Crikey, what car do you have that needs a £300 wheel
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Many alloys are this much...if you damage one, trying to get a matching replacement is hard so you're likely to have to go to the manufacturerCrikey, what car do you have that needs a £300 wheel
A set of 4 alloys from Ford can easily set you back 1200 notes......
I had a damaged one on one of my C3 training cars..the tyre went and they couldn't get the new one on because the rim had warped.
Fortunately the scrap yard down the road had one that matched and it cost me 40 quid....
Alloys ain't cheap
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
£300 for an alloy is quite low end of the scale.Crikey, what car do you have that needs a £300 wheel
Wheels on cars are getting bigger all the time, it’s now fairly common for a passenger car to have 19 or 20 inch alloys, unheard of even 10 uears ago.
With that increased size comes increased cost.
I’ll cry bloody tears if my forged 19s get damaged…
Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
So coming back from me mums yesterday I passed a car half on and half off the kerb just after a small roundabout. I thought that’s odd. But Both drivers side wheels as flat as a pancake. I mentioned to missis T “there’s a Grands worth of damage if them Alloys are damaged”.
They didn’t look good.
They didn’t look good.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Crikey, what car do you have that needs a £300 wheel
I guess from that comment you have never checked out the price of a car manufacturer supplied alloy wheel.
Peugeot 308 to answer the question.
Biggest shock I have had in recent years is getting the cost to replace 1 plastic hub cap on a Hyundai IONIQ - £100.
You guessed correctly
cliveb
Head Pro
I never did understand why car manufacturers ditched steel wheels.
For sure, alloys look pretty, but apart from that what's the point?
For sure, alloys look pretty, but apart from that what's the point?