So I am driving to work from Union City to Palo Alto one morning and while I am on the Dumbarton Bridge, I hit a pothole going through the toll plaza in the car pool lane. I hit it pretty bad that my CD skipped!

After pulling over I saw this:

OUCH I said and was pretty pissed off about the dam California roadways.....It still held air pressure so I went onto work and hoped I'd make it home 8 hours later....

Then I removed the wheel and saw this on the inside of the wheel!



I had heard about Wheel Tech and gave them a call the next day for them to look at it and give me an estimate! I had already had some minor road rash on 3 of my rims and some of the silver paint was already chipping and pealing on others.




I also had a few caps that were a little faded (plastic laminate was foggy on a few)
Anyway, So I got a quote on how much it would be to repair JUST THE BENT RIM and it was $100 - Not bad I thought, better than buying a new one for $470 and then waiting 2-3 months for it i thought. I then asked how much to repair all the lips and have them repolish them. He said another $80 each, I was down still....then I asked how much more to powder coat / paint them? He said if I do all 3 services (repair bent wheel, repair all the lips, and then strip the old paint and repaint them, he'd hook me up for $550 - I asked about the process and how they go about doing the repairs....would they just mask the lips and repaint over the old silver paint? He said "OH HELL NO!" lol , and said he is going to take apart the whole 3-piece rim and do it legit, clean and polish down the hub, the face and the lips/caps piece by piece and have it all done in 4-5 days. He even invited me to watch the process anytime during the day. I took the offer and was very impressed on their craftmenship, detail, and whole service. For $550 it feels like I got a new set of rims! I debuted them at the Palo Alto Teen Center Car Show and everyone told me how much my car looks better and like my NEW set of rims. I told all of them that this is my OG set from back in the day, just repolished and painted!

....So I am NOW SOLD on Wheel Tech and can VOUCH for them - Here's how they turned out!

Inside of BENT RIM! WOW!









Wheel Tech
408-496-6363
http://www.wheeltechniques.com
Paul - cool guy that hooked it up!

3280 Edward Ave Unit "D"
Santa CLara Ca 95054

 

dam they look sick...
wheel tech.

 

yeah they're suppose to be really good. looking good junior

 

they did a great job

 

piaaaaamp

 

 

 

good **** junior. too bad I didn't know about them when I had my schumachers.

 

thanks for the info on the shop junior, the rims look great

 

Wheels look amazing!

 

Very nice!

 

a 100 to fix a bent rim, thats pretty good. ill get my bent rim fixed there, hopefully theyll quote me the same.

 

I saw you at Old Navy at Automall Junior!!!

Rims looks sick!

 

so what did that repair cost you, and what about just having them all refinished? i have some old school JDM wheels im thinking of polishing, or even chrome.. haha

edit... oops, i missed that HUGE paragraph.. lol

 

VERY nice refresh on your wheels....sweet ride too!

But........

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I also had a few caps that were a little faded (plastic laminate was foggy on a few)
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what did they do to freshen your caps up? are the ones in your "after" pics new caps or the old ones? I have some VOLK ones that could use some sprucing up.

 

 

Very nice work on the rims indeed

 

clean junior.. can i have them ?

 

looks good!

thanks for the info, i've been looking for a reputable rim repair place.

bump for the bay!

 

 

I know people that got their rims fixed/powdercoated at Wheel Techniques. They do an awesome job.

 

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But........

what did they do to freshen your caps up? are the ones in your "after" pics new caps or the old ones? I have some VOLK ones that could use some sprucing up.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Yeah they took off a tiny layer off the plastic top and re polished them...looked crazy differant from when I had them.....2 were really faded and bubbly and the others were just kinda faded.....big differance...i mean it's not brand new looking but a shitload bteer than before....

thanks guys!

JUNIOR

 

damn they look brand NEW

 

nice

 

god damn they look even better