Car Puncture Repair Costs
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Boycie83
Space Cadet
Don't put ideas in his head, he might post pictures!!!
Boycie83
Space Cadet
Replacements - they're about 18 months old. Car doesn't do a lot of miles
TobyC
Patriot
Check with them first, they may fix it.
Cheesepiece
Stickler
£12.50 a corner I paid in October. I'd stuck the spare on to get me to the shop, cheeky beggar had the nerve to ask if I wanted the alloy back on once repaired.
TobyC
Patriot
There's a foot on the end of your,... um,... leg?
culcreuch
Forum GOD!
He never claimed it was anything else but a foot!
They have a point if it's an axle with a differential.
Tyre repairs, everytime I hear the phrase, shudders. My alloys have developed cracks (common fault on my car) on at least 8 occasions (£50 a repair-welded) and my tyres always end up with nails etc. Last repair was free as I'm a regular, just removed the nail and repaired the tyre. Otherwise with run flats it's over a ton per tyre, I've had a few.
Vacumatic
Testy
Having a similar dilemna with these VW wheels which have some corrosion. These are diamond cut and the cost of having them recut is around £80-100 each wheel, and I have heard that the corrosion comes back within a year. Repainting the wheel costs around £50 a wheel but is a softer finish and i suspect may chip quite easily. New wheels are around £1000.
The days of steel wheels and metal hubcaps, life was simpler then.
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p.b
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Painting may be softer but that also means its less likely to chip. With the diamond cut wheels stones chip the lacquer on the sharp edges so water gets under it and corrodes the bare aluminium. That doesn't happen with painted wheels. If you get them a nice anthracite the brake dust doesn't show up either. Win-Win.
Boycie83
Space Cadet
Took the car to our Protyre this morning for a 'free tyre check'. They then determine any course of action from that.
The chap stripped my tyre off and found some paint corrosion that was causing the leak. He cleaned up all the corrosion for me and refitted the tyre and told me it should be fine but keep an eye on it. All free of charge. Well chuffed - they'll be getting my tyre business from now on!
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The chap stripped my tyre off and found some paint corrosion that was causing the leak. He cleaned up all the corrosion for me and refitted the tyre and told me it should be fine but keep an eye on it. All free of charge. Well chuffed - they'll be getting my tyre business from now on!
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TheChrisC
Forum GOD!
That’s when you know you’ve found a good one mate.
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Deleted member 2936
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not bad for free tbf
what type of car is this for? hatchback, 4x4 etc
i have in the past got part worn tyres for good prices around here in brum but now got a 4x4 so not sure if i can get part worns in the bigger size like 17 inch rims
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Deleted member 2936
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proper rip off lol