Insurance repair issues
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benm3evo

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412 posts

201 months

Yesterday (18:53)
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Hi all.

So following on from my other thread re. a recent accident I had, I have now had the car repaired & have collected it tonight. At first glance, everything looks ok with the repair but I've noticed a couple of things & just wondering if I'm being too fussy.

The first thing & the thing I'm most concerned with is they had the wheel alignment done & have given me the printout but it states the car is an M135i X-Drive but my car is a 2017 F21 M140i (rear wheel drive obviously) Not an expert on alignment but I imagine it will differ per model.

The other thing is they replaced a tyre, no idea why, pretty sure it was fine. It was a nearly new Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 6 & they've replaced with a Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport & the valve is also now leaking.
I always keep matching tyres per axle at the very least but this might be being too fussy.

Just wondered what people's thoughts/experiences are with insurance accident repairs?

Cheers,
Ben

Greendubber

14,740 posts

223 months

Yesterday (19:53)
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I'd want an axle pair of tyres, pretty sure the advice from BMW is not to mix tread patterns so I'd be raising that but doing a bit more digging on the alignment question.


E-bmw

11,816 posts

172 months

Greendubber said:
I'd want an axle pair of tyres, pretty sure the advice from BMW is not to mix tread patterns so I'd be raising that but doing a bit more digging on the alignment question.
^^^^ Wot 'e said.

If nothing else the tyre is definitely wrong, minimum full axle set.

Alignment could just be a typo, but needs confirming.