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Odium Grand Master

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Ha, I had a mate at uni who took his set of $800 rims from his corolla to get some SLIGHT rash repaired... the bloke was a panel beater doing some rim repair work on the side...

Dropped them off and was told he'd be called the next day with a quote, gets a call a few days later saying "They're all done, that'll be $650... Come pick them up when you're ready"

And the prick was threatening to not give the rims back until it was paid in full.

Small claims court with evidence of an email from the bloke saying that he'd call with a quote first... = gets the rims back for "cost price" of $200 and the panel beater gets told to stop being a cock :P

Job was crappy anyway... paint was chipping and fading after a few months.

SO GO TO A QUALITY JOINT!!!

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Ha, I had a mate at uni who took his set of $800 rims from his corolla to get some SLIGHT rash repaired... the bloke was a panel beater doing some rim repair work on the side...

Dropped them off and was told he'd be called the next day with a quote, gets a call a few days later saying "They're all done, that'll be $650... Come pick them up when you're ready"

And the prick was threatening to not give the rims back until it was paid in full.

Small claims court with evidence of an email from the bloke saying that he'd call with a quote first... = gets the rims back for "cost price" of $200 and the panel beater gets told to stop being a cock :P

Job was crappy anyway... paint was chipping and fading after a few months.

SO GO TO A QUALITY JOINT!!!

lol.

Pretty similar thing happened to a friend of mine.

Repaired 1 rim at a cost of about 900 dollars, but a new rim would have been 1100. He didn't take it to small claims though.

Agree with you re going to a reputable company. I've seen some pretty crappy jobs.

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guy we used at honda was http://www.wheelfixit.com.au/ - i got a quote to do a full restoration on wheels i have personally, was 400$ per wheel, would take 2 weeks, or $150 per wheel for gutter rash which i think he could do within the day.

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guy we used at honda was http://www.wheelfixit.com.au/ - i got a quote to do a full restoration on wheels i have personally, was 400$ per wheel, would take 2 weeks, or $150 per wheel for gutter rash which i think he could do within the day.

Can these guys un-buckle rims? My SS-V has a slight buckle in one of the rims but it's actually on the outter lip (not the inside of the wheel that most people have).

Took it to the mob at Moorabin but the bloke said it can't be done :unsure:

Sunkist Grand Master

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The freshly painted rotor you dumbass

What's wrong with that? The brake pad will just take it off anyway...

I always do it, leaves a clean line rather than an imperfect masked circle..

I still don't see how that's funny. It's actually smart - unless he is expecting the paint to stay there..

A lot of rotors actually come out completely painted like that.

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guy we used at honda was http://www.wheelfixit.com.au/ - i got a quote to do a full restoration on wheels i have personally, was 400$ per wheel, would take 2 weeks, or $150 per wheel for gutter rash which i think he could do within the day.

Not bad at all.

Odium Grand Master

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A lot of rotors actually come out completely painted like that.

My DBA4000's came soaked in that rust protection oil from the factory and had black painted centers which extended onto the rotors a bit...

Not once I got a bit of brake cleaner onto them to get rid of the oil :) Goodbye paint.

Yes, the brakes will get rid of the paint themselves, but I still would have covered the majority of it with newspaper and tape to stop the black from getting into the cooling vents, slots and dimples! That wouldn't be cleared by the pads right away...

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Can these guys un-buckle rims? My SS-V has a slight buckle in one of the rims but it's actually on the outter lip (not the inside of the wheel that most people have).

Took it to the mob at Moorabin but the bloke said it can't be done :unsure:

I'm not sure if they can do that, email and ask :P

Not sure if prices have changed - been about 10 months since I got that last quote

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My DBA4000's came soaked in that rust protection oil from the factory and had black painted centers which extended onto the rotors a bit...

Not once I got a bit of brake cleaner onto them to get rid of the oil :) Goodbye paint.

Yes, the brakes will get rid of the paint themselves, but I still would have covered the majority of it with newspaper and tape to stop the black from getting into the cooling vents, slots and dimples! That wouldn't be cleared by the pads right away...

Ever ran your finger nails through the slots to see how much crap comes out? Don't think a little paint is going to be a worry, and in any case the temperatures that the friction part of your rotors see is MUCH more than enough to take the paint off..

It will come off in the first 5 minutes of driving..

Oil is a different story, but paint? f**k masking it..

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Yeah I pretty much covered my rotors, came off after bed in and looks neat vs masked ones that always seem to mask around the line in the center not the actual edge of the pad contact area and still end up with a rusted section :/

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