TRD Bronze Wheel Crack - PTR-1835090-BR

Hello Everyone,

First post on the fourm. Anyone ever experienced issues with these wheel cracking? I've owned these since new and have 180k on them. They have always been removed and tightened by hand. When crack was found nothing was loose or excessively tight. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thank you, John

 

thats nuts!
Those are pretty hard to find unfortunately, but you may get lucky with your VIN to be able to get a replacement.
If you have to part out your bronze, I’ll take one if you’re east coast.

 

One common cause of a cracked rim is driving on a flat or low tire. ... Running over a pothole or a curb are common causes of cracked rims. Another common cause of a cracked rim is damage to the tires from salted winter roads. Over time, contact with salt can cause the metal rims to rust and corrode.

Cost to repair ranges from $80 to $125 for a small crack; while rim replacement cost $200 to $500. Cracked wheels, by all means, is the most challenging type of damage to fix.

Driving on cracked rims should be avoided as the least impact can cause a blowout and result in an unfortunate accident. If you spot any signs of a crack or related damages on your rims, pull over and ask a certified mechanic to check it.

 

I doubt you’d get a freebie after 180K, but call Toyota to see about a replacement. You’ll need your VIN to purchase a new one.
You can recoup some costs by selling the center cap and ring when you get a replacement.

 

Thank you for the reply, Have you ever had any experience with someone repairing a crack like that?

 

Yeah from what I'm hearing these are discontinued from Toyota unfortunately.

 

Yeah and I'm extremely disappointed. I'm actually in Florida so if I decide to get rid of the wheels I'll let you know.

 

here is a link to your wheels, about $235 plus shipping and tax... https://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/__/ALLOY-Wheel-TRD-FJ-16Wheel-BRONZ/16103651/PTR1835090BR.html found with only a couple of minutes of research (ie: interwebs search)

That crack is right at a lug hole, the crack can easily happen if too tight of a torqueage. I had a tire shop phuck up a rear wheel lug when they remounted after a balance. When I tried to remove the lug nuts one of the studs just broke, all the lugs where too tight on that wheel, fortunately the wheel survived. The stud was EZ to replace. Your wheel is too...

 

Well I just took a chance and ordered it from them I looked all over yesterday from cell phone and couldn't find it anywhere. I'll let you know if I receive it. Thank you

 

If anyone else has a source for a new or used wheel please let me know. Even if you only have just one.

 

Huh? I thought you said you ordered it? Anyway, if you spend time on EBAY and want to cruise the wheels, you should be able to find a used one (there are a whole lot to look through). In the past I have used Discount/Americas Tire, they had/have a used wheel program from 'take off's'. I rerimmed my 2000 Tacoma from the stock 15" alloys with 17' alloy rims for about $250 (4 rims). Got $85 for the old alloys at the recycler... You may want to check with them and see if they still offer take off's...

Just a thought...

 

Yes, I still have it on order. Just wanted a back up plan incase it falls through beside would hurt to have a spare. I'll for sure let you know the outcome.

 

If you find a place that repairs cracks on the face of the wheel, you've found a place that doesn't know what they're doing.

Never try to repair the face of a wheel.

 

An excuse for new rims!
Sorry those were/are very nice!

 

Amen, wheel crackage plus the tons of heat to repair = left with very brittle alloy, no bueno...

 

It appears lakeland may have these in stock…
I can only tell you what I experienced when I looked for a set of these over a year ago.
I’m sure the dozens of threads over the last year or so asking why they can’t find these either in bronze or black just didn’t know how to use google either.

 

Well somebody else also mentioned that Is Lakeland Toyota showed them. I actually ordered one from them just a few hours ago but their parts department is closed today. I have this feeling that they are going to contact me and tell me it's discontinued but we'll see what happens.

 

The fact that none of the “official” Toyota dealerships have them says volumes.
I hope you get lucky though, good luck my man!

 

TRD wheel...yada yada....crack....yada yada....

Are we all going to just ignore that huge fucking spider laying on the ground?

I'd be nuking that shit from outer space!