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Chunk taken from Alloy - fixable?

  • 09-01-2010 11:30pm
    #1
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys. Was just driving home in the blizzard currently raging in Dublin. Turning corner on main road at 15kph. Hit a pot hole (i think) and car slid and rear wheel hit kerb. REALLY annoyed because I was being careful.

    There is a massive 4 - 5 inch chunk missing from my rear rim. Can this be repaired? I'm asking here in advance rather than waiting til monday to phone around. I bought them from wheelbase on ebay but they don't have the alloy type listed anymore and they are less than 12 months old. E46 AC Shnitzer replicas. Advice?


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  • #2
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    rims are type 4 ac schnitzer 19" aluminium. searchin the net and there are so many variations.


  • #3
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Contact the lads at wheeldoctor.ie -they do this sort of repair all the time.


  • #4
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    thanks. know of anywhere closer to Dublin?


  • #5
    keith-b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭keith-b


    try collins eng in bray

    http://www.wefixalloywheels.com/


  • #6
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    keith-b wrote: »
    try collins eng in bray

    http://www.wefixalloywheels.com/

    I can recommend these lads, got work done there before twice and was happy both times


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  • #7
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    yeah i have their number. didn't think they repaired chunks. ill give em a buzz. cheers...


  • #8
    The-Game
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭The-Game


    Any joy? How bad a chunk was it missing from the wheel?


  • #9
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    goz83 wrote: »
    There is a massive 4 - 5 inch chunk missing from my rear rim. ?

    Lad, the wheels are the most important part of the car, if it's that bad then buy a new wheel, or a new set. Wheel repair is mainly for cosmetic defects, not structural damage


  • #10
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    Got the wheel repaired in alloy repair in bray. they are in the solus tower industrial estate. cost €140. good job. wheel is safe and beautiful. sorry it took so long to report back.


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