What would you do....Gotti wheel content..

[MarcMiller]

I have a set of gotti g1001s that i bought last year. spent all of last winter/spring taking them apart...replacing the lips from 1' to 1.5" (new lips came with my wheels)....replacing the bolts. Got them all setup and they leaked. Had my friend reseal them for me.




Finally got them all settled and drove on them for about a week. I think the valve stems were leaking slowly because i didnt notice it. Well i drove 13hrs to SOWO which is a car show in georgia and 12.5 hours into the trip the tire blew out and the barrel cracked 3 times. Now one of the barrels were already cracked and welded. Now that wheel cracked which was a left wheel...after taking off the other rear wheel i noticed that one cracked twice.


Heres one picture.

My fronts never had any issues really...inside one of the lug holes i noticed a crack. I've seen the crack but never thought anything of it honestly. Drove on the wheel and all and it never got worse.



Now i'm stuck on trying to sell them for dirt cheap (1500$) with 2 barrels needing to be replaced or just buying the 2 barrels and trying to run the wheels again.

2 barrels from rotiform are an easy fix.

[tcturbo91]

If you aren't having any luck selling, why not grab the two barrels and run them? Gotti's are one of my favorite wheels, so I may be a bit biased. If they are fixed, you have the option of running them or possibly having an easier sale. Right now neither are really an option

[MarcMiller]

If you aren't having any luck selling, why not grab the two barrels and run them? Gotti's are one of my favorite wheels, so I may be a bit biased. If they are fixed, you have the option of running them or possibly having an easier sale. Right now neither are really an option

Thats what I'm hoping to do. The only thing i'm stressing is the crack in the lug hole. I would need to buy adapters again and also buy 2 tires.

[motocaddy]

Now i'm stuck on trying to sell them for dirt cheap (1500$) with 2 barrels needing to be replaced or just buying the 2 barrels and trying to run the wheels again.

Sorry dude, but that's not dirt cheap, as these wheels are currently worthless. The crack in the face that goes through the lug hole and into the centerbore is structural. Consequently, these wheels should not be driven on until that is fixed by a very skilled welder and machinist. Also, selling these wheels without disclosing how bad that crack is could open you up to civil liability if an accident occurred.

With that said, your options are:
1) part out the good pieces of the set. considering you have small lips and its G1001 stuff, you'll probably only get ~$500 for the pieces.

2) find a wheel repair specialist that can handle that crack in the face. with the damaged barrels, too, you're looking at probably $500+ in repairs.

My thought is G1001s aren't worth $1500 in perfect condition, so its not worth spending the money you need to on them. So I'd just sell the pieces and consider it a loss.

[MarcMiller]

Well idk what your thoughts are on value but these wheels in good shape are worth about 2500$. I actually took the one wheel to a wheel specialist and he said if he welds the crack it'll prob just crack again.

[motocaddy]

Well idk what your thoughts are on value but these wheels in good shape are worth about 2500$. I actually took the one wheel to a wheel specialist and he said if he welds the crack it'll prob just crack again.

You're on drugs about the value. I assure you, even in non-cracked condition, they are worth about half as much as you're thinking. My J55C were top-of-the-line for Gotti and even in my good specs, they are not worth $2500. G1001s are not that great as far as Gottis are concerned.

The specialist is correct. There is a very good chance the face will crack again. Hence why I think these are worthless and best bet is to part them.

[Byron]

What they're worth and what people are trying to sell them for isn't the same thing. Idk who decided Gotti's were worth so much, but I agree that if that set was in perfect shape it would be worth $1500.

That crack in the center looks like it was caused by someone either using too large of an insert or not drilling the hole large enough for the insert. You could probably have it welded up and have someone put in a new insert and be fine.

[MarcMiller]

What they're worth and what people are trying to sell them for isn't the same thing. Idk who decided Gotti's were worth so much, but I agree that if that set was in perfect shape it would be worth $1500.

That crack in the center looks like it was caused by someone either using too large of an insert or not drilling the hole large enough for the insert. You could probably have it welded up and have someone put in a new insert and be fine.

The insert isnt cracked. Only behind it.

[MarcMiller]

I honestly just wanna know if this is fixable. I can deal with buying barrels if the face is repairable.

[Oh, Word?]

I wouldn't trust it. You can stop drill it and V it out and have it tiged and all that but 99% of the time they crack again and with it being the face of the wheel I wouldn't bother. Also with the best it'd take to burn that back in I'd be worried about warping the face. I was interested in them until the face crack and your price. My friend has a set in very clean OE condition with a cracked barrel he got for 1200 with tires and adapters, and I was offered a set of 5 g1001's for $800 and those were 17x9.5 and 17x11. You'd be able to sell your good barrels and lips really quick and make a few bucks.

[05subysti]

You can try filling the lug holes like a redrill and doing the same lug pattern. Thatll hold for awhile, depending on how good the machinist/welder is.

if you sold them now youd be lucky to even get 400.

[Skraight.]

Yeah I wouldn't bother fixing them.

And just for price reference I got my Gotti's for 1300 and they had new lips and refinished bolts on them, size 17x9.5 and 17x11.

[Byron]

The insert isnt cracked. Only behind it.

Read what I said again.



And all these people saying a weld won't hold, what is your reasoning? It's not like it's a wear crack. If you got it re-inserted by someone that knows what they're doing after getting it repaired, there should be no other issues.

[AMGwheelwhore]

It looks like a wear/stress crack to me dude.. similar to what happens around the lug holes of AMG OZ's its usually from over tightening lug bolts or over torquing them...

[motocaddy]

Read what I said again.



And all these people saying a weld won't hold, what is your reasoning? It's not like it's a wear crack. If you got it re-inserted by someone that knows what they're doing after getting it repaired, there should be no other issues.

Because the crack is unrelated to the insert. The crack goes from the lug hole completely through to the centerbore. There's no way to completely weld this crack, as it goes all the way through.