DJ140

The bloody wife moved my WRX out of the garage this morning and kerbed the wheel, about quarter of the way around the rim.

What do you think I should do:

Repair - Who does this?
Buy new wheel
Bin the wife, then repair the wheel

Any advice would be appreciated.

Dan

Welloilbeefhooked

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option 3 mate

How bad is the wheel? If its just scuffed the alloy on the rim then you could touch it in after using some chemical metal to fill it in. This is for cosmetic damage only remember.

For proper damage I think that there are quite a few wheel refurb places that you could try depending where you are in the country.

Buckrogers

Make the wife pay for damage plus "other" favours as and when requried.

Also, ban the wife from ever driving the car again.

SlowBoy

iTrader: (1)

Get it refurbed. Check your local Yellow Pages, or ask at local tyre shops as down here they often act as an agent for the big wheel refurb companies.

mervil

iTrader: (5)

Its usually around £35-£50 per wheel to get refurbed! Not too expensive i thought

Mervil

XS-Home

Get it repaired for about £60 quid, its the time of goodwill so forgive forget, give her a hug & get the job done......

Cooking at Xmas is a mare.......

DJ140

Thanks for the advice guys.

What is chemical metal filler? The kerb has taken the paint off and lightly grazed the alloy, will this do the job?

What I don't get is that she never even noticed she had hit the kerb, denied it totally. When I pointed out the concrete still on the wheel, she admitted it must have been her, careless or what!

I might have forgiven her by Xmas.

DJ140

I think I might go and "kerb" one of her pans, see how she likes it.......

mmmiddy

What's a pan?

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I took two OE WRX 01 wheels to Kingsway tyres in Grimsby, both were done for £25 the pair, excellent finish.

Light kerbing on one a bit heavier with some scoring over 3" on the other, (slid car into kerbstone on packed snow )

Alcazar

Miniman

iTrader: (2)

The "wife" did it huh? Guess she doesn't often get on here?

Repair the wheel, find a local wheel/tyre dealer, if it's just a few scratches it should be easy for them to repair.

powerman

Save you money till summer time,and when the polishing season starts get it repaired along with any more that have appeard. Believe me they will and nobody will own up..but dont forget what we are constantly being told WOMEN ARE BETTER AND SAFER DRIVERS THAN MEN...
P.S My wife has just kerbed my 3 week old gold OZ,s at 30mph ...... nice
good luck powerman