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Bad Roads... Damaged Alloy wheels.[ALL/1998] posted by Henry T. Mui. on
Sunday, 6 July 1997, at 12:20 p.m.
This 4 th. of July, weekend was not good for me. My brother borrowed the Volvo 92' 940 for the weekend and came back with 3 out of 4 dinged (warped innner wheel lip) on the TSW Stealth alloy wheels. Since he damaged them he gets to repair or replace them! I'm happy! But, the fact still remains this is the second sets of alloyed wheel I've seen damaged in the period of 2 year! It seems all the taxes we pay for gas is not going to get our highways and roads repaired or replaced. It's going to get to a point where someone is going to get into an acident because fo the conditions of our roads. My brother only noticed that something was wrong with the car when the steering wheel started shaking at increase speeds. He had a service station check it for him and told him you got damaged alloy wheels. The guy also stripped on of my lock nuts and put back the wheels in the wrong direction (1 direction rotation tires). Sometimes I wonder where they get some of these service guys. If you guys/girls out there got some good sad tales of servive guys that have screwed up your car I'll like to hear about! Please E-mail to me and not the Brick Board notice because there will be too many response for it to handle!
Re: Bad Roads... Damaged Alloy wheels.[ALL/1998] posted by Stoney on
Sunday, 6 July 1997, at 2:45 p.m.
Henry, I know what you mean about alloy wheels! Here in NY City I keep the snows on 'til pothole season is over.
It's one of the trade-offs that comes with Low Profile tyres and Alloy Wheels, there is just that much more cushioning on 185's.
There are a few Wheel repair firms listed in the back of C&D and R&T that can "fix" a bent/fractured wheel. Also try the manufacturer's rep., frequently they can be a better source of help than the factory customer service folks.
Reguarding the MORON factor in Service Techs. That's what you get when there is no incentive to better ones skills or position and the attitude between customer and tech becomes one of combat not cooperation. This is fed by the "black arts" theory that most firms have towards explaining anything to the customer that could be understood! (I have been told that I couldn't "fathom" how the Bosch FI system in my 240 operated by a mechanic who then proceeded to route the coil wire right next to the AMM cabling!-I waited until I left the shop to open the hood and reroute it...I didn't go away angry, I just went away)!