Good friend of mine ran over a bolt in his Golf GTI and said bolt punctured his new wet weather tires and bashed the alloy. There is a wound on the alloy where the tire should be and a outer dint is visible on the inside of the wheel with a tiny hole. The local tyre wholesaler has said they can't fix it and they can't get hold of another. From the VW main stealer it's £700 quid per alloy!!

Does anyone know if they can be repaired? If so where?

[Edited on 30/11/11 by Irony]

My local wheel specialist, does these type or repairs, and are very reasonable

the other option is ebay, as the wheels, will be on a scrapped car somewhere

And have you actually checked with VW ? as i doubt very much they are £700 each !!

Steve

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Originally posted by steve m
My local wheel specialist, does these type or repairs, and are very reasonable

the other option is ebay, as the wheels, will be on a scrapped car somewhere

And have you actually checked with VW ? as i doubt very much they are £700 each !!

Steve

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They can do it, my mate does them at his custom bike business for £50 a rim but it's in South Wales so that's not much help I know, but it can be done.

Try a google search on "aly wheel repairs" - I had some similar sounding damage reapaired/straightened at £30 for a wheel in Grimsby. That was without any laquering or painting though - just straighten /weld/smooth as required.

I can easily believe the dealer would want 700 for a wheel - 7 or 8 years ago I damaged a subaru one - standard one for the car and they wanted £425+vat back then then - they know you buy from them or no-one as most people dont want to go to the scrappies/ebay, or else claim on insurance/from the council if its from a pot hole. (I bought a set of non dealer ones from halfords complete with tyres for £500)

Regards
Hugh

I had an ali wheel with a bend in it, after I straighten this out with a block of wood and bottle jack the metal cracked a little. I drilled a hole either end of the crack, ground a V and tig welded from both sides.

It worked fine for me

there is a guy near me who would do it
(nn10)
possibly too far for you though

Do you have a photo or name of the wheel? Doubt it's £700. And should be able to find a used replacement from a VAG breaker/specialist fairly easily - doubt it'll be more than £150-200 (again depends on the wheels style)

Audi 18" alloys for a TT are approx £400-450 RRP each at a dealer.

I use a guy called Ian Jemison. Pop on my web site and look under services for his contact details. He deals with alloy and magnesium. It may be worth emailing him a picture of the damage..
www.tpcs-magnesium-refurbs.co.uk