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Got my wheels back today
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I bought my Maya STMs from Neal last June. The %$#^%$^%$ Boston roads bent the two front rims rather quickly. The bend was not that bad but I can feel the vibration through the steering wheel at 45-55MPH. I tried to get them straighten once before at a local shop in the Waltham area. However, it didn't help with the vibration at all. So, I had to put up with it until I had my winter wheels back on.
One week before I put my winter wheels back on, I took the car to my regular detail place. I told them not to use chrome cleaner on the lips but somehow they forgot and used it on one of the lips which tarnished the lip. Since the detail place is owned by the garage, I filed a claim with the garage. So, the garage ended up paying to get ALL 4 of my lips refinished. I took my wheels fixed at a place called Rimpro in Tewksbury, MA. The results was amazing and the 2 front rims no longer vibrate when they put it on the RoadForce machine. They also repolished all 4 lips and clearcoated them. This place really knows what they're doing and I highly recommend them to anyone in the NE area that needs to repair their rims.
I bought my Maya STMs from Neal last June. The %$#^%$^%$ Boston roads bent the two front rims rather quickly. The bend was not that bad but I can feel the vibration through the steering wheel at 45-55MPH. I tried to get them straighten once before at a local shop in the Waltham area. However, it didn't help with the vibration at all. So, I had to put up with it until I had my winter wheels back on.
One week before I put my winter wheels back on, I took the car to my regular detail place. I told them not to use chrome cleaner on the lips but somehow they forgot and used it on one of the lips which tarnished the lip. Since the detail place is owned by the garage, I filed a claim with the garage. So, the garage ended up paying to get ALL 4 of my lips refinished. I took my wheels fixed at a place called Rimpro in Tewksbury, MA. The results was amazing and the 2 front rims no longer vibrate when they put it on the RoadForce machine. They also repolished all 4 lips and clearcoated them. This place really knows what they're doing and I highly recommend them to anyone in the NE area that needs to repair their rims.
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Kev - thanks for the well needed info. I recently purhased a 2000 E55 in Boston in great shape except for the rims. Most of the lips on the original rims are scuffed up. The dealership recommended some place in Quincy but i was hesitant to the quality of the repair...sounds like you might have ended my search - I will check out Rimpro
thanks!
Leo
thanks!
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Kev - thanks for the well needed info. I recently purhased a 2000 E55 in Boston in great shape except for the rims. Most of the lips on the original rims are scuffed up. The dealership recommended some place in Quincy but i was hesitant to the quality of the repair...sounds like you might have ended my search - I will check out Rimpro
thanks!
Leo
thanks!
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If you just scruffed a rim, you can probably get it fixed at the dealership. I know Chambers in Somerville has a wheel guy that comes in every Friday to fix minor curbed rims.
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thanks for the fyi and helpful info -
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When I was in school I walked up hill both ways in the snow and carried a hot potatoe in my pocket for warmth....then ate the potatoe for lunch!
No excuses,get those wheels back on...
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No excuses,get those wheels back on...
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Kev, Rimpro does GREAT work... Im gonna bring my ML wheels to them to touch up they are horrendous
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I know... but it's a real b!tch to clean the lips without the clear coat. Also, the Maya rims have a different technique that they use to make the chrome look lip. That's why it would take the chrome cleaner. It's impossible to replicate the effect in the US.