Martin_C
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mibbe.
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jr
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i reckon you "might" be able to get them referb'd mav
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mav
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Waiting on my Bro in law phoning me back to see if he can refurb them..Hope so...
Earl I would rather have 2 wheels needing refurbed / replaced than fucking up the front of my car even if his insurance would pay...
Steve maybe I could have caught him but at the time I thought he was gone...maybe i should have went right round roundabout and chased him...
whats makes you say that Jr? It's the stainless lip thats worrying...
And new wheels time, spendning thousands on the house at the moment and I can't justify getting new wheels..These ones were £1100 and not even a year old yet.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
Waiting on my Bro in law phoning me back to see if he can refurb them..Hope so...
Earl I would rather have 2 wheels needing refurbed / replaced than fucking up the front of my car even if his insurance would pay...
Steve maybe I could have caught him but at the time I thought he was gone...maybe i should have went right round roundabout and chased him...
whats makes you say that Jr? It's the stainless lip thats worrying...
And new wheels time, spendning thousands on the house at the moment and I can't justify getting new wheels..These ones were £1100 and not even a year old yet.
well maybe not chased but wouldve been good to get the number, just makes me angry when people get away with stuff thats all
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mav
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aye I know  was too worried about my wheels  gutted....
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scott d
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Registered: 17th Jun 04
Location: Harwood, Greater Manchester
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gutted mate
i know if in a similar situation my first thoughts would be how much damage to my car then getting a number plate but by then it's all too late for that. scum
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City
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Registered: 30th Dec 03
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would have been hard to prove the van did that imo if he denied it
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RS6
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
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gutted for you mav not good at all thankgod no front end damage to your car!
wheels though i feel you pain!!
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CorsAsh
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I know just how you feel mate
[Edited on 27-10-2006 by CorsAsh]
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mav
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Still not managed to inspect in daylight..AT my work but will go out in abit and have a look...
Tracking is well out can feel it..And pulling way to one side under breaking...
Hopefully no damage to car...
Think they will be like that ash
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mav
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Just inspected the car in daylight, doesn't look like any damage to car, the spokes look ok on inspection. It is just the outer lip of the wheels right round the edge
[Edited on 28-10-2006 by mav]
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EarlofBarnet
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You'll be able to get them repaired, I wouldn't worry to much mate. You're still out of pocket, but could have been worse!
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mav
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Don't know how they repair these wheels...With the Stainlesss steel outer edge?
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Kano
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Lip can maybe be sanded back, polished, then laquered... What roundabout mav, some retards around here like..
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Chris Bingham
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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If I was you, I won't bother about the stainless edge. Might be cheaper just to get the whole wheels painted that same colour or even just get the lips done silver. £30 a rim for repair IIRC.
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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Roundabout at Bankhead, not the big one though...
Going to go and see bro in law at garage to see what he can go..It's not as bad as I 1st feared but it is right round the rim...
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CorsAsh
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I've been looking into getting mine done mate, apparently they can build up the damage by welding in some aluminium, then they machine it back round, polish it up and lacquer it again.
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Gaz
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sorry to hear about this mate shocking when it happends.. just thank your self lucky you didnt go over the kerb and bash into anything else...
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mav
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Sounds pricey Ash might be better off buying 2 new wheels... One a month or that..Then can can keep one for a spare and sell one on...
Yeah I know gaz, soon as I hit kerb I swerved back out but by that time too late
[Edited on 28-10-2006 by mav]
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Marc
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Pics? 
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mav
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I'm at work
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gavin18787
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I rekon a good specilist wheel place will be able to do them if they are not actually buckled etc.
hate people that drive off though as it happed to me when i got hit from behind at the roundabout. As soon as you have recoverd from the shock of been hit or swerving they are off
I managed to get a reg as it day light though. But that was almost a year ago and the police did nothing about it anyway 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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mav
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They are not buckled or that just kerbed round the rim...
Got a 1/2 day from work so finish in 15 mins and off to the garage to get tracking done and wheels checked...
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antscorsa
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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i asked for a quote once and they said to me 25 per rim for the lips, and mines exaclty the same on my aerospeed rims.
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by EarlofBarnet
You should never swerve to aviod someone if you are in the right and they pull infront off you. You can't claim off there insurance if they don't hit you. I stay where I'm supposed to be, and if someone pulls infront of me and hits me then jobs on!
Surely its more of a natural reaction to swerve rather than keep going into them?
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