How much for curb rash rim repairs?

 

About the same as Chinese knock offs.
I saw your other post, I don't have any first hand experience with reproduction wheels, but that said I would still rather have reconditioned OEM or brand name DOT approved wheels on my 55, it is just too fast to worry about the wheels coming off.
also see post I HATE MYSELF

 

My dealer is fixing one for me now. I should get the bill tomorrow. I'll let you know.

 

not much, depends how bad. $20-$60

 

80-120

 

Tirerack sells both Made in Korea and Made in China wheels. Trust Tirerack? I was leaning towards ultra light forged for $2500+ or 1/2 price and I can get Pulley kit to offset the unsprung weight hit. Given this is only a leased car as well. Thanks, Mike

 

$136 USD done at the dealership. Flawless result in less than 4 hours.

 

[QUOTE=Vetluver;2627890]$136 USD done at the dealership. Flawless result in less than 4 hours.[/QUOTE


Do all MB dealers do this?

 

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They don't do it themselves. They usually either have some one come do the repair on site if it's not too bad or send it out if it's pretty marred up.

 

[QUOTE=Big Carrot;2627991]Exactly.

The dealer just waits till you leave and then calls out WheelDoctors or whatever your local equivalent is, pays them $60 and bills you $130+.

If you search around a bit, you can get the same people to do it for less and they come out to your house and do it right in your driveway, instead of you having to go anywhere.

All in all though, if you're happy with it then you're doing pretty well. They didn't overcharge too badly...nothing like the $270 tranny flush they just did on my SL.

 

$50-120, Juts depends who you ask and on what day. Seems to vary as to what mood their in judging by my friends experience. I'm dreading my first curbing

 

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I got all 4 rims fixed from curb rash and painted black for $360.

 

You guys with curb rash either need to stop letting your wives parallel park and/or stop running the cars through car washes that use rail guides for the wheels.

I never again got any curb rash on any of my german wheels with low profile tires after I hired a driver for my wife. Also, I never run cars through automated car washes .... pay extra for a hand-wash or do it yourselves (good exercise).

 

This particular request was for a used set I purchased that came with some rash.

 

Good info here.

The only reason I have any rash on my wheels is because of a car wash...

 

I paid $80. The guys even came to my house to fix it!

 

$80 per wheel, I presume?

 

I got charged $265 for two wheels before at the dealership

 

My local BMW dealer charged me $145 per wheel ($580 Total) in Dec 2005 and again $170 per wheel in Nov 2006. They subcontracted the work.

I probably could have negotiated a better deal, but I wanted to impress upon my wife how important it was that she stop trying to parallel park and instead use valet parking (or hire a car & driver) for those shopping runs into the heart of the city. Also finally trained her to stop running her cars through a carwash every other day (the ones with the wheel guide rails) and use the pricier hand-wash option instead.

Not quite grounds to trade-her-in on a newer model yet ...... I think she got the message .... there has been no new curb rash on her cars now in over 16 months

 

That was probably a much cheaper way to fix the "curb rash" problem permanently.....

 

+1

 

The cost depends on the amount of damage, is it a 4 inch scuff or is half the wheel chewed up? It it clear coat over bare aluminum lip or a totally painted wheel. Like others have quoted on here, expect to pay $50-$150 per wheel depending on the two factors above. I just googled it and found 3 places in my area that will come to your house or work and do the job on the spot.

 

Call Jason at the Sante Fe Springs location

http://www.fixrim.com/WA/basic/index.php?page=locations

They repair benz dealer wheels etc. I had wheels painted there too.

 

yea it was $80 per rim. I only needed one fixed though.

 

$40-50 bucks tops at the best in SoCal: Mag Masters (www.magmasters.com)! Trust me, they do great work and even recommended by HMS in Santa Ana. They've probably repaired, refinished, powder coated, painted, chomed, polished a hundred+ wheels for my buddies and I...