Hi,

When I got the M5 back from the tire shop (Firestone in Mill Creek) they had told my wife, "the flat spot on the wheel was there when we got it" and that there would be a slow leak. Sure enough, there is a slow leak that sets off the TPMS about every 5 days or so. So that's about a pound of air a day. I've lived with it for a month or so and just keep it topped off.

I'd like to get this fixed. Any thoughts on how to do this? I've been fortunate enough to not have this problem before!

Thanks everyone.

Trevor

 

Go to Les Schwab. They will fix it for free. I had a screw in my tire recently and they took care of it, no charge.

 

Yes, Trevor, just get it plugged.

 

Hmm.

I'm led to believe that the comment about the flat spot on the wheel, related to the part of the wheel that the tire would form a bead on (or in my case, not form a good bead). As such, it seems the tire has not correctly sealed on the wheel and the slow leak is at the wheel-tire mating point.

They can't plug that can they? Honestly, I don't know enough about this part of a car, maybe they can.

I'll give Mr Schwab a call and see what he can do.

One of the reasons I'm looking into this is that I have a free wheel repair coming my way as something I negotiated at PPL. Would the same guy that fixes blemishes/curb rash on a wheel, be able to fix this?

 

Gotcha. Forget about what I said. It sounds like you need the wheel to be repaired.

 

take more hard charging left hand turns.......that'll keep it off the ground

 

LMAO. M got it spot on. That's what I would have suggested as well.

 

troll the m5 board for a new used wheel - by the time you f with it you will be glad to just replace the wheel and move on...

granted 1 wheel may be difficult to locate but in my former m5 days I sold 4 e39 front wheels 1 at a time.

 

There is a mobile repair company, I believe it is called Alloy Wheel Repair. I've used them in the past for one of my factory BBS's on my STI. They did a good job.

 

Try the Wheel Wizard in Bellevue. He's somewhere behind the Crazy Ruskie's office off of Northup Way. He fixes that sort of thing.

 

^^ Yup it's in the same complex, towards the back of the parking lot.

 

I think this is the same building as Precision Collision.

 

Yup, Steve DeBoer does excellent work.

 

Can they do welding and straightening?
I have a fuch that needs some work after an incompetant wheel straightener got carried away.

 

I've also heard great things about Dependable Wheel in Renton.

http://www.dependablewheel.com/