My wife drove my 18'' Fondmetal 7300's right into the curb yesterday. Surface is scratched pretty bad all over the rim now. I got them discounted and now the site doesnt sell them anymore. They are pretty pricey if I bought from overseas so I was going to try and have them fixed.

Who could you guys reccomend for quality work?

I also had f1 gsd3's on the wheels... any way I can know if there was any damage to them other than some soapy water to see if there is a slow leak or anything...

Thank you all for the help...

8/7/2006 2:18:10 PM

i think beethead used a mobile wheel repair guy once & was pleased with the results.

8/7/2006 2:29:04 PM

cool, just shot him a PM... any other reccomendations please post...

8/7/2006 2:35:09 PM

you still driving that sweet saab? this is david, sharks old roommate by the way

8/7/2006 2:39:56 PM

you should beat your wife

8/7/2006 3:02:30 PM

nah, his wife's mad cool aside from curbing his rims

8/7/2006 3:42:39 PM

alloy wheel repair specialists
Glenn Mersinger
919-924-6458
gmersinger@mindspring.com

he came to my work, picked them up, refinished them (even ordered a special kind of paint to match the finish i had on my wheels), and brought them back to my work.

give him a call or shoot him an email.

8/7/2006 4:54:18 PM

how much was it though

8/7/2006 9:58:45 PM

yeah, how much was it??

I am considering ordering these rims online and just replacing all 4 of my wheels.

Which do you guys like better??

Mine currently:

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/
findWheelDetail.do?mk=&yr=2003&wd=18&pc=61832&rw=8&bp=5-110&vid=008381

ones I might replace with:

http://www.fondmetal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=266

These would be under $600.... not sure but obviously fixing my old rims would be cheaper. I plan on getting the KONI FSD's also, anyone have opinions on them??

[Edited on August 23, 2006 at 9:34 PM. Reason : -]

8/23/2006 6:09:18 PM

just in case you needed to see my car to make an opinion on the wheels... i appreciate your opinions/advice.

8/23/2006 6:11:39 PM

First link looks way better. The 2nd link looks a bit ghetto. My wife has BBS RK's on her car.. I was cleaning them the other day and noticed hairline cracks on two of the wheels. Called BBS, they UPS'ed me 2 new wheels and an account to use to ship the other two back to them. For that reason, I'd tell you to get BBS wheels (maybe not RK's since they are like $350 a pop)

[Edited on August 23, 2006 at 8:38 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2006 8:36:18 PM

I absolutely would love to get some CH's by BBS but I cant find a decent price anywhere... know any good sites?

I just realized I had it backwards, the first link are the ones I may buy, second link are the ones I currenly have

[Edited on August 23, 2006 at 9:09 PM. Reason : backwards]

8/23/2006 9:07:54 PM

$200 for 3 wheels

two with slight paint damage at 50 each
one with more significant damage for 100

8/23/2006 11:01:21 PM

^ that is not too bad. I need to post a pic of the two wheels because they are banged pretty bad. Thanks for the input.

About those BBS wheels, anyone know a cheap place.

8/25/2006 5:51:45 PM

BBS isnt cheap.

8/25/2006 6:06:39 PM

yea its not going to happen unless you find a deal & a half on some used wheels somwhere.

8/25/2006 6:09:42 PM

I cant find anything cheaper than like $400 a rim. 18x8 CH's are the choice. I said cheap.. guess I meant cheaper.

8/26/2006 12:04:30 AM

cheap, light, strong. pick two. you won't find bbs on that list.

8/26/2006 1:25:25 AM