What was wrong with the repair? Was it visible or something found upon a tyre change - would be good to know I guess for future reference for those inspecting wheels/cars etc.
For making alloy custom wheels if I recall the cost to do something like this was around 5/10k, of course once patterned subsequent ones would be cheaper, be interesting to know how much heavier they would be.
OZ would still make new sets of the mag wheels but require a minimum order quantity, which I imagine would be hard to fill hence why Morgan don't have any.
The o/s/r wheel had a chunk missing from the inside edge of the rim - still holding air but clearly damaged. Williams sent the wheel off to someone to have it repaired, but when the car was in for service last week they noticed that the repair had failed. Again, still holding air but frankly we're not sure how! I'll try and attach a picture.
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Pete
I am sorry to hear that you have had to use the spare.
I would be interested to hear what your exploring reveals - I would be up for buying any that end up surplus to requirements (I have a repaired pair on the car at the moment), or perhaps even going in if a credible alternative can be made. Let me know if I can help.
Just as an aside, I have been trying to find out where some of the suspension rose joints/ball joints, and the track rod rose joints, come from - so I might be able to share that if I make progress. If those parts can be sourced easily it might make a heavier wheel more practical?
Rgds
Will keep you in mind, thanks. Oh, i checked the starter fuse and it was already a 30A :-)
Happy to sell my undamaged spares if i get all new, but equally i will keep you informed on my progress with the new possibilities.
Would be keen to hear how you get on with rose joints too.
I’ve enquired with 2 OZ wheel importers on what the minimum order of wheels would be for them to make the original magnesium wheels again. I have no idea how many they’ll come back with, even if they would be willing. Once I get a reply I’ll let you guys know. If it’s not an insane amount maybe all us series 1 owners could get together for a group buy. I’ll keep you in the loop with what I hear.
I heard from a third party that OZ Racing had suggested a new batch would be 100 wheel minimum, but i can't remember who told me that. Will be good to hear what your sources come back with.
Fundamentally i still think moving away from magnesium is the better long term solution, i'm not convinced these wheels are actually all that light (!) and forged/billet aluminium wheels are much less delicate/fragile and much more easily repaired.
