Scratched HRE Wheel!!!
Now I need to find a good repair shop. Can anyone help?
Scratched HRE Wheel!!!
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Your worst nightmare...
I know how you feel, 2 weekends ago I scratched my front passanger side also, very minor but it sucks, I would like to send my wheels also, so if anyone out there has any clue please help us, we are miserable now. I am in NYC by the way.
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I live in south central pennsylvania and I don't think there's any quality shop around here. I was hoping there was a place I could ship it to get it done. Are there any members who've had this problem and could recommend a place?
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This is what my wheel looked like before repair:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=bent+wheel
They're in California. They've been doing wheel repair for 20 years.
I'm actually going to take my wheel there again because the MB dealer washed my car, even though I told them not to. Their chemicals oxidized my lip.
Good Luck!
Last edited by tbone; Sep 19, 2006 at 11:31 AM.
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I took my wheel to www.wheeltechniques.com
This is what my wheel looked like before repair:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=bent+wheel
They're in California. They've been doing wheel repair for 20 years.
I'm actually going to take my wheel there again because the MB dealer washed my car, even though I told them not to. Their chemicals oxidized my lip.
Good Luck!
This is what my wheel looked like before repair:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=bent+wheel
They're in California. They've been doing wheel repair for 20 years.
I'm actually going to take my wheel there again because the MB dealer washed my car, even though I told them not to. Their chemicals oxidized my lip.
Good Luck!
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Mark me down as a vote AGAINST Wheel Techniques. I took my HRE 441R there to have one of the lips refinished. When I showed up on the morning the wheel was promised, they hadn't even started (2.5 hour drive up from Fresno, BTW). They told me to come back at noon...still not done, a couple hours later...still not done, end of day...done, but obvious the wheel wasn't even taken apart because I could see oxidation in the groove between the face and the lip. As an added bonus, they broke the 90 degree valve stem so I had to order a new one from HRE. They told me I could bring it back once I got the new valve stem, but I vowed never to return and I'm sticking by my word.
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Mark me down as a vote AGAINST Wheel Techniques. I took my HRE 441R there to have one of the lips refinished. When I showed up on the morning the wheel was promised, they hadn't even started (2.5 hour drive up from Fresno, BTW). They told me to come back at noon...still not done, a couple hours later...still not done, end of day...done, but obvious the wheel wasn't even taken apart because I could see oxidation in the groove between the face and the lip. As an added bonus, they broke the 90 degree valve stem so I had to order a new one from HRE. They told me I could bring it back once I got the new valve stem, but I vowed never to return and I'm sticking by my word.
Personally, they also promised the wheel to me on a certain date. I called that day, and it "wasn't done". I ended up getting my wheel 3 days late.
I was willing to wait for my wheel as I had heard good things about their work. I just called everyday, and drove down the day they had it done.
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I did the same thing,curbed my 10.5" rear Kinesis wheel and went thru the same dilemma as you are,where to send the dang wheel..The more people i talked to the more i got confused but one thing for sure,i didn't want to repair the wheel twice,so i did it once and did it right...I sent the wheel back to Kinesis to have it repaired....was it expensive...yes...but was it perfect when i got it....you bet.
My suggestion would be to send the wheel back to HRE and from personal experience if you want the wheel to have a perfect finish you probably would need to have the outer replaced...it all depends how **** you are....
My suggestion would be to send the wheel back to HRE and from personal experience if you want the wheel to have a perfect finish you probably would need to have the outer replaced...it all depends how **** you are....
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I too just F'ING CURBED my rear HRE 840r!!!!!! I'm SOOOOO PISSED and almost in tears... what can I do? Would you trust a local wheel repair shop to fix an HRE outer lip?
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Your worst nightmare...
Man i feel your pain, I don't even let my wife drive my beast because of this sh*t. I felt the whole world was coming on top of me, it sucks Man. I am taking it to the wheels guys this month, let's see what they could do for me.
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Ouch, wish you guys live around here. I went straight to HRE to pick up the 840R and they powdercoated the black centers, peeling problem solved. They also re-polished all 4 lips, gave me new logo caps and valve stems at no charge. What an incredible service!
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I might have to call HRE... my lips are all scratched up. These polished lips get messed up very easily. The wheels are barely 4 months old.
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I take it to a hand car wash... never ran through a car wash... I don't even let MB do the curteousy wash. The problem is that I never bothered to check them after they washed it, so I don't know who is at fault.
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