Dealership damaged two of my wheels

CBRich · 05-09-2010, 09:24 AM

Painting the dings is not a half a** fix at all. The wheels are painted from the factory in the first place. If they can paint them and you can't tell where the damage used to be then it's a job well done.

Zsteve · 05-09-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CBRich

Painting the dings is not a half a** fix at all. The wheels are painted from the factory in the first place. If they can paint them and you can't tell where the damage used to be then it's a job well done.

Thats why I was willing to let the service mgr try. He said if it didnt come out good he would buy new ones then but they came out pretty good. So for OP let them try and see how it goes.

Rocketman · 05-09-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRich

Painting the dings is not a half a** fix at all. The wheels are painted from the factory in the first place. If they can paint them and you can't tell where the damage used to be then it's a job well done.

If this was merely paint damage I would tend to agree with you. There are some places on the rim where actual material was removed (albeit a very small amount). Filling these gaps to me would be the equivalent of using bondo on a damaged fender. You may never notice it is there but that doesn't mean it is the proper way to go about repairing a car.

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Originally Posted by Zsteve

Thats why I was willing to let the service mgr try. He said if it didnt come out good he would buy new ones then but they came out pretty good. So for OP let them try and see how it goes.

Do you how they went about doing the repair? Did they remove the wheels from the car? Dismount the tires? A friend of mine works at a local dealership and has told me horror stories about cars coming back with over-spray on the rotors, calipers, lugs and even the paint due to the repair outfit doing the repair with the wheel still attached to the car. This is mainly what I am trying to avoid.

Zsteve · 05-09-2010, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocketman

If this was merely paint damage I would tend to agree with you. There are some places on the rim where actual material was removed (albeit a very small amount). Filling these gaps to me would be the equivalent of using bondo on a damaged fender. You may never notice it is there but that doesn't mean it is the proper way to go about repairing a car.

Do you how they went about doing the repair? Did they remove the wheels from the car? Dismount the tires? A friend of mine works at a local dealership and has told me horror stories about cars coming back with over-spray on the rotors, calipers, lugs and even the paint due to the repair outfit doing the repair with the wheel still attached to the car. This is mainly what I am trying to avoid.

they took the wheels off but didnt have to take the tires off, they just covered them while they worked. They look good but I would ask them to paint all four so they match perfect. Mine are a tad off so I will go back and ask them to paint the front too.

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05-09-2010, 09:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
CBRich A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SC Posts: 2,464 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 545	Painting the dings is not a half a** fix at all. The wheels are painted from the factory in the first place. If they can paint them and you can't tell where the damage used to be then it's a job well done.