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Forged wheels are expensive and to be found on racing vehicles and super/hyper cars. | |
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Casting and machining is the most common process for alloy wheel fabrication AFAIK. | |
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| ![]() I am using these alloys in question and I shot a mail to Mahindra customer care .Got a call from Customer care Manager from Bangalore assuring nothing will happen to the alloys and also that they are investigating the issues reported . Actually I shared the link of the First Post by SDP in my mail .Fingers crossed . I am using these alloys for over a year now and did highway runs unaware of the potential danger . Last edited by tamojoym : 12th March 2015 at 16:41. |
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And looking at the cross section of the spokes where they meet the hub of the rim in question, its not hard to assume why. Just some indicative sections marked , though all the spokes and all the 5 joining points on the hub have similarly given up ![]() If I had these rims on my vehicle, I would be taking them off immediately. Interesting observation is, when a vehicle undergoes prototype testing, it does undergo rigorous tests from manufacturer on their highest "standard" dress level, design defects of critical parts do make themselves visible then and the manufacturer can make the respective vendor take corrective action. In this case, the standard "Made in China" wide spoke alloy itself has undergone miles of testing on the prototype stage of the vehicle. However, on the aftermarket accessory scene, the manufacturers tend to depend on the vendor to have ensured proper stress/shear testing. Besides, the authorised accessories themselves not having to go through CMVR or other regulatory policies. These incidents are actually quite a curtain raiser, that they cannot rely on the vendors alone to ensure quality even if these are accessories. Being sold under the manufacturers brandname, they have to be similarly involved as if they were OEM. Hope Mahindra learns from this. Most of the learning is usually associated with some terrible loss, but thankfully and coincidentally in this case no lives were lost in this, although the risk was significantly higher. Most premium manufacturers do offer a choice of rim designs, but each of those do get to rack serious miles by the manufacturer before the manufacturer approves those rims to be sold as an authorised aftermarket accessory from the manufacturer. | |||
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| ![]() Got couple of calls from the service centre. They have asked to bring the vehicle for inspection. Though it was a prompt response from there side I really don't understand what will they inspect, specially nothing will be visible externally. |
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P.S - Is Anindam around Khokan Motors? (he was at Skoda) Last edited by Sheel : 12th March 2015 at 22:19. | |
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I don't think the number "5" or "3" is the most important factor in the discussion! Before this thread, how many of us have seen such an incident in any car?? Bent alloys - yes! But alloys breaking off at the center is something unheard of. And the 'coincidence' argument is really not valid here, considering how rare the nature of the incident is. M&M definitely needs to investigate and let at least the XUV owners know how safe it is to drive their vehicles around. Just curious - Hasn't Anand Mahindra responded to this controversy on Twitter? Folklore says he is very active on socail media when it comes to matters like this! | ||
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I see many posts about the possibility of the car hitting potholes and about the speed of the car. Potholes: It's a well-laid road and because of the construction activity going on (Metro station), the road has some small potholes. Actually, I can't even call them as potholes. When my Alto takes up these so-called potholes with ease, can't the XUV? Speed: The construction activity for metro has been happening for quite some years now and to slow-down the speed of vehicles, speed-breakers are present. Actually, to be very exact, to cross the stretch of ~0.5 kms where this metro station is being built, you will have to cross 6 speed-breakers. There is no way that any car can pick up speed beyond 30/40kmph. | ||
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So I am guessing Deltronix - Makes the Sporty Design - The one that has broken in the picture. Wanfeng China Makes the normal Alloys found in the stock car. | ||
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BANNED | ![]() Quoting from a similar thread on another forum. Note that this is about the W8 model and not the petal-shaped alloys being reported here. Quote:
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