bent rims...
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I just took the car into the shop because I noticed a rough ride at low speeds. 5 minutes on the lift, and the guy calls me in to show both pass side wheels bent. Only guess is a pot hole, but I don't remember hitting anything hard enough to do that.
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
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I just took the car into the shop because I noticed a rough ride at low speeds. 5 minutes on the lift, and the guy calls me in to show both pass side wheels bent. Only guess is a pot hole, but I don't remember hitting anything hard enough to do that.
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
At my dealer, they sell rim/tire insurance that covers me for 4 years against, for instance, pot whole damage, yet you must have an air leak to trigger coverage. What some do, once damaged, is go out and hit a hole harder to make sure. Anyway, it costs something like $350. Canadian on the F-type R for the cover, so I took it.
As well, if they are not too bad, I know that my car dealer can send them out to have them straightened for a fraction of replacement.. maybe check that out.?
Lawrence
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I have a Mercedes Benz CLS-500 and I believe the wheels are made of chewing gum. I bought the wheel insurance and saved the cost several times over. I've had dents and cracks repaired many times. I'd check a good wheel repair shop, they will probably return the wheel looking as good as new. My last repair was a crack and the wheel would not hold air, overnight is was repaired and looked new.
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I just took the car into the shop because I noticed a rough ride at low speeds. 5 minutes on the lift, and the guy calls me in to show both pass side wheels bent. Only guess is a pot hole, but I don't remember hitting anything hard enough to do that.
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
They want 2k to replace the two wheels!
Has anyone else run into this? Does the cost sound right? Makes me worried about fragile rims...
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Here in Atlanta I use Wheel Wizard for all my wheel work. They have straightened bent wheels and powder coat refinished my wheels when they have been curbed for $210/wheel. I purchased a "spare" front and rear wheel so I can drop off the damaged wheel and put it in storage until needed. They can fix most any wheel as they do all of BBSs competition wheel maintenance.
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Now I'm wondering if I should keep the old wheels and get them fixed (at some point) to have a set of spares.
A lot of the guys I track with keep a separate set of wheels dedicated to track days. Perhaps these old ones can become the beginning of my daily driver set...
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Its definitely replace... they offered repair as well for about half. They ordered the wheels and they are getting put on tomorrow.
Now I'm wondering if I should keep the old wheels and get them fixed (at some point) to have a set of spares.
A lot of the guys I track with keep a separate set of wheels dedicated to track days. Perhaps these old ones can become the beginning of my daily driver set...
Now I'm wondering if I should keep the old wheels and get them fixed (at some point) to have a set of spares.
A lot of the guys I track with keep a separate set of wheels dedicated to track days. Perhaps these old ones can become the beginning of my daily driver set...
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