Had my car serviced at Inchape Bolton today.
Impressed with the service and really liked the inspection video taken from underneath the car that I was sent.
The video showed very clearly that I had nail in my front drivers side tyre.
They asked me if I wanted them to repair it for £15 all in and I said to go ahead.
You guessed it, they scratched my Austin alloy
I could have taken it somewhere else to have the tyre repaired I suppose but they may very well have damaged the wheel as well.
I'm now waiting for the dealers response to the situation.
It is getting increasingly difficult to find someone who can change a tyre without buggering up the wheels. Feel for you kalimon, shouldn't happen but does. It looks easily repairable though by the likes of Lepsons, Pristine Wheels etc, someone with the proper lathe for diamond cutting. Hope it gets sorted to your satisfaction.
But it is a pain, and makes every trip to the dealer or a tyre fitter, a day of dread! I found a really decent tyre fitter after previous bad experience, and all has been well for a couple years with them, but last time I had a tyre repaired last year, they damaged the barrel of my Pret, removing old wheel weights with a sharp instrument! So even a formerly reliable outfit can change on a dime! Only takes the introduction of one careless operative.
You're absolutely correct Rebecca. Going into a garage or tyre fitters sends my normally non-existent stress levels through the roof!
I don't think that the protective rubber feet etc that come into contact with your wheels is inspected or cleaned anywhere near often enough. It doesn't take much to make a mess of a wheel.
Mine looks far worse in the picture than it actually is but as I said to the saleman, I came in with 4 perfect wheels and I'm leaving with a damaged one. It's not supposed to work like that.
As Exonian said in his post, why do they not fit a disposable plastic cover to every wheel before they start work on it?
I know he didn't say exactly that
but it's surely an idea, even if it added 50p to each tyre repair.
Wish I could do it myself