Wheel Repairs

[minux]

Anyone know of any decent wheel repairers West of Melbourne or in Geelong?

I had my wheel alignment done where i shouldn't have, they scratched **** out of my wheels when removing wheel nuts. They flat out say it wasn't them...photo's say otherwise. I plan on getting repairs done then chasing them for the payment of it.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

[LisnM8]

hey bud

there is a place on mercer st, in geelong called the tyre factory they might be able to help......not sure if they actually repair them but they may point you in the right direction....

hope that helps

[Emackulation]

Damn, I hope you get them good Minux

[lumina01]

there's a place in deer park i think or close to there, ill ask a mate for the name and number, the only other place i no of is advanced alloys but there in the eastern subs.

[minux]

hey bud

there is a place on mercer st, in geelong called the tyre factory they might be able to help......not sure if they actually repair them but they may point you in the right direction....

hope that helps

Cheers, i won't be visiting those guys again though

[minux]

Damn, I hope you get them good Minux

I will, i always take images of my car on a disposable before taking my car to a new place. They will have to pay...eventually

there's a place in deer park i think or close to there, ill ask a mate for the name and number, the only other place i no of is advanced alloys but there in the eastern subs.

Thanks, let me know when you get the number/name etc

[Lumps of cheese]

Take them to Wheels in howitt st. Ballarat.
They did the old girls B45 simmons and they come back like new, reasonable price too.

[AttaBoy]

How bad is it?? How many wheel were damaged?

Its pretty low of them to do this to a customer's car and then saying it ain't their fault.

I remember dad bringing his old car (VX Calais) to do the balance and alignment and they scratched his front wheels and took responsibility for it.

No argument there and dad was happy.

[minux]

Take them to Wheels in howitt st. Ballarat.
They did the old girls B45 simmons and they come back like new, reasonable price too.

Will do, might drop in when we visit the Mrs old girl next week. Although she is saying she knows guys who work there, might get a discount

How bad is it?? How many wheel were damaged?

Its pretty low of them to do this to a customer's car and then saying it ain't their fault.

I remember dad bringing his old car (VX Calais) to do the balance and alignment and they scratched his front wheels and took responsibility for it.

No argument there and dad was happy.

All 4 wheels were damaged, the rim which is now cracked, has massive gutter rash. I will post up some pics of it tomorrow morning.

[jules]

that totally sucks. i am sorry to hear it happened to you.

technically you're not supposed to repair aluminium rims though, other than cosmetic repairs, in victoria. chase them for new ones.

[minux]

that totally sucks. i am sorry to hear it happened to you.

technically you're not supposed to repair aluminium rims though, other than cosmetic repairs, in victoria. chase them for new ones.

I just ordered a brand new one, i won't be repairing. The other 3 will jsut be having cosmetic fixes.

Have to say, when buying new genuine Wheels, Wheel King are great.

[minux]

jules, here is a link to the crack. No way in hell i would have this repaired.

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/681256-post134.html

[Troy711]

faaaar out... they did a hell of a job on the wheel! hopefully you fk them where they deserve it to get one back for all the other times tyre shops have done it!

[AttaBoy]

So... did they pay for the new ones? Covered the costs?

[HoldenMan7]

Hey Mate

Thats sucks man, though how are you gona prove that you took the photos before they had your car ?

[minux]

faaaar out... they did a hell of a job on the wheel! hopefully you fk them where they deserve it to get one back for all the other times tyre shops have done it!

They didnt cause the crack...thank god!!

So... did they pay for the new ones? Covered the costs?

As of yet, nothing has been recovered for costs.

Hey Mate

Thats sucks man, though how are you gona prove that you took the photos before they had your car ?

The film disposable was taken with a matching digital image, in both images it is time stamped by a watch and in the digital a matching date and time. The photos were taken again before i left the tyre place when i noticed the damage on their premises. It is all i need in court if it goes that far

[minux]

Below is a few images of damage, you can't see a lot from these pics, i know i am probably being over fussy, but when the surface coat is taken off...well not happy and the gutter scrape, well, considering they were not meant to drive the car without me there says how much these guys don't care. They obviously didnt use the velvet covered lock nut head and velvet standard nut head. I just wish people even businesses respected other peoples property a little more.

[stocky]

did they cause the gutter rash as well? not surprised they wouldnt admit to it, they probably know the cost to replace genuine sigs

[Lumps of cheese]

I just ordered a brand new one, i won't be repairing. The other 3 will jsut be having cosmetic fixes.

Have to say, when buying new genuine Wheels, Wheel King are great.

Hey minux, just for comparison try these guys
They beat wheel king on mine, might be worth a look.

[Troy711]

inside the nuts is a killer. ive had 3 sets (not individual, full sets) of wheels damaged because the idiots go hell for leather with a rattle gun.

[minux]

Hey minux, just for comparison try these guys
They beat wheel king on mine, might be worth a look.

lol, payless look dodgy, their website isn't even complete.

Wheel is already on its way, was ordered yesterday, so all good!!

[Emackulation]

Owch, thats some rash! How useless are people these days? Hope you get it fixed asap.

[HoldenMan7]

They didnt cause the crack...thank god!!



As of yet, nothing has been recovered for costs.



The film disposable was taken with a matching digital image, in both images it is time stamped by a watch and in the digital a matching date and time. The photos were taken again before i left the tyre place when i noticed the damage on their premises. It is all i need in court if it goes that far

oh yeah i see, im gona do that every time i take my car into places now, thanks for that mate, very good idea...

[Lumps of cheese]

lol, payless look dodgy, their website isn't even complete.

Wheel is already on its way, was ordered yesterday, so all good!!

Yeah the website is crappy, just used that link for contact details.

[LJS-UTE]

Ace Wheel Repairs are fantastic! not sure of the site or number at the moment however haha