I think I have a leak in one of my alloys (17" rear OEM for NA2). Had it fixed once before - I had it welded on the advice of a tyre fitter. It was a hairline crack through the metal near the rim (not "on" the rim like a badly "kerbed" wheel).

That was about 2 months ago and it has come back and the tyre has deflated. Pretty sure its not a puncture.

My plan is to take to a specialist wheel reconditioning garage who will get it welded and then blast and respray it - the finish is recently in bad shape - maybe due to the previous welding.

All in this should be £100ish but obviously a lot less than writing off the wheel. Three questions I guess...

1. Is this safe to weld an impaired wheel?
2. Is a full blast and respray necessary or just patch up the section where the finish is flaked? Probably only save £20 so I assume not.
3. Anyone else had this problem and found a better solution?

Thanks for any tips,
Chris.