TXFM

OK, OK, Henry

These are a little tough to see, but the rubber water diverter is under the valve stem. It is used in place of the rubber grommet on the outside, then trimmed.

Here's one pic.

TXFM

And another.

rominl

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ah, interesting. i am curious how that can help avoid the shaking?

TXFM

The theory is that when it rains hard and you drive through a lot of water, it collects on the inside of the wheel. I've noticed this when I wash my car BTW.

So, the rubber piece is supposed to splash the water from that section of the wheel. I know that some wheel manufacturers offer a metal blade as an option to do this too.

It rained in Dallas yesterday, but not where I was driving, so I'll just have to wait until I can drive through heavy water to report.
Thanks

sleeper408

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Wait.... they had unmount your tires to install this?

RMMGS4

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I thought about doing this long ago, but basically I don't drive my car in the rain so I never was motivated to try it. Nice to hear someone did some work and came up with this.

I would angle the diverter so that the water is guided off of the rim. The way it's set up with no angle will still work, but it will also tend to splash some of the water around and collect again inside the rim.

By just installing the diverter at an angle it should clear out the water faster and minimize that splash back effect.

Great concept nevertheless.

sleeper408

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Glenn: Do you know of any Southbay shops that could install these?

RMMGS4

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Try Exact or pm josephdoc at Tire Outlet. I don't see why they couldn't do it. The install doesn't look difficult, but I wouldn't be surprised if they've never seen this product.

Wonder who sells this product online?

TXFM

Yes. They derimmed (is that a word?) the inside bead, moved the tire over on the wheel to get access to the valve stem on the inside of the wheel and did the work.

TXFM

Do a search on these guys: TPMS Solutions, Anaheim, CA for a water diverter product for the "TPMS SOLUTION REVERSE LIP WATER DIVERTER".

I tried to paste the link previously, but it didn't work.

sleeper408

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I had Joseph in the back of mind. I should shoot him a PM. I'm going to need 2 rear tires soon + 4 wheel alignment. Perhaps that would be a good time to get these installed.

TXFM: Did you mean they had to disassemble your 3pc. wheel? That sucks..... that's extra charges to do that. Errrrrr......

TXFM

No, the 3-pc wheel does not have to be disassembled. The tire has to be removed to allow access to the inside of the wheel so that an Allen wrench can be used to unscrew the valve stem and remove it so that the rubber water diverter can be installed. Look at the website for TPMS Solutions in Anaheim, CA, and download their pdf file for the Water Diverter installation.

rominl

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umm, then now i am thinking, what if it's just some kind of stick on? then there is no need to unscrew the valve stem. and sometimes the valve stem locations aren't like that as well

TXFM

I don't about a sticky part, but you could always fab a metal one that would fit under one of the nuts that holds the outside of the wheel together. Bend a piece of metal stock 90deg. Then drill a hole in it, and shape it to the contour of the "valley" that holds water. Sorta like this.

FYI, in moderate rain today, I had no problems at 70+ mph. Still need to test in a really big downpour though.

sleeper408

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Haha.... should I try and ghetto rig a small L-bracket? Hmmm..... the wheels are not mounted on my car yet....