Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[X5 Meister]

Those don't look particularly new. Look at the tire sidewalls. there is no apparent rubbing and they stick out father then the rims. Seems like old damage and given the gouges (which I'm now seeing) it looks like rock damage.

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Click on the picture - they have scratches or gashes over the spokes

[TwinsPoppa]

Okay updated the first post with close ups. I should have cleaned the wheels so you can see the actual damage better. Believe me its bad. Anybody have suggestions for shops that do great wheel repairs? They cost me a little over $250 each so ... Maybe time for some 87s or 20x10 front & 20x11.5 rear aftermarket wheels. But I'm not ready to give up on my M5 reps just yet.

My wife usually takes good care of HER car so she has NEVER curbed them.

Yes, in the end its just a car but I was already having one of those days and now this! I'm the kind of person that needs to rant and get it off my chest. I've learned that trying to hold crap in is even worse for me.

Thanks all for listening to me babble. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

[E61Silver]

I feel your pain have a good weekend

[X509]

Sorry to see that, always a sad moment when you find a new scratch or rash on your wheels

[RMak]

In all honesty... it's not as bad as it looks. I've got some curb rashes on my rear wheels (both sides) and mine looks alot worse. I'd easily take your rims over mine.

Then again, i'd certainly take your wheel scratches over my stolen mirror problem any day of the week.

Sorry again though... I hope you get it fixed soon.

[jsears]

Nooooooooooo! Those wheels are awesome! Sorry to hear that happened!

Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa

I'm sooooo pissed! Mutherfather!

I got to go pick up my kids now, be back in a bit. But just look at my wheels!



Okay here's the deal. Tomorrow I'm heading out to the NJ meet and I thought I'd take care of some things last minute before the trip. So, I figure tire rotation and alignment but I want to be confident its done properly. So, I ask my uncle who works at an NTB to see if he could do the sutff I wanted and said no problem. Just to be clear I made him a list:

1) I wanted the tires rotated. However, because the tires are uni-directional and staggered I asked them to only mount/dis-mount the front tires.
2) Balance all wheel/tire combos
3) Don't adjust the rear camber back to stock spec. and don't swap the rears unless there's excesive wear showing.
4) Adjust toe as needed.
5)I DON"T want the wheels scratched. Asked specifically to hand remove the nuts by hand with tire iron NOT an airgun and will pay extra if I have to.
6) Make sure they re-install the hubcentric rings.


The result is:

1) ALL the wheels are scratched/dinged. The front wheels have scratches/gouges on EVERY spoke toward the outer rim. The rears are not as bad.

2) The car pulls to the right. I had no pull before.

3) The steering wheel vibrates more. I had a very slight vibration before.

Here are some close-up pics:


Wow, I guess I'm REALLY prepared for the trip now, huh?

This was an expensive lesson ... but never again. Problem is these wheels MAY be discontinued. I love these wheels! Ugghhh!

[skiboats]

That's a bummer, but wheels will end up getting scratched one way or another over the years. They don't look that bad. To you they do, because you know what you had. Most other motorists won't even notice.

The drivability issue, plus the fact that people can't follow simple written instructions would really have me pissed.

[X5 Meister]

Yeah that sounds about right, it didn't look like curb rash to me. I was going to ask if someone had worked on them, but since you didn't mention that initially I figured it wasn't a factor. Sorry to hear about it of course. Couple of things...

- Don't know anyone in your area who might do the work, but I'll say this, BMW dealers often get repairs done like this and from my experience they don't do it themselves. Some 3rd party comes to the dealership and does the work to their spec. I've seen some examples and it's amazing. So call up your local dealer and talk to a good service rep who knows his stuff.

- I don't know what shop you went to, but you should always go to a shop that uses the specific hunter equipment that BMW uses. Do a thread search, I posted a bunch of info on this in the past. The reasons for this are twofold. 1. They use the road force balancer which is the best on the market in terms of balancing a tire on a rim. I have lots of personal experience in this (spent many an hour at tire shops waiting around while work got done over the years) and can say that the difference is 100% worth it. 2. The Hunter tire changer (TC350 I think) uses a special clamping set and all parts that come in contact with the rim are made of Delrin (if I recall correctly). That results in no marring or scuffs. So the only thing left that could screw up your rims is a lazy tech who doesn't give a hoot. For that I stick around and watch; even if they tell me to step out of the garage I don't. Oh and $20-40 extra bucks goes a long way.

- Finally, after learning my lesson numerous times, I no longer go anywhere else for alignment but the dealer. Every time I've ever had it done at Joe's shop something is wrong. Either the wheel vibrates, the car pulls, you name it. Invariably I end up going back again and sometimes again to get it done right. The hours I've blown on that I can't even begin to count. So now alignment is only done by a BMW dealer and I almost hate to say it, never had a problem yet.

- Don't know what "NTB" is ???

[faz]

I feel your pain, and sorry to see this... but I have learned that in the end, it is just a car/wheel/etc. and just accept that shit happens from time to time.

I am sure you can sell these wheels to someone else and get new wheels, and the difference won't be too too much. If your uncle did the job... go to his house more often and drink enough beer to make up for the damage. )

[jsears]

National Tire and Battery, me thinks!

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

- Don't know what "NTB" is ???