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#12 of 41 Purchasing Aftermarket Wheels- Mistake? by ray35 Dec 26, 2006 (12:02 pm)
I was the proud driver of a 2005 Cadillac CTS with a 3.6 V6. When I was at the the dealer, Cadillac of Whittier, buying the car I saw these beautiful MHT wheels on the showroom floor that were outstanding. They were MHT Neeper Rise in 20 X 8.5 inch size. I bargained the price which was a hefty $4,000 including Nitto Z rated tires, down to $2,000. They agreed and I bought the car with the wheels dealer installed. Everything was fine for 11 months, 6121 miles, and then two studs on my left rear wheel broke. I brought the car to Cadillac of Whittier and they replaced the two studs and said they checked all the remaining studs on all the wheels. 5 Months later at 8,453 miles the same left rear wheel experienced a complets failure. All 5 studs broke and the wheel fell off of the hub and became lodged in the fender well causing body damage. Luckily I was only going 30 miles per hour at the time. I had the car towed to the dealer. This time they would not take responsibility for the damage. They said I hit something. I said if I hit something the front wheel would have hit first and anyway the tire would have failed and the wheel would have bent before the studs would have broken. The tire still had air in it but was chewed up by fender well. Cadillac of Whittier would not budge. I called my insurance company ALlstate and had the car towed to a body shop. The repairs were made and the insurance company is now arguing with Cadillac of Whittier. I cannot trust this car anymore, my wife would not even ride in it, so I traded it in on a new Lexus ES 350. By the way the resale value of the Cadillac stinks. I lost half its value in 16 months of ownership and 8,500 miles. Replies to this message: pao (Dec 27, 2006 6:37 am) ray35 (Dec 27, 2006 9:53 am) pao (Dec 27, 2006 10:05 am)
#13 of 41 Re: Purchasing Aftermarket Wheels- Mistake? [ray35] by pao Dec 27, 2006 (6:37 am)
Replying to: ray35 (Dec 26, 2006 12:02 pm) were the rims rated for the weight of the CTS?....20 inch rims are a larger upgrade for this car.......just wondering aloud here.....also with that rim and the lower profile tires...you are adding additional stress to the suspension.....I do find it unusual that all 5 studs would go at the same time..without some sort of castrophic failure.... Replies to this message: ray35 (Dec 27, 2006 9:53 am) pao (Dec 27, 2006 10:05 am)
#14 of 41 Re: Purchasing Aftermarket Wheels- Mistake? [pao] by ray35 Dec 27, 2006 (9:53 am)
Replying to: pao (Dec 27, 2006 6:37 am) When I was in the Cadillac Dealer's showroom I saw a CTS with these wheels on it for sale. I would have bought that one except I did not like the color of the car. So I asked the salesman to put those wheels on the black CTS I chose. When you buy a car from a dealer you have to assume that they know what they are doing. Whoever put those wheels on the car is responsible. My son who is involved with racing believes that the installer stretched the studs by over torqueing them. When the two studs broke the first time the dealer should have replaced all five. The three studs that were left on the hub were further weakened when the first two broke. Later on, the three weakened studs broke and the two new studs could not handle the load so they broke also. That's is the scenario that we think happened. Replies to this message: pao (Dec 27, 2006 10:05 am)
#15 of 41 Re: Purchasing Aftermarket Wheels- Mistake? [ray35] by pao Dec 27, 2006 (10:05 am)
Replying to: ray35 (Dec 27, 2006 9:53 am) plausible...but GM will probably not get involved since the dealer installed the aftermarket wheels which were not OEM from GM....just my thought.....if they fixed the first time...it would appear they would fix the second time.....especially with the castrophic failure..of all 5 studs......that simply doesnt happen....IMHO.....good luck with the outcome....   all service departments are not alike.......so no...dealerships dont necessarily know what they are doing either....
#16 of 41 Re: Tire matters [luxosport] by larryszal Mar 31, 2007 (10:12 am)
Replying to: luxosport (May 17, 2006 6:02 pm) I have a 2005 3.6L V6 CTS, 16,500 miles, just took the car for a NY State inspection and learned that I need tires and brakes. The price of the car was approx $37,500, I am disappointed that the life of the tires and brakes is so low. Replies to this message: jazzmon1951 (Mar 07, 2008 11:55 pm)
#17 of 41 Goodyear Tires on a 2005 CTS by larryszal Mar 31, 2007 (10:13 am)
#18 of 41 Wheels by cdubayou Apr 25, 2007 (6:13 pm)
I have only had my cts for 4 mths and I have been trying to decide on wheels. I have 17's and thought I wanted 18's but now I'm thinking 20's. I'm struggling w/factory or aftermarket. I don't want to look like a pimp, but I do want bling bling. Replies to this message: jazzmon1951 (Mar 07, 2008 11:58 pm)
#19 of 41 W Rated Tires by jarrettw May 20, 2007 (1:35 pm)
I have a 2005 CTS with the 17" Sport package. I need to replace the factory Goodyear Eagle RS A tires. Does anybody have any experience with other W rated brands, price, mileage etc. Thanks
#21 of 41 what offset for after market 20"? by awesomeaustin Jun 12, 2007 (12:04 am)
i have an '03 cts and was wanting a set of 20" wheels for my ride. I dont know alot about the sizes and offsets. i was wondering if anyone had any inclination on what offset and possibly pictures showing examples of one with that size wheel?

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