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04-03-2009, 04:36 PM
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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! 
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04-03-2009, 04:59 PM
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What are we looking at? They're dirty, so?
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04-03-2009, 05:03 PM
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04-03-2009, 05:07 PM
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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.
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04-03-2009, 06:05 PM
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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! 
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04-03-2009, 06:20 PM
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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.
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