My new rims! (more pics pg.2 and 3)
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Originally Posted by HKSpeed
magnesium wheels cost upwards of $1000 piece and weight nothing. only a handful of companies throughout the world manufacture magnesium wheels. i doubt they are magnesium. most likely cast aluminum.
a rim repair shop can sand it down, refill, and repaint it. expect to pay $80-100 per wheel and that does not include remounting/balancing the tire.
18x8 et35 is perfect. i'd stick a 5mm spacer in the rear.
a rim repair shop can sand it down, refill, and repaint it. expect to pay $80-100 per wheel and that does not include remounting/balancing the tire.
18x8 et35 is perfect. i'd stick a 5mm spacer in the rear.
They only f**ked up one of them. Luckily.
I believe I'm running a 45 offset though. How can I tell? I was looking around the rim but couldn't find anything but the bolt pattern and lug info.
Originally Posted by David616
Can we get more shots?
Daytime shots to where the pics are brighter and more clear...
Shots of the whole car from the side...
Daytime shots to where the pics are brighter and more clear...
Shots of the whole car from the side...
Originally Posted by DTRUONG_112
more shots!
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Originally Posted by Tito_Cruz
I believe I'm running a 45 offset though. How can I tell? I was looking around the rim but couldn't find anything but the bolt pattern and lug info.
it should be stamped on the box/packaging next to the bolt pattern and size info.
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Nice!. Those look good. I'd be 
about the damaged rim.
about the damaged rim.
Originally Posted by RedLine_tC
u got the wheels i was going to buy from kamispeed....those wheels are hawt!!
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work wheels own
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Great News! I thought I'd give the dealership one last try to keep a good customer. Went in for my oil change and told the service manager to take a look at my rim and tell me that it wasn't their fault. He said, "lemme show you how we mount the tires." I got kinda scared and thought he would prove me wrong but thought I'd give it a try anyway.
Sure enough the mounts that hold the tire into place matched the scratches in my lip. So he gave me a number of a rim repair shop and told me to get a quote, that they would pay for it. I'm still uneasy about how it will look but it's better than nothing.
Sure enough the mounts that hold the tire into place matched the scratches in my lip. So he gave me a number of a rim repair shop and told me to get a quote, that they would pay for it. I'm still uneasy about how it will look but it's better than nothing.
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Originally Posted by Tito_Cruz
Finally got my data cable so here are a few pics I snapped when I got back from the dealership last week. It was a bit dark outside and the pics were taken on my phone so excuse the quality. I'll get some better ones up this weekend.
Here's what bothers me. After reading around, I thought 18x8 with a 35 offset was what I needed. Although, upon ordering, I asked them what offset would be best and I was told a 45 would be fine. I haven't had any rubbing issues that I know of. Anyone think this is going to cause a problem rubbing my struts?
Here's the biggest problem.
Any suggestions as to how I should handle this? I called and talked to the service manager, which I always go to to get things done. He's always done a great job untill now. I ask him what they're going to do about it. He tells me that they can't do anything about it, that the rims are made of "magnesium" (anyone feel free to chime in on that). "Take it to a rim specialist", is what he said. I'm ____ed.
I'm wondering if I escalate this to corporate, will it be worth my time...anyone?
Here's what bothers me. After reading around, I thought 18x8 with a 35 offset was what I needed. Although, upon ordering, I asked them what offset would be best and I was told a 45 would be fine. I haven't had any rubbing issues that I know of. Anyone think this is going to cause a problem rubbing my struts?
Here's the biggest problem.
Any suggestions as to how I should handle this? I called and talked to the service manager, which I always go to to get things done. He's always done a great job untill now. I ask him what they're going to do about it. He tells me that they can't do anything about it, that the rims are made of "magnesium" (anyone feel free to chime in on that). "Take it to a rim specialist", is what he said. I'm ____ed.
I'm wondering if I escalate this to corporate, will it be worth my time...anyone?
....lol...guess you have to expect that when you have dark colored wheels!! 
they didnt offer anything to fix it....
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Tire Kingdom also scratched one of my factory wheels. The best thing to do is take them to a custom rim & tire shop and ask if they have a touchless mounting system. As for the scratched rim if you can't find someone to repair it give that shop Mgr an estimate for a new wheel and see what he says then. Next time you go get new tires take the person selling the tires out and showem your unscratched wheels first. That way if they're scratched after then they cannot deny they did it.
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Originally Posted by TeeCizzle
I have Bronze colored wheels and took it to Discount Tires...They scratched the rim part too when fixing my flat and put nice shhiny scratch on it..I saw it..they said they didnt Do IT!!!...B@stard$!!!! ....lol...guess you have to expect that when you have dark colored wheels!!
they didnt offer anything to fix it....
....lol...guess you have to expect that when you have dark colored wheels!! they didnt offer anything to fix it....
Originally Posted by silver06
Tire Kingdom also scratched one of my factory wheels. The best thing to do is take them to a custom rim & tire shop and ask if they have a touchless mounting system. As for the scratched rim if you can't find someone to repair it give that shop Mgr an estimate for a new wheel and see what he says then. Next time you go get new tires take the person selling the tires out and showem your unscratched wheels first. That way if they're scratched after then they cannot deny they did it.
I'm glad I didn't go to tire kingdom. That was my first resort but they were taking too long to order my tires. So I just ordered them myself and took it to the dealer.
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