new tires, but wheels where ruined..

bfowlzr33

i ordered two new 245/45/18's and they arrived in less than a week. theres a hobby shop on the base that i work so i took my wheels off and took them to this guy at the hobbyshop to switch out the tires.. well he managed to destroy the finish on both rear wheels, and acted like they where fine when i had asked him why he kept going after scratching the first wheel. there are rings around the outside of the wheels where there was metal on metal contact. and when he was pushing the tire off with the machine, i watched him not even check before he pushed the button for the hydraulics and the machine pushed down right on the edge of my wheel. so basically my wheels finish is ruined, so i was wondering if there are suggestions as to what to do with the ones that i have now, considering that i dont want to spenk 1k on new wheels at this very moment. they look bad and i am looking for a temporary fix to hold me over until i can afford some wheels. ill try to include pics to show the damage.

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XwChriswX

Plasti-Dip them.

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FairladyZ

This... Or tell him to pay???

bfowlzr33

yea they wanted me to pay them for using the garage!! I was trying to keep my cool but i ended up leaving without paying. shoulda blew the place up

bfowlzr33

oh and i meant were, not where. whoops.

jcosta79

What's a hobby shop and why didn't you take your wheels to a tire shop?

Sucks that the guy did that though. I took my car to NTB to have them take out a nail, and the guy behind the counter says I should take it to someone that specializes in low-profile tires. He says he can do it, but he will scratch the rim with the equipment he has. That's honesty right there.

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bfowlzr33

yea man well at least he let you know first. this guy didnt even give a crap when he did mine. straight idiot. but the place i went to is like a diy garage where you pay by the hour and they have a guy in there to work the tire machine and balancer. theres no legit places for 100 miles of where i live or i would have had someone else do it. even when i just took them to a local shop to get balanced, the first thing the guy said to me when i came back to pick it up was "its good and balanced, no rumbling or vibration, i drove it at 80mph" .. rediculous. ppl at these shops cant even help themselves when they see us pull up in their shops.

Japanjay

I call BS on 100miles. I was just at a hobby shop and did my buddies G35x lowering springs. Plus I did all the suspension on my other car plus another buddies lude. Let me guess WPAFB? There is gotta be a shop that can mount tires, the public needs tires, LOL. You went on base and tried to save some money and went to the hobby shop and got screwed. At our hobby shop they require you to mount and demount which I did with my last set, mind you not on the Z, not going to risk ******* up some Rays, but they did the balance. You wont get any money, just being honest. Caulk it up as a lesson learned. Dont take your car to the hobby shop and let them do anything on it. Dont mean to be blunt, because I think the hobby shop kicks *** for DIY, but no, you dont let them touch your car or your wheels. Like a couple guys said, call around and get them refinished, but yeah no touching of any hands that arent yours at the hobby shop brah.

1st

I had this same conversation with a guy at les Schwab when I had a nail in my tire. I had told him that I will take it elsewhere to have it repaired do to damage, scratching the face on the rim all in the same sentence. He stated that he wanted to help and would be held completely liable. He stated he was just giving me a heads up but would order me a new wheel if something where to happen. So I asked him how confident he was without damaging my rim and how long he had been doing this. Come to find out he did a great job without damage.

1st

My question is where is everybody taking their wheels to when wanting to swap out tires without damage? I know there will always be a possibility of some sort of damage. But off the bat there might be damage I found this really odd.

kidkotic2001

This happened to me a while back on my old Z. I went ape Sh!t on the place, I had told the sale guy and the installer to please be careful with my wheel. The guy said I had nothing to worry about. I even told him to go outside and look before so he could see that there was no wheel damage. he did and when I got my car back i looked and my rear tires were all Fd up. Had to fight to get them to pay, eventually they did and received a call from the GM.

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bfowlzr33

well it sucks, but at least you got it straigtened out. im currently trying to get the shop to pay for mine. they claim that they have a document to sign before they do any work, saying they arent responsible for any damage but i never seen that and they never had me sign one so i think it will work out eventually and ill get them to pay for it.

bfowlzr33

im looking into the gunmetal color plasti dip for now though

redline727

Find a good alloy wheel repair guy. He will have your wheels looking good as new. I'm a service advisor at BMW and we have a guy that comes and fixes all the wheels on cars we trade in and customer cars upon request. He's awesome and can color match just about any finish. He's doing my sport wheels next week actually. It's way cheaper than buying new wheels and honestly no one would ever know it was done unless the guy you find sucks haha prob run you 150-200 for both wheels. Maybe you can get the a$$hole that screwed yours up to pay the bill

This is the same company we use. Here is there website for their Ohio locations. And they are mobile so just call the one closest and they come to you.

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists - Ohio

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Mike

definitely the wrong place to get nice wheels mounted.

For the non-military guys, the hobby shop is a place most bases have with tools where you can work on your car, and a half talented guy checks out the tools to you and gives you mediocre advice.

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