Damaged alloys

goreblast

goreblast

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I am trading my 2005 Ford Focus C-Max 1.6 Zetec (brilliant on the B-roads) in and a year ago I had to get 2 new alloys (second hand) as both offside ones were damaged. Both buckled to an extent; front way worse than rear. I didn't have the time to get them straightened. Now I am trading the car in is it worth selling the damaged alloys? If someone was to pay £20 a wheel it would cost them perhaps £70 a wheel to get fixed; still a good saving over the cost of the alloy new (circa £150 each).

Thoughts?

Oh I am trading it in for a NEW Vauxhall Meriva 2011 SE 140bhp with 18" alloys.
 
Don't .

I personally wouldn't touch a buckled alloy wheel with someone else's bargepole. Having seen what some running over some debris did to two of my alloys you can't put a price on safety.
 
in case anyone wnats to know - I went round a bend far too fast for the conditions and smashed both off side wheels into the curb, hence the buckle - far more respect for that bend now!
 
tie one to each leg and jump into deep water.




punishment for buying a meriva and insinuating that a 1.6 cmax ZETEC!!!!!! is brilliant on the back roads. father in law has a cmax and its a wallowy barge tbh


as for the wheels couple of quid each from the local scrap metal merchant,
 
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phil675 said:
The new meriva will be wkd on the backroads ennit. £13k worth of awesome right there.
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indeed, the SE is world renowned as being the pinaclle of chassis development for back road blatting.

watch all the dc2 owners start to chop their hondas in at a vauxhall dealer near you !!!!!
 
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