wheel refurb?

wez130 · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:31

This morning i was driving to work, i went round a bend at about 40mph and noticed a boulder in the road approx the size of a black bowling ball (crown green type), i started to move to avoid it when a car came from the other side so i had to manoevre to avoid the oncoming car and the boulder went under my car hitting the fron t wheel giving me a blow out, after taking the wheel off and replacing it with the space saver :rolleyes:

, i have quite a large dent on the inside of the wheel

(i know my tyre is bald, i got newe ones coming on Tuesday)

Anyway, has anyone else had a similar repair and
what kind of cost am i looking at?

Thanks

Jonny ///M · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:46

That looks ****** for the lack of a better word. Dont know if that can be repaired but i certainly wouldn't trust it if it was.

SB118 · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:53

That's fubar mate, sorry.

NickXX · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:53

I'd just get a replacement off ebay.

wez130 · 23 Sep 2007 at 16:02

NickXX said:
I'd just get a replacement off ebay.

can't find one on ebay

dunno what the official name for it is, it's a 7 spoke 16" from the special edition 'graphite' mondeo.

russ9898 · 23 Sep 2007 at 16:08

probs best to post of pic of the front of the wheel on a mondeo/ford owners club and ask if anyone is able to name the wheel. might find someone has a spare lying around that you can buy of them

MikeHunt79 · 23 Sep 2007 at 16:12

If yer feelng flash you could get a new set of wheels - The worlds yer lobster!

richyfingers · 23 Sep 2007 at 16:43

Similar thing happened to me last year and my alloy was buckled like that. My local alloy wheel refurb place sorted it out for £55, good as new.

Gaygle · 23 Sep 2007 at 16:44

I'd give the refurb place a call, they can do wonders with alloys. Its worth a shot!

wez130 · 23 Sep 2007 at 17:01

for £55 i could probably replace the wheel with the peace of mind that i'm not driving on a repaired wheel. I am feeling far from flush after spending a grand on camera equipment in the last few weeks. FMOC won't let me log in but had a look at their classifieds and can't see any

1mm3 · 23 Sep 2007 at 20:27

I had a similar situation with my golf mk4 18" alloys, however it was vertically buckled than horizontally (if you understand me). I was told they could not repair it, the only options were to buy a new one or go back to my original tryes/ trims.

Andyt_uk · 23 Sep 2007 at 20:44

check out fordpartsuk.com. There'll at least be able to tell you what alloy it is and the codes/price that you need to order a new one.

mattpc · 23 Sep 2007 at 22:05

Some places whack them with a hammer for £20 but I wouldn't get that done myself.Just wouldn't trust it

wassap · 23 Sep 2007 at 22:46

I had a wheel repaired which was cracked and buckled similar, i had the rim repaired (ally welded etc, and I covered 30k in the mondeo without any issues, company was A1 renovations in the west midlands.

wez130 · 24 Sep 2007 at 08:48

found the wheel on fordpartsuk but it's £110.64 :O

wez130 · 25 Sep 2007 at 15:34

well, yesterday, i went driving about trying to sort something with my wheel when i got a screw in my back wheel, could hear it going down, my spacesaver was on the front so had to go get it repaired quite sharpish, anyhow, i've just got back from ford parts and parted with £130 of the queens finest for 1 wheel, (£110.64 +VAT) then got 2 new front tyres fitted for £18 so all in all, my wheels have cost me the best part of £300 this week