So either (a) I am a shitty driver; (b) I'm not used to the wicked tight slow-speed turning radius on this thing; or (c) these wheels are a lot bigger than I'm used to... but at any rate I keep banging the shit out of my right rear wheel on curbs.
So a while back there was a discussion on the RMC BMW CCA board about wheel repair shops in Denver, and I reproduced some excerpts below. I hear these shops can make your wheel look like new, and the cost is relatively inexpensive.
Anyone else have any recommendations? If I keep hittin the damn wheel on shit, I'm thinking about getting a new set for the rear and just having them switch them out every six months while they repair the set they take off (just kidding... ... ... mostly). Something I may do is get a winter set anyway, and then repair the summer set when they get taken off. I hear the tires on the sport package 18's suck in the snow, even with the xi.
Any other recommendations? Thoughts on why I'm such a shitty driver (at least at low speeds
)?
p.s. Sid, saw your car and you across the club at La Rumba on Thursday last week... didn't make it over to say hi, but there's was no missing your car that night when I pulled in.
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Wheel repair:
Spec Wheel in Commerce City
Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists of Colorado, Inc.
TruDesign Wheel
Woody's Wheel works
http://www.wheeltechnologies.com/exchange.html
Replica Wheels:
Wheel Exchange, Inc.
533 Dynamic Dr
Garner, NC 27529-2509
Phone: (919) 662-7178
Genuine BMW wheels at a discount:
http://www.bmwwheels.com/
I used Spec Wheel to repair mine. Cost was $85, plus $10 to remove/install
the tire. The crack on mine was on the inner lip, so it did not affect
the finish. After I got the wheel back I could not tell where the crack was,
mainly because they refinished the whole area. So far things look good.
They (and most other shops) offer a lifetime warranty for the repair.
The cost included trueing the wheel.
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I just had three (3) older OEM basket weave wheels done at Woody's Wheel Works in Denver. They did a perfect job of blasting, truing, and refinishing!