hi all,

where would be a good place to repair a rim? it was scratched pretty bad when hitting a curb.

i am in the bay area.........any info would be helpful.

 

ask in the bay area forum, thats where everyone hangs out

 

http://www.wheeltechniques.com/contact/contact.html

These guys are one of the best in the bay area.

 

I agree. I have gone to Wheel Techniques twice to get rims straightened already. They are very good. DO NOT go to Wheels America AKA fixrim.com. I brought one of my rims there one time for straightening, and they told me to drop it off. The next day, they called me and said that the barrel of the rim was bent and wasn't repairable. I went to pick up the rim, and they had taken all the clearcoat off the rim. They told me I had to pay them $20 to get my rims clearcaoted, even though they were the ones who removed it. I brought the rim over to Wheel Techniques and had it all fixed.

 

yes these guys are very good, ive also gone to rite-way wheel specialists in walnut creek, those guys do good work too.

 

What about bent rims? Any thoughts on those. I have a bent rim thats not too bent, and I don't want to just hammer it out.

 

it's will be hard for anyone to straighten out a bent rim to what it was, you might want to think about buying a new one, but you can always call around and see. my friend bent his rim once and everyone one he asked said he would be better off buying a new one.

 

Depending on how badly a rim is bent, staightening it costs $100 and up. Sometimes it is more cost effective to just buy a new one. Wheel Techniques straightened two of my bent rims to near new conditions.

 

how about curb repair?

 

curb repair should be no problem for them.

 

i mean the cost

 

i called them and they said the avg cost is 125-150

 

Wheel Techniques is the place to go.

rite-way sucks, they can only fix very minor curbage, and they don't clearcoat the wheels that they polish, so that you have to keep going to them for re-polishing, which is total BS

 

KwickSilver SF

476 5th St.

San Francisco, CA 94107

415-543-KWIK (5945)

KwickSilverSF@comcast.net


tell them Dino reffered you, and tell them to give me commission.

LOL! jp

they're good guys