Made a mess of my nearside front again today and I am getting hacked off at the ease with which I can do this.
Has anybody been moved to change to a different diameter wheel / tyre setup?
Might be more economical to go with a wheel refurb once or twice a year. It's only £20/£25 a pop
18” team dynamics would be the way to go. Search timmmmytimtttim thread in members cars.
There must be lots more wheels out there that will fit on the Type R.
Using this tool. http://www.willtheyfit.com/ I have been looking at Romac Venom or Bola CSR
The 60 ET on the standard wheel is difficult to source but ET45 will fill the arch better.
Recently clipped a gigantic kerb in Lakeside multi-storey. Back of the car went up in the air and I put a massive dent in my back left alloy and took a chunk out of my tyre side wall....
Sent photos of the damage to a well rated mobile alloy repair company and he said due to the pinstripe red loop round the edge he couldn't do the repair (as he would usually smooth out and re-dip the whole wheel). He said I would need to let a specialist have it and spend quite a lot of time on it to sort it out.
As for the £20/£25 mentioned above - never. £60 to £100 per wheel usually. Damage must be extremely minor for someone to do it for £20.
My car is in today to do the passenger side wheels, got kerb rash on both, £80 per wheel. I got alloy insurance when I got the car, very happy I did... The garage is keeping the car for more than a day, since they first need to repair and paint the whole wheel and then do the red stripe, so double drying process, hopefully I will be able to get it back tomorrow during lunchtime
Hey mate who did you do your alloy insurance with? Do they specify the repairers I presume?
As for the £20/£25 mentioned above - never. £60 to £100 per wheel usually. Damage must be extremely minor for someone to do it for £20.
You've never used them so know nothing about them.
£20 gets you an acid dip, hand refurb and powdercoat.
I've taken them totally battered wheels that have come out like new.
They've got excellent ratings across various review platforms.
£60 to £100 per wheel :lol: Even prestige places only charge £40 a rim. I know because their vans are always outside City :lol:
Have you got a link or contact details? Struggling to find them on google. I am not calling BS mate, but £20 is very, very low. £80 is the norm down sarf for def