18" black pack wheels

[woofy]

Got the wheel back yesterday, price suddenly escalated for the Bridgestone s001 from the $230 quoted to $350 once it was on the car. I suspect he quoted for 235 not 225 as even at the place I repeatedly had to correct him. But he didn't say the price difference. Anyway checked out the wheel today and daylight and looks like they buggered up the Centre cap. Logic says you push it out from behind if the wheel is off the car, but some bright spark looks to have gouged it with a screwdriver chewing off paint on the rim and somehow there are these marks all around it.

Am I being precious or do you think it's reasonable? Car is 2mths old.


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[stu53]

If it happened to my new car I'd be telling the place about it. Not good enough to have your wheels damaged when having a new tyre fitted. What if it was the rim itself and not just the cap? I'd give them the opportunity to fix it otherwise they would certainly lose any future business from me.

[Mcsteve]

I'd be pissed if that was my cap. Makes it look like a ghetto fix. I don't understand why they had to remove it anyway.

[woofy]

There is actually a gouge in the rim at the 7 o'clock position. And a smaller one at 4 o'clock so replacing the cap won't fix it. They take it off to balance the tyre. I've had many tyres down and never seen this before but never at this place.


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[k_rider]

That looks like corrosion on the cap (it's likely a layer of aluminium giving the metallic effect and this is what's corroding), I had a similar effect on my last Octavia - no idea when I first noticed it though.

The screwdriver gouge is a different story though, that's just poor workmanship! it's not like Skoda is the only manufacturer to fit centre caps this way! How hard can it be to get this right?

I totally feel your frustration on the tyre size cock up, I had the exact same problem with a misquoted price on a tyre replacement, because they got the size wrong, along with 'sorry we don't have your size in stock after all, you'll need to come back tomorrow', after the tyre was actually off the wheel... (all for the same reason as yours, screw through the tyre near the shoulder).

[woofy]

I would agree with corrosion except its the only one, and it wasn't there before the wheel was fixed. You also can't see it unless you are the right angle. It's more of a series of scrapes. There is an indent in the cap so I'm going to assume it was pried off and rolled on the floor which likely caused those other scuffs around its edge.