Wheel Damage After Tire Patch

[nate154]

Hello

I had a tire patched and afterwords I saw this. They said nothing they do for the patch touches that area. Does anyone know if they could have caused this?

Pretty much the same pattern of marks right above it as well. It kind of looks like teeth from a machine or something. The first time the wheel's been messed with.

Thanks!

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[15Pony]

It looks like they hit it with a wrench, probably accidentally. I had a tire repair and there was a gouge on the rim all the way around. It was from when they put the wheel on the tire mount machine. They sent a guy in a mobile lab out to fix it, he basically painted it but it did not look right. So the shop bought me a new wheel.

 

[nate154]

It looks like they hit it with a wrench, probably accidentally. I had a tire repair and there was a gouge on the rim all the way around. It was from when they put the wheel on the tire mount machine. They sent a guy in a mobile lab out to fix it, he basically painted it but it did not look right. So the shop bought me a new wheel.

What kind of wrench do ya think? I have to go back and basically accuse them of doing it and lying about it. The the same pattern of marks is right above it as well.

 

[Chris796]

Ask to see the machine they use to mount the tire. You'd be able to tell if it's from that if they actually let you see it. Going to be extremely hard to prove they did the damage though.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Just pickup some black enamel paint from the hobby store. There are 80 wheel spokes on your car (20x4), and after some touch up you won't remember which was the damaged one.

Going back to the tire place won't get you anything since you can't prove the damage wasn't there before. I managed to earn a couple chips exactly like those and my wheel wasn't even off the car. Honestly, it could have happened on the road.

 

[nate154]

It could have. What was odd tho, it has the same pattern of chips right above it. Next time any work on the wheel, I'm taking pictures right in front of them.

I have to fix some curb rash that's already there anyway. I'm doing it all right sanding, body filler etc.

 

[Need4SpeedMotors]

Those look like a socket and breaker bar mark and or a torque wrench or some tool hit it.

 

[nate154]

Those look like a socket and breaker bar mark and or a torque wrench or some tool hit it.

It's in a line like it came from a bar, but it actually looks like teeth of something the way it indented the paint. I'm just not sure how a smooth bar could make those marks. Idk, I'm getting more pissed off as I'm looking at it. I want to confront them again whether they admit it or not.

 

[Rustang]

When a tire is removed from the rim some of the older machines they use a bar to pry the bead up in one spot and then the machine spins the bar to finish the job. A careless tech could bang the rim with this bar on the initial pry and make a mark, unlikely but possible. That said I haven't seen one of those old machines in awhile as most now an arm that separates the bead and the machine will spin the wheel and the machine only touches the lip and inner rim (backside) where it is held so I can't see a new machine doing this.

 

[VinnAY]

This is going to happen at some point, there's little to no way around it. At most shops the lowest ranking monkey is the one doing tire patches. Touch it up and move on.

 

[notstok5.0]

Looks like gravel/rock chips to me. It could have been there and you didn't notice. I've never removed my wheels/tires (they're black) and I have a few spots like that from road debris.

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