I'v had a strange shudder coming through the steering wheel and the car wasn't tracking smoothly.I had the wheels balanced today and discovered that one of the front wheels was warped!,the guys at the tyre place put it on the back as a temporary fix and it drives a lot better.The good thing is that there was no expensive front end issues,but i still need to get a wheel[2006 jts] any ideas?Thanks Trev
Hey Trev,you could get the rim re rolled if it is not too bad at Neway rims in Heidleburg or go to Monza Motors in Bayswater or see if anyone is wrecking a JTS on Ebay, Colin.
Thanks Col,the guy at the tyre place said it wasn"t repairable so i think i will check those places you mentioned.There was a new one on ebay in the uk for 150 pound,but by the time i pay for postage i think i would be looking like around 400 bucks.I remember when i done it,pulling into a shopping strip in mornington,i was juggling the indicator lever[opposite side!]while drooling over my sporty looking dash,iwhacked the front wheel into the gutter!
Understand Arthurs Seat to Neway in Heidelberg is a fair drive but highly recommend you visit. They have perfetcly re-rolled & painted many sets of wheels for me over the years including the 156 JTS and two were 'fairly bad' in their speak (wheels have the structural strength of a coke can = soft alloy). They typically buckle from normal road driving let alone hitting a kerb and suspect all your rims have 'some imperfection'. All four on the 156 needed some work.
Would get another opinion to your tyre guy before buying new and probably cheaper to get all four re-rolled.
Paul
What wheel is it, what's it look like?
I'm about to bin 4x wheels off a MY03 156 V6 (16" teledials)
sounds like a good idea,i'v rung a few Alfa places around town and most of them are selling second hand ones for around 450 buck's! These wheels are the 16 spoke type , not as strong as the teledial's apperently.
Don't think that soft alloy rims are poor engineering, they have to have a bit of 'give' in them, so that they don't shatter when they hit a pot hole, which was a problem with some mag wheels in the 70's, the Speedline telephone dial wheels on 33's and Sud's are more prone to bending than the 156 JTS Speedlines, i have hit potholes in the 156 and the rim has survived, but the alignment has gone out, i wouldn't get any from overseas, postage would be horrendus, try Monza Motors which is closer to Arthurs seat than Heidleburg, Colin.
t-rev, see if anyone is wrecking a JTS on ebay, the JTS and JTS TI rims are different, freight wouldn't be too bad in Australia, but i would prefer to see one in the flesh and spin it on the car to see its not buckled, Colin.
Still looking for a wheel and various Alfa indies are asking 450 to 750 for a used item and around 1200 for a new!geeez!!,anyway i contacted "veloce's in uk and they can do me a new set of 4 new,for 1200 including postage.Im still waiting for the guy at Millano's[realy helpfull] at Thomastown to get back to me about a 156 that is being dismantled,but if that fails i think i might go with the uk option and then sell the others
I hope the local parts suppliers see this, $1200 for ONE wheel locally and $1200 for FOUR from the UK, but with the resent fall in the Australian dollar overseas will get more expensive and the local spare parts places will be more compeditive, i cannot beleive how expensive used wheels are, you see used 156 being sold as wrecks for a few hundred dollars, Colin.
yer it's crazy,i'm thinking that the 156 'facelift'is not that common in oz,and because these wheels are prone to buckling and need replacing,they can charge that much.If im going to be buying parts from oversea's i hope the dollar doesn't go down to low!Feels good driving a rare car!ha ha
i eventually found two rims on ebay,300 for the both of them.They have many curb scratches but no buckles.These will keep me going for a while if i'm careful!
T-Rev, you can get them reconditioned or you can do a touch up yourself, there are wheel touchup kits on the 156 worldwide ebay site, Colin.
should have rang Milano spares they had them for about $250 never mind next time.
Milano Spares should advertise so we know about them, greybeards like me remember them from the olden days, but the newer Alfa owners have never heard of them, i have been going there for about 25 years, they also have secondhand parts on ebay, Colin.
And for those who don't know, they are also selling up. Well, so the for sale sign said last time I dropped in there. So if someone wants to get into Alfa spares, there's a lot of spares there to sort though!
Mag Wheels And Tyres in Chifley drive Preston has brand new knock off copies of the facelift update TI wheels, were only $250 each a little while ago
Milano spares isn't selling up, your right they did have a for sale sign there, due too illness. Everything ok now go and see marc and Mario for over 30 years experience thank you very much for the posting look forward too seeing you again.
Ah there you go, good news! they've always been the best place for parts IMO. Sometimes it seems they are the only place that doesn't charge extra because you said Alfa...
Wheel Solutions in Richmond (in old Redheads factory precinct) restore and repair bent rims, gutter damage etc.
They do a lot of "alfa rims" but to the solter alloy of modern day rims.
Contact 9427 9265
Hi,since i put the straight rim on the fuel consumption has gone from 8.9 to 8.8,over a week that will save me enough to buy a chupa chump!plus it drives a lot better
And you won't have to replace the fillings in your teeth or put new wheel bearings in the car, Colin.