boxsternewbie

last week I hit a curb with the 958 CTT



Had it fixed today for $140 at the local body shop and I can't even find where the scratch was

deilenberger

Looks good. I've used a body shop near me that also sells bling-wheels (the big *** ones that run rubber-bands on them..) They got quite good repairing my Titanium edition 2-tone rims. Got good enough I couldn't tell which one they fixed after a bit.

sclemmons

The local Alloy Wheel Repair representative here is very good. I have used him a dozen times, about half on the Porsche for scratches on the GT3RS wheels and about half on the Fikses on the BMW. Price is right. By appointment. While you wait. Hard to beat.

http://www.awrswheelrepair.com

Dilberto

How do they fill the deep curbing? I know some cheap shops use body filler....which most likely comes off whenever a tire is mounted.

westsiderkg

Don't know what they use, but I've had awrs repair numerous wheels and they have all held up nicely.

Brit6

One piece wheels are easy to fix, its when you start getting into multi piece that's very difficult.

Agustin AC

Got this yesterday in a pothole...
Tires are new (less than 1 month old), and this one got a big bite off

Will report $$$ once I get them fixed

deilenberger

Ouch. Guess NJ isn't the only place with killer potholes..

sclemmons

You may be right about the filler. I do know that repairing the wheel might cause a need to rebalance, so there is a replacement of metal with paint or filler of some kind. No matter. I do know that the repair is quick and cosmetically near perfect and cheaper than you might imagine. I have never had a problem with the repair and I have been through a couple of sets of tires. I feel certain that if there were a problem, Keenan ( my local guy ) would make it right, and I would still be ahead of the game. I have been very happy with the result.

bweSteve

awrs here in my locale actually welds aluminum back onto the rim, then grinds it back down to match the contour of the rim lip. I had three of mine done from PO curbing, so they were like that when I bought it.

The one thing you can ask whatever rim repair shop you are considering, is whether they have & can execute a lathe turn on the face. That was indeed an option on mine, since I have the Turbo II rims with the five machined double-prong face. They came out like brand new. Cost me $190 for that rim, and $95 for each of the other two. That included new powder coat clear.