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Originally Posted by mmoore6856
unless you have access to dynacheck or magaflux and are familiar on how to use them i would stay away from used. all aluminium wheels have a date code (something that is present on things that age poorly) for a reason. when i was a mechanic we would not install any that were over 10 years old without a crack test. about half of them had really small fracture cracks that were not visible to a eye. be sure you check any you want to buy first and if they wont let you better pass it up
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Very good point, I had kind of assumed aluminum rims would last forever because they don’t rust, but I suppose they could crack. Maybe I’ll just stick with Steelies and try to keep them covered. It seems that the issue around here is the water accumulation in the wheel causes rust.