3464    <<    Message Index    >>    3466
Number: 3465
From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
Date: Thu Sep 4, 2003  10:29 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Wheel Restoration

Body:
Re: [ASC McLaren ] Wheel Restoration

Just a little more info...

I asked these guys some questions and it seems it will cost from
$125-$185 for straightening and repainting depending on damage. They
try to get things to within .015" lateral and radial, which seems to
be extremely close. When I was searching several places, they
weren't near that.

I think I'll send my wheels there. They have been through the mill
and need the works.

-Mike



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> I found this place in PA....they sound good...
>
> http://www.wheelcollision.com/index.html
>
> -Mike
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "SNP Marq" <infosyssec@i...>
wrote:
> > I will try to find it. It has been a few years and my memory
of
> their name is kinda faulty at the moment.
> >
> > They were an interesting little company. They had a fleet of
vans
> that would set out each morning across the Province of Quebec, New
> Brunswick and Ontario with a load of freshly finished rims.
> >
> > In some cases, with the more common style rims, they actually
have
> a warehouse full of finished units - and if the rim you wanted
> finished was the one they had in stock, they would simply 'hot
swap'
> their 'in stock' refurbished rim with your tired and old rim.
They
> would bring you the 'fresh' rim and truck your rim back to be
> refinished and added to their warehouse for the next hot swap
> customer.
> >
> > The catalog that they provided to bodyshops in Ontario listed
> something like 950 pictures of all the various rims that they had
in
> stock. Frankly I was kind of blown away by just how organized and
> stocked they were. I would have loved to have kept a copy of
their
> catalog - just for the pictures of just about every rim
imaginable.
> Quite a specific niche that they have specialized in.
> >
> > In my case, they picked up my rims at my house and 'hot swapped'
> them on that visit with a fresh set from their warehouse. I just
> trotted the rims over to the local tire shop, had the rubber
> installed and balanced, and than trotted back to my house to put
the
> whole thing back on to the car. So it was pretty convenient in
> that particular case as the car had only about a 1 day down time
> where I could not use it.
> >
> > I have heard some good words about a company in Aurora Ontario
> called Carcones
> >
> > I just did a quick search via Google to try to track down that
> company in Quebec, but I didn't hit on anything that looked like
> their name. I will delve deeper into this. Possibly they do not
> advertise their service publicly, as they are a 'jobber' and in
> theory are selling their services through bodyshops etc. But I
> believe I can track them down again.
> >
> > Marq
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tom G
> > To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Wheel Restoration
> >
> >
> > > There is a company located in Montreal, Quebec
> > > Canada, that has made quite a name for themselves
> > > with their rim restorations.
> >
> > Hey Marq,
> > Do you have any contact information for this company?
> > I was quoted $200/wheel which seemed a little steep.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > __________________________________
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
> > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > ADVERTISEMENT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > the Yahoo! Terms of
> Service.