camarok Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 So... Old car, lots of miles, soft-ish wheels... I have 2 out of round rims, and I really don't want to buy new / used ones.I call alloy wheel repair ( Zach should know them by now ) and tell them my sad sad storyI through in there that all 4 need resurfacing / refinishing.I get a quote for 500-600 bucks. I'm thinking that's actually not a bad deal.I am in essence a brand new set of style 66 BMW wheels for the price of one.what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 get different ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Why not switch it up with some different wheels and sell the one's you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 For what it is, Alloy Wheel Repair does great work. We use them exclusively for all of our customer and internal work. They come out looking new each time. I also like the style 66's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed1299 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I like your wheels, but wheel repair is expensive in general. Did these wheel sets come with a full size spare? Maybe you could source two. However, the wheels you may find could be in the same, if not, worse shape. Try car-part.com to check salvage yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 They do amazing work, real talk. I would look for a decent set that just need a fresh coat on them, though. Im thinking about having them fix my 14" basket weaves, because Im becoming a parts whore and I want more oem wheels laying around for e30's. I almost have two complete sets of bottle caps! WOOOOOOOO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camarok Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Well I'd like to share that BMW was lovely enough to outfit the e39 chassis with a one of a kind wheel hub center bore. Basically the options I have are oem e39 wheels or e53... and maybe a z car somewhere.... The fact that there are really only 4 good looking styles and that even sourcing out a set of other style wheels that are not reps are quite expensive even still second hand... I know hubcentric rings are an option but idk http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13188586&postcount=5 My question was really if that 600 dollar mark was high for the services. I do have a full size spare of the same style 66 wheel. honestly if I would go to a different wheel, I'd go for M-par reps, or style 32's or 5's... but again, even sourcing them is in the $1000 mark http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/wheels/bmwwheels.htm unfortunately the e39 downfall is that there are only a few wheels that look good on the car.... mainly a dished wheel... IDK yet. Just gathering info as of now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 just did a long search for e34/e39 wheels, and you can buy new m-par reps for like $500 if you dont mind having rep wheels. style 5s or 32s go for like $600 is decent shape. it sounds like youd rather have something different, so if you'd spend $600 on a refinish, a couple hundred more doesnt seem like a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camarok Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Thanks straight6, just looking for options still... buying used wheels that are 10 yrs old soft metal is always a risk. All I can find in other styles are ones that need major cleaning / resurfacing, and finding a sale that isn't sold or too old is hard to come by. Either way. Need something sooner than later.... Edited October 19, 2012 by camarok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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