i curbed my girl's rear right rim soo bad tonite, i made a right hand turn too early because my contacts were dry and i couldnt see. i feel so bad!

does anyone know of any shops in socal that repair curbed rims? and does anyone know the price range i should be looking at?

i said i'd sand it down a little, but i want it to be back to perfect.

 

Coming from a personal experience, unless it's a discontinued wheel, buy a NEW rim to replace the scraped up/bent/dinged wheel. (If discontinued Japanese made wheel, contact takakaira,inc. in Cali.)

The cost to repair is usually $80-$150. ($80 if the lip is scratch lightly... $150+ if the lip is bent/scratched and they have to apply new finish). This is a good amount of money to put towards a NEW rim to replace a bent/scratched wheel, IMO.

Lastly, check your local yellow pages and call around. Good shops never give estimates over the phone though... they have to check out the rims to give an accurate estimate. Good luck.




[Modified by Cosworth, 8:14 AM 8/4/2002]

 

yeah i'd say just buy a new one if it's really bad.

is it not aligned anymore? I'd be careful shaving too much off the rim.

 

heh, i dont think ill be able to buy a rim. this is for a 2001 bmw 3 series w/ the sports package's 17s. i dont think the lip is bent, its just scraped down pretty bad.

 

i found this place. anyone with experience from here? Tru-Wheel in North Hollywood

http://www.fixarim.com

 

Good luck man.

 

I've used fixarim.com one time in the past before and in all honesty, I would never use them again. That is not to say that their service isn't quality work, but their "like new" finish as promised by one of their reps failed to deliver. I had a set of bent wheels (Team Dynamics Motorsports) repaired. The bend was removed, but you could easily see where the repaired damage was. The wheels were white, and they only repainted the inner lip and not the whole wheel, nor did the paint match perfectly. They also left behind small circular crater marks around the repair. They did offer to re-do the wheels, but I really did not want to wait another month.

At the time, my wheels cost $250/rim new. Now they are $125/rim. At the time of repair, it cost me $100/rim to fix the wheels. If I had to do it again, I would have just bought new wheels. In your case (BMW), it may be more expensive to purchase OEM. Perhaps its time for a nice set of BBS wheels

 

hey mario there is this place that does really good work...its just really far. they're in OC and the shop is Advanced Wheel Repair 714 434 6905

 

leave it, save your cash

 

Mario.. we got this one guy that comes down to fixed some FUKED up rims for porsche. Let me know if you still need him.. it only costs about 60-70 depending on condition. He's really cool and is mobile.

 

yo ed, could you give me more info on that guy? i wanna try to get the wheels done this week

 

let me get his info from the dealer tomorrow and i'll let you know online..