A high speed impact would leave visible damage to the lip of the wheel. I've never seen a wheel break like this before without other damage. Pretty crazy!

 

Cor is not the only one

Broken Kinesis wheel - evolutionm.net

there's a lot more out there but I'm too lazy to find them

The only issue that i can foresee is the painting and how the wheels are actually painted. They have to be in a temp oven to dry and how are we to know that they weren't actually powder coated. To me this is the gray area and although Cor states that they won't cover the wheel because it has not been painted is not explained in their warranty info. There are too many variables that we don't know and I would rather wait for the outcome than jump to conclusion. Personally i say both parties are at fault and should split the damage down the middle but that's my 2 cents.

 

Wowwww

 

Should be recalled...

 

Official response to this matter available here: Statement from COR Wheels

 

He said, she said. Thats all it boils down to at this point

 

Cor didn't say anything in that statement. I still see a broken wheel and a company that won't warranty it after track use.

 

I would tend to disagree slightly here. Cor did offer to replace their product as stated in their statement that they published. It reads: Prior to the involvement of legal counsel, the client was offered a full refund, regardless of any specific warranty considerations.

I tend to believe that both the driver at the track day and the wheel maker are equally at fault here. The driver knew that taking his car to a track day had inherent risks and he should have been prepared to suffer the consequences no matter what happened. At the same time, I do believe that the wheel manufacturer should stand by their product, which they did, by offering a full refund. I do not think however that Cor should be responsible for the damage done to the drivers car, there was an assumed risk on his vehicle when he stepped out onto the track.

 

However in the thread linked above to the GTR forum, The OP insists that there was no attempt from COR to make it right at any point.

He said the warranty claim was flat out denied. Then based on the denial, he hired an attorney.

Between the disgruntled costumer and the company trying to save face, nobody will ever get the real story of what happened with the claim or why they broke.

I tend to believe the OP more based on his screen shots of COR changing the warranty info displays on the website before and after.

 

I think al summed it up well.

 

The thing that gets me thinking is where the wheel broke, at the spokes. Obviously the wheel is designed to hold weight but what if the wheel broke while understeering off a corner? Let's say a hard left. The car comes into the turn to hot, driver puts on full lock left, car just plows straight through and hits the curbstones (if there were any) on the outside of the corner. Would a sideways impact (wheel is facing left but is sliding sideways against the curbstones) be able to overload the wheel? We've all seen the best wheels in the business break from weird angle impacts in all kinds of racing on tv.

If COR wheels massively failed all over the country on the track i would tend to agree with OP on the GTR forum but if this is a very rare occurance then it could just be a freak accident or the OP isn't completely honest.

Did the car crash and break the wheel or did the wheel break causing the crash? Either way it's a risk the OP willingly took.

 

This is my friend's 330i. He was sponsored by Rennen for his set up. He got them last year and I believe they are of the multi-piece "Forged" series. Initially they were in "copper plated" finish for the face and chrome plated for the barrels. After less than two months in dry condition spring driving, the "copper plating" began flaking. He sent them back to Rennen to have them refinished but in Tiffany Blue. Then he had one or two bent barrels which had to be replaced. Now the chrome plating is literally flaking off on the barrels (no curbage). He's going to have them refinished and throw them on the market.








He was running on (used) Volk TE37's for a good two years prior to his Rennens. Still pristine when he sold them.

 

I agree 100%

Furthermore, as I stated in the thread that was deleted. The changes to the website and the recent turn of events, the rim coming apart, I would never put those rims on any of my cars. They are what I like to call poseur rims, all looks and no performance.

I'll stick with brand name rims for my cars and not take a chance.

 

I read the original thread and Cor's response. Seems shady to me Cor updated their site after the fact. Their decision to deny warranty could have a lasting impact.

 

Honestly like i mentioned in the other thread there is more to this than we know, and I am pretty sure the owner of the Mustang did not have track insurance and is looking for someone to play the blame game on and pay for his repair. I think both parties could have handled the situation better and they should honestly split the repairs down the middle but that's my .02

 

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