that flat tyre

May 30, 2006 9 Replies
J

Hi all I took off the alloy with the help of a mate and damn blast there was a dent on the inside of the alloy, which is why it was flat and wouldnt blow up...



Late Sat night i hit a pothole, one hell of a hole, i took some pics earlier, the whole section was a nightmare..2 pot holes in a straight line, i took measurements etc along with loads of images, and the damage to the allow, so i can try to get the costs back from Sheffield council.



I need to know if the alloy can have the dent knock out, its not a short sharp dent, as you can see from the pic.



If anyone can help, can i forward you the pics, please also email me direct (its vaild) any help with info and what to do to try to claim the costs back, i also need to check tracking etc at the front as it was the rear alloy.



hope some people can offer help ta



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W

if your wheels are a standard alloy your best gettin a new one because your wheel will be unbalanced even if you knock the dent out, try and claim the money for the alloy and other repairs that need doing

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A

If you've mentioned that to your insurance company it shouldn't be an issue - technically it should be irrelevant as it's a non-insurance related claim between you and the council, but it *could* cause problems if someone realises you haven't mentioned it to your insurers....

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J

i got the 7 free days from ebay as i got the car from there, and mentioned the wheels. so that isnt a problem

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P

Wow. Just Wow.

I hadn't heard about that before, just looked it up.

7 days fully comp insurance, within an hour, FREE.

Ebay for my next car then! (and for the last one, but they didn't do it then ;-))

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J

yeah its genuine, i got it taxed today with the cover note they email you and you print it out.

the quote they gave was over double the cheapest i had a week before so i told them i wouldnt want to take out a full policy, they said no problem.....i even put down the extras on the car

i got the covernote emailed while i was still on the fone....some chick in India me thinks

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A

That's bloody good that you can use a short-term cover note to tax it - with the likes of dayinsure.com you can't. I suspect that this may well push prices up a bit for the better cars being sold on ebay.

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J

yeah but best of all i used a crappy old printer to do the cover note, and i went to the dvla office and not a PO.

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C

This is not true, a well straightened alloy will be perfectly balanced (as good as new, give or take) when repaired.

Checkout

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- This guy (admittedly afriend of mine) is sorted many a flatspotted alloy and can do afetch-return service if needed. Seen his work first hand and hisreconned powedercoated wheels are better than original. But as statedbefore - you can only really straighten dents away from the spoked sideand if they are not a kink type. J

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