Cracked wheel spoke

[kanahoot]

Not sure how this happened. Had a new tire mounted/ balanced and a 4 wheel alignmenr today. Drove 1mile to grab lunch afterwards and looked at the wheel with the new tire and notcied this crack.

I had the car detailed last week and am 100% positive the crack wasn't there.i had not driven the car since the detail as the tire I replaced today was showing wire.

I called around and showed pic and seems is not repairable.

[db12]

I would assume whomever did your alignment screwed something up. Problem with those situations is unless you catch it directly afterwards no way to prove etc.

[kanahoot]

Yes that's certainly possible, although I'm not sure what they could have possibly done that would crack a wheel. Even if they dropped it that shouldnt crack the wheel, and there is no damage or scuffs anywhere near the crack.

[gk1]

Are those wheels painted or powder coated?

[kanahoot]

Powder coated

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I'm not sure who did the powder coating I purchased the car CPO and the wheels were already black

[gk1]

Powder coated

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I'm not sure who did the powder coating I purchased the car CPO and the wheels were already black

Not saying this happened to you in particular, but I thought I read some posts where the powdercoating process if done incorrectly can cause cracks. It's a thought anyway. I know the powdercoating should not cause this issues, but there is always a possibility.

[gta7]

Sucks either way! Good luck.