I bought the FiST to be a low-dollar daily runner to keep miles off the other garage-fillers, so I am reticent to buy new wheels for it. That being said...
I sent my assistant to get some of my cars washed - everything went fine with the others, but I suspect that since my FiST was cheap he took it to one of those carwashes that drags the car through on rails. I think this, because the inside lip of all 4 wheels is completely ground down to the metal and the paint on the wheels is flaking off (on the inside shoulder, where the wheel weights are/were). I won't know for sure until I review the expense report when he gets back into town. That being said - I've never really had wheels repaired or needed to, but if its ground down to the *metal* I pretty much have to replace the wheels, right? I don't know the extent of what's fixable and what's not. I was kinda thinking about having the stock wheels stripped and repainted bronze, but haven't done it because I'd have to buy a second set of wheels for my dirt-cheap daily driver that isn't supposed to cost anything to run
So, in such an instance as all 4 wheels are ground down like that - is it better to simply buy new wheels?
I sent my assistant to get some of my cars washed - everything went fine with the others, but I suspect that since my FiST was cheap he took it to one of those carwashes that drags the car through on rails. I think this, because the inside lip of all 4 wheels is completely ground down to the metal and the paint on the wheels is flaking off (on the inside shoulder, where the wheel weights are/were). I won't know for sure until I review the expense report when he gets back into town. That being said - I've never really had wheels repaired or needed to, but if its ground down to the *metal* I pretty much have to replace the wheels, right? I don't know the extent of what's fixable and what's not. I was kinda thinking about having the stock wheels stripped and repainted bronze, but haven't done it because I'd have to buy a second set of wheels for my dirt-cheap daily driver that isn't supposed to cost anything to run
So, in such an instance as all 4 wheels are ground down like that - is it better to simply buy new wheels?