?200+ for wheel balance and alignment

[scott.parker]

On the way back from taking a mate to get his window's tinted i thought i woul go get my wheels balanced,and the tracking,alignment done..

when driving there(down a singal track country lane) i was just driving along talking to my mate,thinking hu funny not yet seen another car for ages? well round the next corner came this batterd up D,redg astra so as i looked for a "safe place to pull up" to let him pass i pulled over into a small pulloff bit..you know what i mean... and there was a nice pool of water there,we have had load of rain so thoght nothing of it...well this pool of water was only there cus it was a 10" deep "POTHOLE" :o

so this smashed my bumper to and wrote of one fo my alloys,which i didnt know till i got the wheel banced on there machine,then you could see when it was spining there is a massive indent where it's buckeld...
So got onto southwest tyres and they sorted me a new wheel & tyre for ?170,ready to fit..
but the thing that pished me off is the wheel balance & that only came to ?25!...oh well :lol:

[Mark]

Bugger!

[scott.parker]

Ah and befor someone say it ..thats not ?200+
Well when u add posatge and all the petol up it is... :lol:

[Jules]

I'd take it up with the local district council, take some pics of the hole and damage to the wheel / tyre and keep the receipt for the new ones.

[scott.parker]

yep im doing this mate i was told by the guys at the garage to this and the guy at south west tyres..im not fused on keeping the new wheel.
The damaged one is stil ok to use as a spare,but not good for doing any high speed on...and will look smart to have a 17" in the well...if it fits? :? :lol:

[XZiBiT]

bummer mate

[NovaNeil]

Good job she isn't lowered yet mate! Otherwise you could of done a load more damage :o

At least you've got a new one already

[scott.parker]

well it has made a nice crack and taken a chunck out the under side of the bumper and fvcked the steel brack under the bumper! which i got the lump hamer on to sort :twisted: :lol:

i wernt to botherd bout that but my wheel,i wanted to cry.. :cry: well new one will be with me by tuesday.. :D
And yeah good job i aint dropt it yet cos there could be some damage on the suspension,not sure yet,think its ok?

[Ben3042]

My mate went down a pot hole the other week and fucked one of his 17z, he phoned up the local council and they said that they would pay for a new wheel.

[scott.parker]

sweet wounder if they will do this ppl keep saying to me that they should,or that they will compensate me some how..maybe ill get my bumper sorted by them :D

[Ben3042]

They should pay for your bumper aswell as the pot hole was down to them.

[scott.parker]

Well beter late than never as the saying goes!
got my new wheel today a bit later than promist but it looks sweet! :D
only thing i must say is that since i first orderd them woolfrace have changed there center caps for a euro rang/and jap range.mine just have normal woolfrace ones,but it is no prob just simple swap!..should be geting my new dials befor the weekend. :D