HollaBack

Curbed my rear passenger wheel sometime this weekend!!! I'm a damn idiot!! Now I need to find a good repair shop. Can anyone help?

FASN8N

Hard to say without knowing your location. What part of "West Hell" are you from?

Ghostrider

vraa

LOL!
Best post of the week.

V12Godspeed

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.

sinbull

JodyE55,

Try The wheelguys 914 654 1010. Had the same problem but they fixed it quick with no issues.

HollaBack

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?

tbone

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!

ROCKETW19

wheeltechniques is top notch. i have been goin there for custom polish and painted rims since the late 80s when john first started. they can fix anything and if you want give it a different look that is yours instead of store bought. good luck.

jangy

HRE also does repairs

Blake P

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.

tbone

Before deciding to take my wheel to wheel techniques, I asked around and did hear the same story, but also heard that they do awesome work.

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.

C2 Turbo

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....

HollaBack

C2 turbo, my rears are 10.5"s too? May I ask how much it cost to have kinesis do yours?

HollaBack

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LSonDubz

call ben @ wheels boutique

dragonAMG

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?

V12Godspeed

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.

JAY55

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!

dragonAMG

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.

kaze81

Just a thought...probably the scratches were from the way you wash/clean them. How do u usually wash/clean ur wheels?

dragonAMG

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.

Blake P

You are at fault...for not washing it yourself! I bet the wife and kids would be a big help.