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The Angry Welshman

The Angry Welshman

The Angry Welshman

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Even though the Insignia us now a CAT N, the car owes me nothing but is still low mileage, good on fuel and cheap tax. So im putting some new wheels on her, as the others are shocking and ive decided to keep the car for a while.

Has anyone used wheelbase for new wheels or are there other better suppliers out there?#


Thanks
 
I've used Wheelbase several times and they are usually pretty quick turn around unless they don't have them in stock, have to be a bit careful though as sometimes they are a bit hit and miss on things like offset with sometimes the wrong one for the car despite all the other details matching :s though from what I've heard that is a similar story for the other similar companies as well and likely more down to the database(s) they use not having proper details when cars get facelifts, etc. with minor mechanical spec changes.

EDIT: Unless they are dented or properly corroded it may be worth getting the originals refurbished - if you've got somewhere to do it properly it isn't even that hard a job to do yourself if they just need a bit of sanding back, primer, colour and lacquer.
 
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Rroff said:
I've used Wheelbase several times and they are usually pretty quick turn around unless they don't have them in stock, have to be a bit careful though as sometimes they are a bit hit and miss on things like offset with sometimes the wrong one for the car despite all the other details matching :s though from what I've heard that is a similar story for the other similar companies as well and likely more down to the database(s) they use not having proper details when cars get facelifts, etc. with minor mechanical spec changes.

EDIT: Unless they are dented or properly corroded it may be worth getting the originals refurbished - if you've got somewhere to do it properly it isn't even that hard a job to do yourself if they just need a bit of sanding back, primer, colour and lacquer.
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ive thought of doing that but just dont have anywhere to do them or the time
 
Do you not like the current wheels so that's why you're not interested in refurbing them?

If you also fancy a change that's fair enough but unless they're completely trashed then a refurb would be cheaper than replacements (especially if you're going down the brand new route)
 
Maundie said:
Do you not like the current wheels so that's why you're not interested in refurbing them?

If you also fancy a change that's fair enough but unless they're completely trashed then a refurb would be cheaper than replacements (especially if you're going down the brand new route)
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refurb is 400+, new wheels from wheel base 519...... and i wont have the car off the road waiting for the refurbs to be done.
 
So far with Admiral it hasn't affected my premiums - they just noted it down as "optional extra", they don't really seem to care but it is better to inform the insurer just in case.
 
Rroff said:
So far with Admiral it hasn't affected my premiums - they just noted it down as "optional extra", they don't really seem to care but it is better to inform the insurer just in case.
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Yep, better to inform them, many moons ago I had a Honda Civic with non-standard alloys on (the previous owner had changed them), unfortunately it was nicked and torched leaving the alloys as blobs, the insurance assessor asked me what type of alloys they were, not having a clue I just said they were Honda ones from a CRX I believed (I didn't have a scooby tbh as I'd not really looked at alloys since the mid-nineties) and he said "Oh ok as alloys weren't standard on this model, if they weren't Honda ones it would've voided your insurance"
 
Maundie said:
"Oh ok as alloys weren't standard on this model, if they weren't Honda ones it would've voided your insurance"
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I might be wrong but pretty sure it doesn't work like that though - they may decide to cancel it going forward and/or if a material factor in an incident may affect what the insurer is liable for but can't be used as an arbitrary get out by the insurer even if they might try to do so.
 
Rroff said:
I might be wrong but pretty sure it doesn't work like that though - they may decide to cancel it going forward and/or if a material factor in an incident may affect what the insurer is liable for but can't be used as an arbitrary get out by the insurer even if they might try to do so.
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Just saying what he said, it was around 20+ years ago though so legislation may have changed
 
Rroff said:
I've used Wheelbase several times and they are usually pretty quick turn around unless they don't have them in stock, have to be a bit careful though as sometimes they are a bit hit and miss on things like offset with sometimes the wrong one for the car despite all the other details matching :s though from what I've heard that is a similar story for the other similar companies as well and likely more down to the database(s) they use not having proper details when cars get facelifts, etc. with minor mechanical spec changes.

EDIT: Unless they are dented or properly corroded it may be worth getting the originals refurbished - if you've got somewhere to do it properly it isn't even that hard a job to do yourself if they just need a bit of sanding back, primer, colour and lacquer.
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I got stung using PX wheels like that. The replacements they sent me were out of round and shoddily painted. Then the company owner was an absolute a-hole to deal with.
 
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