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Hi. Need some expert eyes here.
These wheels were on my car when I purchased it at 16k miles. It was a VW buyback car, out of NC.
I had two bent wheels on my Q5. I bought a spare set, and decided to have the damaged wheels repaired and powder coated. When I received them back, I discovered that two of the wheels have some type of shim. It appears to be pressed into the bore of the wheel. I’ve never seen these before.
It is thick enough that the lug bolts are not long enough to adequately secure the wheel. GOK how they held on pre-removal. Not safe to use. It was discovered while installing the refinished wheels/new tires. The installer actually stripped the threads On 4 wheel bolts because they didn’t thread deep enough. We had to reinstall the old wheels/tires to get hole.
I never looked at the inside of the wheel pre-repair.
The wheel shop denies these shims, and said they noticed them pre-repair.
Two different tire shops say they have never seen this before.
Two different Audi dealerships swear they are not from Audi.
All four wheels have the part# 8R0 601 025 BN. SPEC is e-8.0J x 19H2 ET39.
Pictures below. I have included one photo of an unrefinished wheel.
If anyone has seen these spacers before, please tell me what they are and why they are there. I would also like to know if they can be removed. If not, I’m out a bunch of $$ for the repair.
Thanks, Bruce
These wheels were on my car when I purchased it at 16k miles. It was a VW buyback car, out of NC.
I had two bent wheels on my Q5. I bought a spare set, and decided to have the damaged wheels repaired and powder coated. When I received them back, I discovered that two of the wheels have some type of shim. It appears to be pressed into the bore of the wheel. I’ve never seen these before.
It is thick enough that the lug bolts are not long enough to adequately secure the wheel. GOK how they held on pre-removal. Not safe to use. It was discovered while installing the refinished wheels/new tires. The installer actually stripped the threads On 4 wheel bolts because they didn’t thread deep enough. We had to reinstall the old wheels/tires to get hole.
I never looked at the inside of the wheel pre-repair.
The wheel shop denies these shims, and said they noticed them pre-repair.
Two different tire shops say they have never seen this before.
Two different Audi dealerships swear they are not from Audi.
All four wheels have the part# 8R0 601 025 BN. SPEC is e-8.0J x 19H2 ET39.
Pictures below. I have included one photo of an unrefinished wheel.
If anyone has seen these spacers before, please tell me what they are and why they are there. I would also like to know if they can be removed. If not, I’m out a bunch of $$ for the repair.
Thanks, Bruce
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