decypher Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Greetings, I've got stock rims on my baby. She's 14 years old by now so I think some of the chrome is starting to flake off. The flaking is only present in a few areas near the spokes. I've no reason to believe it's not flaking anywhere else though. I've had the car for two years and certain tires cannot hold air for more than a month without needing to be pumped up again. Before filling one up the other day it was down to 15-20psi. My tire guy says I will be fighting this as long as I have the car. I assume he really means as long as I have the rims in their current condition. I've had new tires put on there(not to fix the problem but because it was time) and I even had the tire shop rebuff the rims. Didn't help. Have any of you experienced this problem? Would the problem go away if I had the rims re-chromed? It obviously would go away if I got new rims, correct? Thanks, Decypher 1995 SC300 150,000 and purrs like a kitten. A really big, buff kitten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smooth1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 The chrome flaking has nothing to do with it's ability to hold air. You must have a crack somewhere, or the rims themselves don't have a very good bead seat for the tires to sit inside the rim lip which is letting out some air. Either way, yeah, you need new rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grnsc40095 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 decypher, Two possible fix for chrome rims leaking air. http://www.popularmechanics.com/how_to_cen...ve/1272071.html http://reviews.ebay.com/Guide-to-fixing-Ch...CAT:-1:SEARCH:3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwalker Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Have you tried buying new valve stems for your wheels? Do you have any curb rash that is significant? I have a slow leak in one of my stock rims but thats because I hit the metal guard on a sewer drain near my house. Valve stems are cheaper than new rims and might fix the problem considering you already bought new tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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