3 inches more than enough for the wife.

[jbonnett]

Having slated my missus mercilessly for putting a tiny, tiny, dink in one of our 19's weeks ago....I cleverly put a 3 - 4 inch scuff on the off-side rear wheel rim at the weekend. Will I EVER hear the last of THAT.....?!

Stupid motherer!

I wasn't even parrallel parking, just in a car park and didn't see a concrete jetty like curb....

Felt a total tit as on-lookers laughed at flash boy fing up his pride and joy.

I'm too lazy to trawl through old threads.

I know BMW can re-furb the wheels - how much for? How long do they need the car for? Who's had it done?

Anyone gone anywhere else for re-furbs on diamond cut wheels?

All advice welcome.

>>> Edited by jbonnett on Tuesday 6th April 18:04

>>> Edited by jbonnett on Tuesday 6th April 18:04

[jbonnett]

Thanks for nothing then guys(!)...luckily the helpful lot over at BM3W have pointed me in the right direction (snigger).

BMW dealer said they don't repair 19's and to buy a new one - that was a short phone call.

Either Wicked Wheels or a guy called Charles (who is refered to as a wheel GOD) seem to be the way to go. I have a number for this Charles bloke and have it on good authority he's very very good - he's in the Hampshire / Surrey area if anyone else requires his services.

About £65 a wheel - and no need to do without the car.

[batster]

Let me know how the wheelmesiter gets on - my alloys are sporting signs of living in London (i.e width restrictors etc ), so they need the treatment too.

[jbonnett]

Will do Batster.

This guy had his done by Wicked Wheels, and posted the process - the end results look great to me, but then I had some other dude mail me and say he's used both WW and this other bloke and the other bloke is cheaper and better....

We shall see.

www.bm3w.co.uk/editorial/wickedwheels/index.stm

[Marshy]

jbonnett said:

Thanks for nothing then guys(!)...luckily the helpful lot over at BM3W have pointed me in the right direction (snigger).

Let me get this straight. You posted last night, didn't get a response by this morning so the toys are on their way out of the pram?

Perhaps no-one with alloy refurb experience actually read your post in those 15 hours?

[jbonnett]

I'm a very impatient man Marshy...I want everything yesterday.....

And I'm only joking now, like I was only joking then

[TimJMS]

This does illustrate the drawback with both Audi and BMW forums on this website. Both have seriously good dedicated sites elsewhere that cover their high - end models in the kind of detail not possible here.

Doubt anyone was being rude, just hadnt looked in.