022, 05:36 PM
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Buy apex or signature (or other forged) and thank us later stop trying to chase a losing war with the factory wheels.