Just Skidded Into A Curb, So P!$$ed Off

[Leo182]

What a great christmas im having

Ive just damaged two anthracite cup pack alloys, tyres seem fine but the alloys have been quite badly scuffed.

I was going about 10mph around a bend and next thing im hitting the kerb, im so p!$$ed off right now

Does anyone know how much 2 cup pack alloys will set me back?

Thanks guys

 

[Dan##]

im gona guess £100ish each? maybe a little bit less!

 

[GR7]

Quote: Originally posted by Dan on 26 December 2004

im gona guess £100ish each? maybe a little bit less!

More like £40 each for refurbishment!

 

[edde]

Id personally change the tyres as well you never know with them what internal damge might have been caused.

 

[Leo182]

Cheers for the replies guys, im not in the best of moods right now.

£40 refurb seems ok i suppose compared to £100 reno would charge!

Can anyone recommend any in the north west (Manchester area)

Ive heard Chipsaway are quite good.

edde, ill check the tyres out more carefully but on 1st glance it seems they are ok (alloys took the major impact because it hit the kerb side on)

 

[Grandpa Munster]

Two wheels= £250.

 

[stusV6]

Leo as said above £40 for a refurb is the way to go and you will NOT be able to tell the dif from new................also I recon Reno might be just a bit more than £100 for a wheel

Cya Stu

 

[TheCake]

PLus tracking £25

Plus get it inspected for any lower steering arm/subframe damage mate also.

 

[stusV6]

Yeah CupCake it would be worth checking but I recon if he had hit the Kerb hard enough to do this sort of damage then the airbags would have gone off

Cya Stu

 

[TheCake]

stusV6, I managed to destroy my front bumper, wing, splash guards, lower steering arm and front subframe in a similar accident - no air bags.

 

[stusV6]

Quote: Originally posted by CupCake on 26 December 2004


stusV6, I managed to destroy my front bumper, wing, splash guards, lower steering arm and front subframe in a similar accident - no air bags.





Gee.............Ive never heard of that before..............I stand corrected eh

Cya Stu

 

[Liam]

about £120 a wheel, remember I had two new ones when renault knackered mine changing my tyres.

Not much you can do really on ice is there, good thing no other cars were involved. Even with ABS and ESP working over time (which Im sure they were) on ice once it goes it goes.

sorry to hear it.

 

[Leo182]

Think ill go the refurb route as advised.

Ill get everything checked over just to be sure everythings ok.

Thanks again guys and if anyone knows a decent refurb place in Manchester let me know.

 

[Toypop]

Thought u couldnt actually buy these wheels from Renault anyway as they are out of stock.

 

[Dan##]

i wouldnt bother mate tbh! just sell the good 2 to people on here for spares and get some decent alloys!

 

[Toypop]

Probably comes down to taste but I havent yet seen a set of wheels that look better than the original anthracites on a 182?

 

[Leo182]

^ yep i agree with you Toypop otherwise id get some ahem decent alloys Dan

 

[Funkyjahooner]

Quote: Originally posted by Toypop on 26 December 2004


Probably comes down to taste but I havent yet seen a set of wheels that look better than the original anthracites on a 182?

I have....standard wheels

 

[Liam]

they are suppose to be out of stock but renault got me two brand new ones when i kicked up a stick so they can get them!

 

[kotafey]

Quote: Originally posted by Toypop on 26 December 2004


Probably comes down to taste but I havent yet seen a set of wheels that look better than the original anthracites on a 182?

Totally agree. In fact, I think the 182 is one of the most "complete" cars ive seen in this kind of price range. There are very few things id change about it, and even then it wouldnt involve any exterior styling.

 

[BRUN]

ProClean in Prescot are very good, but dont expect them to be helpful or nice to you on the phone, they can afford to turn business away ive heard so that must be why they give a cant be arsed attitude when you deal with them

 

[Irfan]

proclean in precot are good. i took my wheel down to them on a friday morning to get a dent taken out of it, and it was ready by about 2pm.

they used to charge about £20 a wheel to sort kerbing out, now its around £50 per wheel i think.

 

[GR7]

Quote: Originally posted by stusV6 on 26 December 2004


Leo as said above £40 for a refurb is the way to go and you will NOT be able to tell the dif from new................also I recon Reno might be just a bit more than £100 for a wheel

Cya Stu






£100+ for one wheel? ROBBERY!!



In Edinburgh, there is a guy who goes round all the garages refurbishing wheels for the dealers/garages and when hubbys car was going into the BMW garage for a service, it was the day that James (wheel guy) was there, so hubby took my wheel that he scraped a few weeks before, with him in his boot and the guy did it for us for £25 cash and there was NO WAY THAT YOU COULD TELL WHERE THE SCRAPE/GOUGE had been, it was perfectly repaired and painted - exact colour.

So if you take it to Renault, it would be someone like James who visits garages to do this (he also does small paintwork jobs like scraped bumpers etc, to avoid painting panels) and Renault would make a tidy profit from your £100 or whatever they charge - just find one of these wheels/chips away/dent devils or whoever it is yourself and just pay the proper realistic going rate for the job.

One day when I was at work, my colleague had a paint guy in his van come to the carp park to repair and paint the side of her car where it was scraped and in a couple of hours you couldnt see where it was done. If you get a good guy (recommendation maybe) you will get a good job and avoid having to get a complete panel/bumper sprayed.

 

[Funkyjahooner]

Similar to GR i took my 182 to Renault and they had a rattle guy believe it or not !!!

Mike (The rattle guy) sorted my rattle out in less than 5 minutes.If Renault use people like that and BMW do then they might be able to sort a wheel repair guy for you.I was well impressed they had someone on the books who was good at what he does.Bet its a full time job for him though so i dont expect he has much time to visit other garages !