BJSTLS

Hi all..... my '03 TL-S now has 91k miles on it!! I just had it to Acura today for my 90k mile service. In addition to the service, I had them take care of the Tranny recall and replace my worn Dunlops with Sumitomo HTR's (got them on sale for $71 a piece!) Well, while mounting and balancing my tires, they found that 3 out of my 4 stock rims are bent!!!! They were at least able to balance the wheels, so they can't be bent too bad but with my commute, it is just a matter of time before they start doing damage to my new tires!!

Pascal Type-S

Wow, congrats on the mileage. And I thought 65k on my '02 TLS was a lot.

htownaccord

GEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZ UDRIVE LIKE CRAZY! i have a 02 w. 85k and i thought it was daym too much..where do you gO?? i go to austin on a basis too..

BJSTLS

ok, ok!! I didn't realize everyone would react to my mileage! I bought the car in April, 2002, so it isn't that bad!! It is still high mileage, but not like I bought the car in '03! I'm only averaging 37k miles a year...........

I just hope it lasts me at least 250k miles!

Anyway, what do I do about my rims? I just bought new tires at the stock size, so that limits what I can do. Any ideas?

UWgrad

Go on ebay and get the stock TLS rims or another 17 inch rim set

mikelee223

I thought 74k on a '00 was alot..

bkzjimmy

i have 43000 on my 2000

CJITTY

Wow, that is alot of commuting. I do 120 miles a day, but not in my Acura. I got a 92 Honda Accord to deal with that. Congrats though!

Well, I would recommend going here to get OEM wheels
www.aaarims.com or www.capitalwheels.com, may be capitalwheel.com, try both. Or, like they said, EBay or better yet, the for sale forum here on Acura-TL.com

Tunaboy

If you're interested I've got a set of the chrome Acura Premium wheels that I can sell to you. They were replaced with my 18"s. They are 16" and very nice

fsttyms1

damn and i thought i was doing good with 159k on my 2000

car_lost

i have two bent rims and i have absolutely no problem with them. they are balanced as well. in my opinion... you dont have to do anything!

bello425

What do you mean by bent? Like a bent lip or something! I can't imagine having 3 out of your 4 wheels being damaged. Is our OEM rims that "soft"?

BJSTLS

"Bent" is being used as a vague term. As far as looking at them, they look completely normal. When they balanced them, they noticed that the rotations are a little off but they were able to still balance the tires, so they aren't bent that bad. Only one rim was showed to spec. Hey man, I WISH I was making this stuff up..........

As far as my OEM rims being that soft, it actually does not surprise me with my commute. In my 130 or so miles a day to work and back, only about 30 total miles are on an actual highway. The rest is basically on a 55 mph 2 lane back round. The road is in pretty crappy condition is some areas, crappy enough to "bend" my rims. Unfortunately, there is only 1 other way to work, but that would add another 30-40 miles a day (but would be all highway.)

I was thinking about buying a cheap commuter car but with 91k miles already, I'll just ride it out until she dies.

BJSTLS

On another note about our OEM rims being soft..... My wife has a 2002 Infiniti G20 with the Sport package.... 16" rims. She also has bent 3 rims, but to the point that they needed to be replaced!!! It was actually visible looking at the wheels at a stop....and her commute is not nearly as bad as mine. A few pot holes has costed us a lot of cash!

shawn744

BTW....i was just at a good trusted alignment shop i've been to for 30+ years....the guy told me to make sure my tire pressure was up 35+ psi, or in rims might bend from bumps.....the inner part of the rims that is. higher pressure wont put as much pressure/weight on that part of the rim....just check your tire pressures. -shawn

spl1011

That is good advice shawn...

I had one of my rims bent too. It was noticeable and it was in the back (inside) of the rim. I couldnt balance those tires worth a squat. It wasnt just a bent lip, I mean the inside half of the rim had a hop in it. It was very noticeable, but it wasnt a huge dent.

I took it to a shop I found here in Pensacola that does nothing but rim repairs and straightened it right out. Balanced it to within 3 grams. It only cost me 100 bucks, including tire mounting and balancing.
Sure as heck beat paying over 200 for a new rim - and that doesnt include the mounting and balancing.

Good luck!

bkzjimmy

wow......159..good luck...