Author Topic: What to do with car when wheels are away getting refurbished?  (Read 883 times)

Offline recci

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I want to get my wheels sent away and refurbished at Aerocoat, My wheels are a bomb scare right  now :'( and if i ever want to sell the car for decent money ill need to get them done. But I have one question. What the hell do I do with my car when it has no wheels? I have no axel stands and I dont want to pay money to buy them for a one off use! I only have one spare wheel and similarly I dont want to buy 3 steel wheels and have to pay for tyres just to use them for a week or so! And I dont fancy leaving my car up on bricks around here as some kids may try to push it over or something. Could I fit some old rusty wheels from a scrp merchant and just sit the car on ground, on the bare metal wheels? Or would this be too low? I need options.

Offline Rhyso

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See if local forum members have a spare set you could borrow?

Steve_PD leant me his wheels a couple of years back when I had mine refurbed  :smiley:

Offline Blackie20vt

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I just bought myself a cheap set of monty's while i sent my wheels away. i will use them as winters from now on.

Offline Nino

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I'd just get down the Scrappys and buy some standard steel wheels shouldn't cost you more than £60ish
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Offline Dalo Harkin

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I'd just get down the Scrappys and buy some standard steel wheels shouldn't cost you more than £60ish

+1 and then use these during the winter months too, to stop your nice wheels getting wrecked again!  :wink:
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Offline recci

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I’m in Falkirk Scotland if there is anybody near by with a set  :laugh: