Am I Being Taken For A Mug?!

[craigdmcd]

To do that level of damage to a wheel, you have to hit something pretty hard (nice kerb maybe?). I'd be back at Evans Halshaw trying to find out where that happened and why your car is pulling. Time to stop being so calm about it.

[Spaceman]

new wheels bud that looks horrific

try ebay should get a single no probs.

for geometry go to pro grip in bonny bridge very reasonable bout 50-60 quid for full 4 wheel alignment and John is the berrys.

[thefastone]

Em, I think that's dangerous mate, and I certainly wouldn't be doing any speed on that...

[thebigfelly]

anyone tried or heard of these folk or would you think its a good option, their probably about 40min drive - hours drive from me maybe less ,

what do you experts think ...

http://www.alloywheelrepairs.net/index.html

also struggling to find a single thats the same as mine on flee bay , cpl similar but none exactly the same with teh grooves along the edge

Edited July 9, 2010 by thebigfelly

[dram300]

I'd get the spare on PDQ mate. Wouldn't fancy a collapsed wheel at any speed !!!

[Midnight21]

What size are the wheels?

I have a set of 16" or 2 x 17" but are 215/45/17 if you need to borrow them

Edited July 9, 2010 by Midnight21

[thebigfelly]

  Midnight21 said:

What size are the wheels?

just standard 17"

mite roll wi the spare and take it down to that place see what they say see how much itl cost me to get repaird , cheers though cathy though would have to bea fter work the mora seeing how i start work i 4 hours woo hoo, me needs sleep i think

Edited July 9, 2010 by thebigfelly

[sparky_sj04]

Seriously mate I would park that up until you can get a new wheel on!!!!!! That's downright dodgy and likely to wreck your sidewall pretty quick. Just now you 'only' need a wheel, leave it longer and you might need a tyre as well. Have a look about, those wheels go for peanuts so just a matter of finding one.

[thebigfelly]

  sparky_sj04 said:

Seriously mate I would park that up until you can get a new wheel on!!!!!! That's downright dodgy and likely to wreck your sidewall pretty quick. Just now you 'only' need a wheel, leave it longer and you might need a tyre as well. Have a look about, those wheels go for peanuts so just a matter of finding one.

dinae have any other option than to use it , missus is using her car for work and not many buses at the times i start work at 4am ,

its only 5miles or so to my work and mostly 30mph roads so will take it easy on it , until i finish at 2pm tomorow then swap it over wi the spare ,

as for the new tyre sum1 left me a wee suprise in my boot , dunno where its came from but there was a brand new eagle f1 in my boot that wasnt there when i handed the car in , but im keeping mum ( quiet) about it unless someone asks

[rig-pig]

wow thats bad put the spare on ASAP that tyre will blow out m8, thats the beed of the tyre you can see and thats the seal for the tyre

[cruz104]

  thebigfelly said:

dinae have any other option than to use it , missus is using her car for work and not many buses at the times i start work at 4am ,

its only 5miles or so to my work and mostly 30mph roads so will take it easy on it , until i finish at 2pm tomorow then swap it over wi the spare ,

as for the new tyre sum1 left me a wee suprise in my boot , dunno where its came from but there was a brand new eagle f1 in my boot that wasnt there when i handed the car in , but im keeping mum ( quiet) about it unless someone asks

Try here this guy seems to have the wheel you are after.

http://www.subaruwrcspares.com/24.html

Edited July 10, 2010 by cruz104

[Spaceman]

i wouldn`t want that repaired bud its scrap not worth the cash to repair

try www.japperformanceparts.com for one they break scoobs all the time bud

get down to that garage though and go wild

phone in a sickie if you have to but do it now and i wouldn`t want to be running about on the spacesaver either.

[thebigfelly]

  cruz104 said:

Try here this guy seems to have the wheel you are after.

http://www.subaruwrcspares.com/24.html

no to sound daft its an exact match for my wheel but whats the GPN mean? cause when i clicked on the wrx wheels it sauid not for everyday road use as they dont fit standard cars so was wondering if the gpn ones made any difference

[Phil MC]

GpN means Group N i.e. rally

[thebigfelly]

  Phil MC said:

GpN means Group N i.e. rally

that mean it wouldnt work on my standard car phil...?

[gus the bus]

  thebigfelly said:

hes the damage of the alloy , what do we think people repairable or am i fcuked, and need to get a new one ...?

Holly shamolly mate, I wouldnt be driving with that on!

That deffo looks like impact damage and could be the reason for the car pulling. Blame E.H. for that and tell them to get it replaced.

I wonder if the " surprise Eagle F1" in the boot is some sort of "compensation" for someone sha$$ing your wheel

Bound to be someone on here with a spare Sti wheel kicking around

[sparky_sj04]

  thebigfelly said:

that mean it wouldnt work on my standard car phil...?

If the dimensions and stud patterns are correct then they will be fine as it's only a wheel and all it has to do it fit.

Group-N stuff is largely road car based so the parts will fit on your road car. WRC stuff (such as wheels) is different and wouldn't fit your road car. But you don't need to be concerned with that.

[thebigfelly]

cheers sparky ,

im sure im being teste on how much i luv scoobs like wi all the hassle im geting wi my first 1.

gus - yeah icedog had his 4 for sale but hes sold them now . i put a message up in the wanted section was hoping to get a reply .

also sent a wee message away to that subaruwrcspares, askin how much he wanted for one with or without the tyre .

as for evans halshaw they dont give a toss, no proof as the misus didnt mention anything after she drove it away on thursday afternoon and it wasnt reported until today due to me being on night shifts and late shifts .

though i have noticed a grinding sound kind of coming from teh rear left , nothing visual from the outside rubbing against anything,, was thinking maybe its a wheel bearing or the pads maybe sticking a little .

[thefastone]

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though i have noticed a grinding sound kind of coming from teh rear left

Well get them to fix it...

Safe to say though that Wheel is not repairable... perhaps if it was just bent or warped, then they can repair that, but theres bit missing from the wheel, nothing you can do with that except get a new one...

Edited July 10, 2010 by thefastone

[Spaceman]

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/private-for-sale-...-and-tyres.html

cheap

[Gorbash12346]

i'm all for making a dealership pay to fix a car thats causing problems but this car is plagued, and if i'm honest the amount of time they held up proceedings sounds as if there has been an incident while it was at evans halshaw (possibly the cause of the damaged wheel) and quite honestly i would have parked it in their front window and taken back my money

my opinion: it's not worth holding onto the car with all thats gone on go out and find another one thats been looked after.

aftermarket warranties are not worth the paper their written on. perfect example being a 330ci convertible comes into my work (bmw dealership) as the roof won't open or close, so the customer has to foot an hours diagnosis as black horse warranty won't cover the inital diagnosis, turns out the hydraulic motor has burnt out after the system sprung a leak and ran out of fluid. the car now needs a new motor fitted and a few lines replaced, one heft repair bill to stomach for a car the customer has only had for 2 weeks

so we approach black horse who state that the convertible roof is not vital to the functioning of the car and they will not cover it, and as for our labour charge (at that point it was £98 an hour) was too high and they would only cover a labour rate of £40 an hour and it would have been up to the customer to pay the difference up to that value if they had indeed covered it, the customer promptly took the car back to verve where they bought it and got their money back