Vw transporter T5
After an unfortunate incident of bending 3 of my wheels I now face
the insurance.
The (*&^%#$ *&^^%^% %$$****&^)assessor from santam claims that after he rolled the rims on a flat surface according to him its not damaged.
This after I supplied him with a report from Auto quip that they are bend.
Needles to say we had some (pretty nice) words UNEDUCATED (a$%%^^)
They however refuse to replace the wheels and claim that they will be as good as new once they repaired them at a cost of R960, a whole lot less than my excess.
However no matter how far I search on the net nobody is willing to gaurantee that they will be 100% again.
Comments please.
mag wheel repair or not
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Gerhard Volksie Bfn
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smeegle
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Re: mag wheel repair or not
Repaired the mags once on my fathers Etude had no issues with the repaired mags and still no issues and that about 4 years ago
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splitfan
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Re: mag wheel repair or not
i have also had loads of mags repaired and besides a colour issue after paint have never had any problems.
My biggest fear is that my wife sells my cars for what i told her they cost !!
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fig
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Re: mag wheel repair or not
Mags are repairable up to a point. However, aluminium is not as malleable as steel and will break if it is bent once too often as it tends to get quite brittle after bending.
fig
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"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." -- Henry Ford
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zubz
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Re: mag wheel repair or not
Mag wheels repairs are very safe and works well, just as long as you take it to the right guys...
