Easily Add Power with Tunit Tuning
Tunit provides an efficient and adaptable method of enhancing a vehicles performance (power and torque) without the need to alter the vehicles original equipment or programming. The advantages of the Tunit are; adjustment for optimum efficiency (both manually, by the customer and electronically, via a PC by a distributor), flexibility, as in movement from one vehicle to the next and ease of installation. The principle of Tunit is to provide all these advantages that previous methods of tuning such as EPROM replacement and "flashing" or OBD tuning could not. [Complete Article]
If one was so inclined, the pits could be filled with a metal filled epoxy such as Devcon and then sanded for hours and hours. Devcon can be used to fill pitting in Diesel cylinders and then honed, and it lasts 100,000 miles. It would certainly work here.
I have seen the alloy wheel repair guys that dealerships hire to fix curb rash and dings hide some pretty horrible gouges with epoxy filler and an air brush.
However, if you don't do it yourself it won't be worth the cost, and if you do it yourself it probably won't be worth your time for the money you might get for them.
The corrosion seems bad enough that the tire wouldn't seat against the wheel well enough to hold air.
Prez, Mini Owners of America, Los Angeles
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Sorry Polo, but with that kind of corrosion on the bead, and curb damage that it shows up in digital pics......... I wouldn't offer more than $200. Sorry, again. I guess I'm jaded.
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