Alloy wheel misery

[Dog Star]

Woe! Managed to kerb one of my beautiful, recently powder-coated alloys this morning - on my own drive at about 1mph which sort of makes it worse.

I am so gutted

(Sorry - I just felt I had to share my misery. And with extra apologies to those that think it's no big deal).

[Marcellus]

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

[magnus911]

I did one yesterday as well. So upset. Stupid width restrictors. what's the fking point of them anyway? I'm guessing magnesium wheels are more expensive to fix?

[Dog Star]

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

WTF?!!

I'm hoping that some touch up paint and lacquer along with careful use of P2000 wet and dry should leave me with an almost invisible repair.

[Marcellus]

One alloy totally ruined and beyond repair the other damaged damage unknown to replaced to be sure!

[HellDiver]

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

What did you do, buy a new car for the alloys?!? Refurbs are less than £80 a wheel around here, and that's leaving the wheel better than it was from factory.

[cheadle hulme]

After insisting the delaer get the wheels on my 335i refurbed before I bought it, I managed to scrub a 2 inch graze onto one of them last week. To be fair I'm not used to parking with an auto box and got in a bit of a flap.

[Marcellus]

HellDiver said:

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

What did you do, buy a new car for the alloys?!? Refurbs are less than £80 a wheel around here, and that's leaving the wheel better than it was from factory.

lol totally cracked one and seriously dented the other.. hardly scuffs!

[Podie]

Marcellus said:

HellDiver said:

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

What did you do, buy a new car for the alloys?!? Refurbs are less than £80 a wheel around here, and that's leaving the wheel better than it was from factory.

lol totally cracked one and seriously dented the other.. hardly scuffs!

Which car?

[Marcellus]

Podie said:

Marcellus said:

HellDiver said:

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

What did you do, buy a new car for the alloys?!? Refurbs are less than £80 a wheel around here, and that's leaving the wheel better than it was from factory.

lol totally cracked one and seriously dented the other.. hardly scuffs!

Which car?

Audi A6 Quattro...

[gj88]

Marcellus said:

Podie said:

Marcellus said:

HellDiver said:

Marcellus said:

I feel your pain........ I managed to do 2 alloys last week........ £1200+ just to sort the wheels out!!

What did you do, buy a new car for the alloys?!? Refurbs are less than £80 a wheel around here, and that's leaving the wheel better than it was from factory.

lol totally cracked one and seriously dented the other.. hardly scuffs!

Which car?

Audi A6 Quattro...

I'm sure you could pick up a couple of A6 wheels for a lot less than £1200. If not, then shame on Audi!

[Marcellus]

gj88 said:

I'm sure you could pick up a couple of A6 wheels for a lot less than £1200. If not, then shame on Audi!

Believe me I tried every avenue I could think of and drew a blank... £576 per wheel.

This is the wheel;


and now bu&&er me if there's not 2 on ebay.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Sorry to hear of your misery.

I learnt years ago that the fancier your wheels the more likely they are to get expensively damaged!

[GSP]

I kerbed my girlfriends car at the weekend in selfridges birmingham car park.

Gloss black 17" mini wheels only did one and its getting repaired by BMW for £45 this weekend which is better than I thought it was going to be.

[kayzee]

GSP said:

I kerbed my girlfriends car at the weekend in selfridges birmingham car park.

Gloss black 17" mini wheels only did one and its getting repaired by BMW for £45 this weekend which is better than I thought it was going to be.

At least no one will ever believe it's you :P

[Adz The Rat]

Marcellus said:

gj88 said:

I'm sure you could pick up a couple of A6 wheels for a lot less than £1200. If not, then shame on Audi!

Believe me I tried every avenue I could think of and drew a blank... £576 per wheel.

This is the wheel;


and now bu&&er me if there's not 2 on ebay.

You can usually pick up a full set of those on VW forums for under £400.

[Luke.]

Bought a Boxster about a month ago. Had the Turbo s alloys refurbed and all looking lovely, curbed one the following week.

[CommanderJameson]

After 11 years and 86,000 miles my wheels are ready for a refurb (mainly due to hammer-on wheel balancing weights allowing the weather to get under the lacquer) but due to their titchy old-man nature (16"), there's not a scuff on them.

Yay little wheels!

[Marcellus]

Adz The Rat said:

You can usually pick up a full set of those on VW forums for under £400.

Any link perchance?

[Swarley]

I feel your pain!