Wheel Repair results!

[SmutsGTI]

Ok i finally christened the car!, my fault i admit it no females involved, was parking with my reading glasses on and competely misjudged the gutter anyway this was the end result nothing to bad but was completely pi$$ed at myself. Anyway that was Sunday night so Monday i rang around for quotes everything from $395 to 120ish. I finally spoke to a very articulate fella named John who is an owner operator of united wheel repairs who ensured me he could fix it on the car. So he came this morning and 45mins later this was the result.

Before



During



After



Note the last phot taken when it was still wet, 30mins later it was touch dry and completely blended. It even has the 2 coats of clear.

Cheers

Smuts ( Happy Again )

[DaveMack]

Ok i finally christened the car!, my fault i admit it no females involved, was parking with my reading glasses on and competely misjudged the gutter anyway this was the end result nothing to bad but was completely pi$$ed at myself. Anyway that was Sunday night so Monday i rang around for quotes everything from $395 to 120ish. I finally spoke to a very articulate fella named John who is an owner operator of united wheel repairs who ensured me he could fix it on the car. So he came this morning and 45mins later this was the result.

Before

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/SmutsGTI/THeWheel001.jpg

During

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/SmutsGTI/THeWheel004.jpg

After

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/SmutsGTI/THeWheel010.jpg

Note the last phot taken when it was still wet, 30mins later it was touch dry and completely blended. It even has the 2 coats of clear.

Cheers

Smuts ( Happy Again )

What did it cost in the end, Smuts?

Dave

[Treza360]

Looking good mate. They did a good job there. Now you just got to get some nice tyre shine on that rubber.

[SmutsGTI]

lol yeah i know!!! it came to $160 very reasonable IMHO. One mob wanted $395 and 2 weeks!!!!. He was a great bloke and he explained the GTI wheels are qite hard to do as VW apparently use a plastic based undercoat which makes it a little harder to match but he can do shadow chrome etc no problems.

Cheers

Smuts

[WEDEL.1]

Great result.

Maris

[rabbitoh]

hey Smuts, what are his contact details? I have done the same thing

[burtybear]

Anyone know of someone similar in Melbourne - I'm in need of something like that too. That's a very good result at a decent price!

[FJ Steve]

Nice one.....care to put up this guys contact details.

Good work at a reasonable price needs to have +ive feedback spread amongst the forum = more work for a happy businessman.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Wow, looks like he did a great job! Nice work Smuts, it's good to see you're happy with your ringing around etc.

[allypally]

Is this them?

http://www.mobilealloywheelrepairs.com.au/

[SmutsGTI]

Yes Ally that is the website. John is his name and he's been doing this for a fair few year now and knows his stuff. Now its had a few days to set i cannot pick where the repair took place on the wheel absolutely stoked!

Smuts

[gti mk5]

i have use this guy on my gti wheels and on my parents rs4 wheels he has done a awesome job and charges very reasonable..

VERY HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED

[Mrk_Mickey]

Throw a thread into the recommended section

[dgd1600]

Bit late on the thread but ...........

Bet you were worried before the paint dried.

And I wish I had come across this guy earlier - did the same thing on the factory 18's I've got on my GTi - low profile tyres and gutters just do not mix.

I'll keep these guys in mind for my next parking error ( its a lot easier parking a nissan patrol than a GTi with low profile tyres - nudge a gutter and it just doesn;t matter )

[Mister_duck]

John is coming around to my place on monday to fix one of my wheels which has got some major gutter rash on it, Luckily it wasn't me who was driving it, it was my boss, so he is going to pay for it to get fixed.