Nick Mann
18-09-2004, 07:34 PM
For those of you that didn't know, my V6 came supplied to me with 2 alloys in pretty poor condition. I phoned mitsy with the part numbers of new wheels, to discover that 2 wheels would cost approx £340 or with tyres would cost £450. I was not impressed! I made it my mission today to try and find someone who could fix my buckled wheels.
I found someone - A1 Wheel Renovation, Bilston Road, Wolverhampton.
They had a look at the two offending wheels and said that one could be fixed relatively easily, one would take a bit more work. They quoted me £160. I was trying to work out what to do when the guy said - 'That wheel has also been sold badged as a team dynamics wheel. It is almost the same, have a look at this!'
£300 later and I have a brand new set of almost OE wheels. It may be boring that I have wheels that are almost the same, but I wanted to keep the car as original as possible because I want to sell it next year and go back to my turbos, but I also didn't want to have to tell the insurance company that I had changed the wheels. The guy at the garage assures me that as the wheels came from the same factory and are effectively the same wheel, the insurance company won't care.
Anyway, enough rambling, look at these - spot the difference!
The garage gave me a top service - pointed out where the car has been incorrectly jacked before and advised that the tracking may be slightly out. They suggested a four wheel alignment but can't offer to do that themselves. Highly reccommended!
I found someone - A1 Wheel Renovation, Bilston Road, Wolverhampton.
They had a look at the two offending wheels and said that one could be fixed relatively easily, one would take a bit more work. They quoted me £160. I was trying to work out what to do when the guy said - 'That wheel has also been sold badged as a team dynamics wheel. It is almost the same, have a look at this!'
£300 later and I have a brand new set of almost OE wheels. It may be boring that I have wheels that are almost the same, but I wanted to keep the car as original as possible because I want to sell it next year and go back to my turbos, but I also didn't want to have to tell the insurance company that I had changed the wheels. The guy at the garage assures me that as the wheels came from the same factory and are effectively the same wheel, the insurance company won't care.
Anyway, enough rambling, look at these - spot the difference!
The garage gave me a top service - pointed out where the car has been incorrectly jacked before and advised that the tracking may be slightly out. They suggested a four wheel alignment but can't offer to do that themselves. Highly reccommended!