Mitsubishi: Looking for.....

You can hammer the dents out with a plastic mallet with great sucess. Don't
be afraid to beat the snot out of the wheel.
My advise here is not to throw good money after bad.... The wheels that you
have are dented because they SUCK! There is an active Class-Action Lawsuit
with Mitsu as the defendant regarding the crappy, butter-soft wheels you now
own / seek. Not only do they suck but at 6.5" they're too narrow. 17"X8"
with an offset around 40mm is perfect and will allow you to fit a 235 tire
with some VERY minor rolling of the rear fender flange. Look for some
aftermarket Wheels: LIGHTER, STRONGER and a BETTER FITMENT
I'd avoid the O.E.M wheels .

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/7onYourSide/WABC_7side_052102tires.html

http://www.mitsubishisucks.com/cars/complaints/data/75/758749.html






"DrgnHart Eclipse" <drgnharteclipse*AT*cox-internet*DOT*com> wrote in
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Quoted from:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/7onYourSide/WABC_7side_052102tires.html

" The wheels at issue are the 17-inch rims, either the two part or
six-spoke, mounted with low profile (or very thin) tires. Stueve says that
approximately 100,000 Mitsubishi Eclipses and Eclipse Spyders from 1997 to
2001 came equipped with the wheels."


The wheels on my '95 are of the 16" veriaty. I've looked into aftermarket
wheels and found that I can't afford them right now. I was looking for
someone that may have gotten aftermarket and still had there factory wheels
that they might want to get rid of 'cheap'.

But I would like to thank you for the two articles that you did post as I
found the reading quite enlightening.

Thanks,

ECH

"The wheels on my '95 are of the 16" veriaty."

I have had both the 16" and 17" factory wheels. With respect to the denting
and general "crappiness" of the wheels they're the same. The O.E.M. wheel is
a really cheap and heavy Enkie.
I understand the financial constraint.



"DrgnHart Eclipse" <drgnharteclipse*AT*cox-internet*DOT*com> wrote in
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Thank you, I've had my eyes on some 17" Focal F10's for a while. Just can't
seem to convince the wife that $250 is a good price for each wheel.. LOL..
I'll prolly end up checking some junk yards around here this week for the
factory wheels or if I can find 'em some aftermarkets.

Thanks again for the articles. I'm still reading the second webpage. I
didn't realize there is sooooo much wrong with these cars. Maybe the wife
was right. I should've bought the anniversary edition RX7 that I saw.

ech



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