Sorry, I am garbage with distinguishing small differences in color. What the hell color is this? It's either Gunmetal, Titanium Silver, or Mercury Silver. I don't remember the color and Jeremy (owner of the shop) is buying me another one.

These guys have been doing my wheels for years without a single issue but they had a random idiot working the machine today and he laid waste to my lip, three huge gouges and more scratches than Ricky Bobby driving with a cougar. I am trying to get the information to order another one but I lack the color. A little help from some of you guys would be great.

 

looks here or give them a call

http://www.mackinindustries.com/md/rays/rays.html

 

I talked to Francis at Aspec already, haven't called Mackin simply because I don't know the damn color myself. The colors they have listed on mackins site (with pictures) I "think" are Ti silver and it doesn't match mine however I know someone here will know the color and save me the embarrassment of ordering the wrong color and ending up riding on a scarred one for 6 months while I wait for the right one to show up.

 

NC tire shop workers = 2nd grade mental capacity

Even the managers seem to be idiots around here.

Hope this all gets worked out.

 

Your telling me man. I run my tires to the point of unsafe simply because I am scared to hand over my nice wheels to the people who change them.


I think I am about to become Rota/Konig/Drags #1 supporter. Had these cost 100 bucks each, this would have NEVER happened just because that's my luck lol.

 

the sticker on the inside of the wheel has a part #.

i just give mackin a call and tell them the part #.

 

And now I bow to my own retardation. I didn't even think that. Thanks man, I appreciate the help.


This couldn't have happened at a worse time, I have to leave Monday morning to go to Ok for 7 weeks and I was finishing up what I had to do before leaving this morning AKA new tires, oil change, state inspection, normal maintenance prior to driving 1400 miles. Then this happens when I am LOW on time for getting it taken care of. Thanks for the help man.

 

no problem..

have a safe trip..

 

that sucks. remember that happened to me w my very 1st set of RAYS rims. anyways, they look like titanium to me. but as was mentioned, check the inside sticker & Mackin should def be able to tell you

 

Looks like Titanium Gunmetal...

 

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Yes they are.

Sucks because it's a hell of a long wait to get another one.

Crappy pics, my wife has my good camera in Texas at her parents house this week. The little circles in the first and third pics are actually holes it went so deep. There is chunked up metal at the end of each of them. I haven't measured but I would guess they are at least 1/8 inch deep.






Modified by Jay_Sensing at 5:41 PM 2/8/2008

 

damn, how did they scratch the wheel all up in the lip like that ? the guy chaging your tires must have had no clue on what he was doing.

is the tire shop gonna replace it?

 

Volks are reverse mount so the face goes down, I don't know how it's "supposed" to be done hence why I didn't do it myself but you can bet your *** I will learn now. The only thing I can't do on a car is an alignment and tire changes just because I worked next to a shop that did it, we exchanged labor so I never had to do my own.


The shop is replacing it though, he didn't even ask questions. Just said "that's bullshit, I won't let that slide. Tell me where to get it and a contact number, I will have you one on the way today". Good guy and I have used them forever. Just had a new guy who was clueless today.

 

I have never seen a tire shop mount the tires with the face of the wheels down on the machine.

 

some rims are reverse mount as mentioned.. but you are suppose to clamp them from the outside of the lip with a plastic protector... not use the machine and clamp it from the inside.... i use outside clamps, with plastic protectors AND blue shop towels.

 

I feel your pain. I sent my MKIII-S wheels in to get custom colored and when they were done I took them to a shop to get the tires mounted and they fucked them all up

 

Damn what a retarrd. How do you not have the common sense of being careful with somethigng especially when you can tell it's kept in a very nice condition. Jesus christ, and to reverse mount it but clamp them from the inside out ONTO the lip??? WTF?.. Idiot. They obviosly wheren't looking out on what the new guy was doing.

 

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Yeah man, he figured it out on the second wheel thank god. I only have one expletiveed up wheel that I can mount on the pass side until my new one comes in.

 

not all volks are reverse mount.. i changed the same wheel no problem this week... and BAM... prefect! goto Discount tire, and t heyll take care of you... i would... and i mena it isnt hard with those wheels... just have them use more tire lube to be safe and they shouldve had a prtoector on the bar to prvent this.....good luck! and have fun waiting.. iim waiting for my 57s-pro with titan lip for 4 months now....

 

hahaha, yeah man, the ti lip 57's take some time. My friend Justin has a set on his S2k that took quite some time to get here.

 

i never use the protector on the bar... because i never let the bar ride on the rim. but all of the other protectors are a musttt ...esp the beat breaker protector..just incase of slippage

 

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Definately. You can't really tell by the pics if he used the protector on the bar though because that would show damage on the face of the lip. By what's shown in the pics you can tell it was reverse mounted but clamped from the inside out, onto the lip.

 

damn homie tha so expletivein sucks. i was scared shitless when i was getting my volks but luckily! they turned out fine. hopefully they work out

did you say you were coming to OK&gt; oklahoma? what part?

 

Threads like this make me glad I work in an environment that allows me to mount/balance my own wheels. I've seen some retarded things over the years done by the general service/tire guys so this doesn't surprise me at all. Always use rags with a Reverse mount, ALWAYS. Unless you have one of the new fancy Coats mag machines...then I hate you.