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Restoring alloy wheels
Restoring alloy wheels
  WARNING
t  Repairing a damaged wheel using heat treatment such as welding or the addition or removal of material is absolutely forbidden.
t  Damaged or deformed wheel rims or wheel rims with cracked or deformed wheel bolt holes may not be repaired.
t  Restoration may only be undertaken using approved and genuine paint materials.
t  The manufactures guarantee no longer applies once a wheel rim has been restored.
Wheel rims with cracks along the edges may not be repaired and must be replaced immediately.
Remachining, heat treatment and welding of all types is not permitted.
Material reforming is not permissible.
Before restoring, the radial runout and lateral runout must not exceed the manufactures tolerance of 0.8 mm.
Only cast alloy wheel rims may be filled using a filler putty. These wheels have the material identification AlSi xx stamped in the inner side.
Forged wheels may not be painted.
The restoration is limited to the painted surfaces.
Bright machined wheels, which only have a clear coating, may not be repaired.
Only surface damage on the viewed side (design surface) of the wheel may be restored.
Restoring a damaged surface depth of 1 mm must not be exceeded.
Only up to 50 mm may be removed/ filler filled on the outer boss.
   

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