Scratched rim...

[Kirium]

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Went to the new cinema at the Canberra centre last night to see Casino Royale...
Parked in the basement parking at the new end of the centre and scratched the left rear rim twice on the way in and out... Not impressed at all. I clipped one concrete island on the way in very slightly but thought it was just tyre. Mrs Kirium commented on how tight it was getting thru the ticket machine areas, and that we were only in a Golf. So on the way out I was trying to be extra careful and it happened again... :mad:

The new areas around the toll machines are so tight. :mad: I can't believe a Golf had a hard time getting thru... And this is the first time I've scratched a rim on any of the 4 cars I've owned (including my '04 SS ute, which was built on the LWB platform). I'm always so careful, but the concrete jungle down there is so badly planned. Good luck getting something like a new Commodore or landcruiser in and out easily... It's a fucking joke. :thumbdown:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Kirium/24122006025.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Kirium/24122006026.jpg

Very unimpressed with the carparking there.. I suggest Canberra members take care if you venture in...

Merry fucking christmas from the Canberra Center.. :mad:


So where is the best place to have a scratched rim repaired in Canberra and what can I expect to pay?? :frown:

[Jamie GTI]

That's bad luck mate. I stratched the rims on my XR6T in a similar manner. There is nothing worse than the sick feeling you get before surveying the damage.

That will be very easily repaired. Mag wheel repairers do a great job and you won't know it was ever there. It cost me $120 in Sydney to get a worse scratch removed and a chunk filled in. I couldn't see you paying any more than $100.

[Tiny Gti]

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Went to the new cinema at the Canberra centre last night to see Casino Royale...
Parked in the basement parking at the new end of the centre and scratched the left rear rim twice on the way in and out... Not impressed at all. I clipped one concrete island on the way in very slightly but thought it was just tyre. Mrs Kirium commented on how tight it was getting thru the ticket machine areas, and that we were only in a Golf. So on the way out I was trying to be extra careful and it happened again... :mad:

The new areas around the toll machines are so tight. :mad: I can't believe a Golf had a hard time getting thru... And this is the first time I've scratched a rim on any of the 4 cars I've owned (including my '04 SS ute, which was built on the LWB platform). I'm always so careful, but the concrete jungle down there is so badly planned. Good luck getting something like a new Commodore or landcruiser in and out easily... It's a fucking joke. :thumbdown:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Kirium/24122006025.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Kirium/24122006026.jpg

Very unimpressed with the carparking there.. I suggest Canberra members take care if you venture in...

Merry fucking christmas from the Canberra Center.. :mad:


So where is the best place to have a scratched rim repaired in Canberra and what can I expect to pay?? :frown:

Sorry to hear that! I know how you feel, i got a scratch about a week after I got my car!:mad:

Anyway its a good excuse to get yourself some nice wheels!:thumbup:

[Lima]

Agreed Dylan, the first time I went in there was in the MINI and I was worried about how tight it is. At the time we still had our Outback and there's no way I would have taken that into that carpark. I've been a couple of times in the GTI and have gently rubbed the tyre, but not the rims, yet!

:iono:

[malkatraz]

Sorry to hear D - but I know how you feel : That's totally shagged.

I've taken mine in there once without hassle (is there more than one entrance?) but I'll not be going back. It's a freaking nightmare of a place and way too small for any car, really.

Let me know if/when/where you're looking to get this fixed (if at all) as I need to get the damn curbing I did to my car (front left) fixed at some stage and we could poss. get do a deal.

[Kirium]

Let me know if/when/where you're looking to get this fixed (if at all) as I need to get the damn curbing I did to my car (front left) fixed at some stage and we could poss. get do a deal.

I would but I don't know anywhere in Canberra that does it that folks can recommend.

Anyone know of a good place that will fix it?? Liam?? :iono:

[Lima]

I've had some repairs on the MINI rims done at the Wheel Factory/Jax in Fyshwick. Expect to pay about $100 (give or take) and in my experience they do a pretty good job.

[malkatraz]

*&$#ing hell... I'm sending a bill to the new Canberra Centre : scratched rim attempting to exit the carpark + damage to the back bumper just reversing out of the car space.

Unbelievable.

Avoid the new carpark at all costs. It's far too small for the Golf GTI - god only knows how other cars cope as the GTI is smaller than most.

Not happy. Very pissed off.

I would but I don't know anywhere in Canberra that does it that folks can recommend.

Anyone know of a good place that will fix it?? Liam?? :iono:

[Lima]

Actually, it may be a good idea to send some feedback to Canberra Centre.

mrs minigolf works with the wife of someone who has some connection or other with the Canberra Centre (IIRC her husband works there in an admin/management role) and she mentioned to her work colleague about how tight the car park was. Her colleague then mentioned it to her husband/partner/whatever and he said they would look into widening the boom gate entries and exits.

If you go into the first entry, that takes you up the ramp to the same level as the Dendy entry I find the entry/exit is a bit easier to manage as well.

:thumbsup:

[Kirium]

If you go into the first entry, that takes you up the ramp to the same level as the Dendy entry I find the entry/exit is a bit easier to manage as well.

:thumbsup:

I'm never going near that basement park ever again. :thumbdown:

[michael_]

jamie where in sydney did you get yours fixed? i did mine on monday too, nothing major but i know its there.

[spelchek]

WOW, congratulations!!


You've just graduated a fully fledged WOMAN DRIVER!!!



he he ;)

[Jamie GTI]

jamie where in sydney did you get yours fixed? i did mine on monday too, nothing major but i know its there.

It was:

Custom Painting & Wheel Repairs
11 Romford Road
Kings Park

[michael_]

what the, thats different to your pm?

[Jamie GTI]

what the, thats different to your pm?

Sorry mate didn't mean to confuse you. I think I've actually confused myself. A few Bundys will do that :redface:

There were two places pretty much next to each other. The Mag wheel repair centre must of moved because after replying to your PM I checked the yellow pages just to make sure. They now seem over the other side of Vardys road. Not in Romford St like they used to be.

Give Custom Painting & Wheel Repairs a ring and see how you go. It probably wouldn't hurt to get a quote from both of them.

[michael_]

ok cool

[GTi Crow]

You call that a scratchd rim. :laughabove:

This is a scratched rim. :eek:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/GTiCrow/PA240003.jpg

While I admit to the occasional gutter scapping - try it at 40kph when an elderly lady decides to want the part of the road where you are and then keeps driving, oblivious to the havoc and damage she caused.

[michael_]

dude learn to drive ;P j/k they seem like surface scratches probably easily buffed out but still, damn i wouldnt be happy if i saw that.

[Jamie GTI]

I don't have any photos of the damage but these wheels I had imported from Japan. They were Nissan GT-R rims, the rears were an inch wider than the fronts so I had no spare.

Got them in country, waited ages to put some money together for some decent rubber. Finally got them fitted and two days later a truck ran the ex missus off the road and she smacked on into the gutter. Was not impressed but thankfully got them repaired and you wouldn't know the difference.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/jamiexr6/MVC-011X.png

[zz2]

argh i just stratched my rim the other day! left rear, i was picking up my girlfriend from an appointment and i wasnt feeling that well at all, combine it with a non stop 9 hour day at uni and i was brain dead. i was pulling off a tight paralell park and didnt get it right. not as bad as it could of been tho, just part of the spoke was damaged... still :cry:

[Kurupt]

speaking of scratched rims i need to get mine repaired b4 i powdercoat them

that sucks tho i know the feeling and it sucks

[jaush]

Pfft... Mine's got a bigger scratch from a deep (DEEP) pothole.

Will need to get it repaired along with the scratch on my front bumper that some arsehole with a towbar left.

[Kirium]

Tonights effort from the Canberra Centre... This was on the way out of the upstairs carpark just as I was going thru the boomgate (which I'm convinced was starting to come down as I was going under.)

http://dkr.smugmug.com/photos/184171410-L.jpg
http://dkr.smugmug.com/photos/184171422-L.jpg

Does anyone in Canberra know a good solicitor that can give me some advice about my legal options for compensation?? PM me if so. I'm beyond furious about that carpark and the extremely narrow design and lack of protection (like the rubber bumpers on the curbs at Westfield Woden) lead me to believe that the centre should be held responsible for such negligent design.

[SideFX]

Aawww...that hurts..

[ACT_GTI07]

I have a little bit of that scratching on my wheels as well. Its a dark colour though as opposed to really light :iono: Pretty sure it wasn't me but don't want to accuse the GF of hitting a gutter when she was borrowing the car. Oh well.

Dylan, noticed nothing was mentioned about places in Canberra to get it fixed from the first clash with Canberra centre. If you find a place let me know and I'll get mine fixed as well.

I did venture down into the new canberra centre basement carpark once. Very freaky feeling down there late at night. One of the exits goes bends to the left through the boomgate bends sharply back to the right then sharply to the left again whilst the left side one is straight its a prick of a thing to get out.

[zz2]

ouch that sucks Kirium. man you really must have it in for the canberra centre. and rightfully so!
my rims are still tip top.. cept for one tiny little one on the passenger rear. i would like to attribute my almost scratchless rims to the fact i have never let my mum drive my car. her cars rims are hacked to shit.

[Kirium]

Liam suggested Wheel Factory in Fyshwick a little earlier in the thread, but I haven't looked into it. I've also heard there's a place in QBN that does wheel repair...

I'm holding off on what to do with it until I know what my options are..

[ACT_GTI07]

I've started shopping at Gunggers now because I hate that car park (I live in Braddon)

[spelchek]

I seriously doubt that any carpark can be held accountable for your apparent inability to judge where your wheels are at in relation to the curb.

[ACT_GTI07]

You probably haven't seen how narrow the entry / exit lanes are. Surely these must be some regulations regarding clearances to avoid causing damage to cars.

I'll ask my GF, she works in the building / construction industry at a project manager thingy. She may know some people that could shed some light on construction regulations.

[Kirium]

Cheers Luke. I'll be interested to hear if they have anything to say about carpark entry/exit design.

[spelchek]

I'll betcha when the carpark owners submitted the plans for approval, the lanes were deemed wide enough to satisfy council/state/federal regulations (i dont know which is relevent in this case) otherwise the plans would not have been approved, and the carpark would not have been built.

Or do you think Im wrong (which I could be - im no civil engineer afterall)?.

[DRMAT]

Ouch... bad luck man... i don't see you having any luck chasing compensation over it though. They'll just say you should have been more careful and probably point out that much larger cars than a Golf go in and out all day with no probs. There'll also be a sign somewhere that "Owners Park at Own Risk" or Owner Onus Applies".

If it was a maintenance issue with a chunk of jagged concrete or something sticking out where it shouldn't you'd have a case, i know people who have had council pay for a tyre after a bolt protruding from a piece of concrete gouged his tyre.

[prodigue]

Ouch... bad luck man... i don't see you having any luck chasing compensation over it though. They'll just say you should have been more careful and probably point out that much larger cars than a Golf go in and out all day with no probs. There'll also be a sign somewhere that "Owners Park at Own Risk" or Owner Onus Applies".

If it was a maintenance issue with a chunk of jagged concrete or something sticking out where it shouldn't you'd have a case, i know people who have had council pay for a tyre after a bolt protruding from a piece of concrete gouged his tyre.

Yo! Nice meeting you today at Damian's.. when's the next car wash? Real nice place to chill.

:drool:

[Kirium]

Ouch... bad luck man... i don't see you having any luck chasing compensation over it though. They'll just say you should have been more careful and probably point out that much larger cars than a Golf go in and out all day with no probs. There'll also be a sign somewhere that "Owners Park at Own Risk" or Owner Onus Applies".

If it was a maintenance issue with a chunk of jagged concrete or something sticking out where it shouldn't you'd have a case, i know people who have had council pay for a tyre after a bolt protruding from a piece of concrete gouged his tyre.

I don't know if I'll have any luck either, but it's worth asking the question i think... I can tell you that bigger cars than a golf do go in and out, but it's not without problems judging from the shockingly gouged curbs covered in black rubber around the boom gates at the exits... This on a carpark barely more than 6 months old too...

:iono:

[aussiegti]

Cheers Luke. I'll be interested to hear if they have anything to say about carpark entry/exit design.

We should start a sticky thread called "WATCH OUT" and post all the crappy carparks and driveways to avoid curbing your rims.

Here's my contribution:
Red Rooster (Drive Thru) - Ashfield NSW.

Fcuken pr!cks wouldn't pay up. Having re-looked at the offending curb, it's totally black from all the rubber from other drivers that curb it after collecting their food. To put into perspective, it's virtually a L shape curve to get out of their drive thru.

The fcuken chicken & chips subsequently cost me an extra $200.

[zz2]

in regards to the car park design sure it may be crap but it would of complied to the australian standards and building codes set for that type of building.. but it probably just complied by being to the minimum specifications.
i suggest writing a letter to the management of the shopping centre telling them your concerns and how they should rectify the problem (be it applying rubber strips to the curbs etc).
my sister used to manage commercial property and she would get requests like that all the time and if it seemed like the person had a case and it made sense then they would do something about it... often straight away. then again if the owners of the shopping centre are real tight asses they may not be too keen. though it wouldnt hurt to say in your letter that you are not the only person who has complained about this issue and has damaged wheels and how it gives the canberra centre a really bad rep and its enough to stop you going there.

[bigg]

how much on average is wheel refurb?

my dads curbed his 19'' wheels on his 645i and is looking into getting them done

[spelchek]

Yeah, you guys keep telling yourselves that its the centres fault LOL..

If you like, I could ask my mum to give you a few pointers on how to drive without curbng your rims in carparks... she drives a 5 series beemer and hasnt managed to do it once in the 10 yrs she's had her current one.. bet she gets into a few more shopping center carparks than you guys too.

my sister used to manage commercial property and she would get requests like that all the time and if it seemed like the person had a case and it made sense then they would do something about i

Do you mean a bleeding heart 'i scwatched my rimmy-wimmy on your curby-wurby <sniff sniff>' type case - or cases where she is avoiding actual (successful) litigation on behalf of her company?

[Capercat]

We should start a sticky thread called "WATCH OUT" and post all the crappy carparks and driveways to avoid curbing your rims.

Here's my contribution:
Red Rooster (Drive Thru) - Ashfield NSW.

Fcuken pr!cks wouldn't pay up. Having re-looked at the offending curb, it's totally black from all the rubber from other drivers that curb it after collecting their food. To put into perspective, it's virtually a L shape curve to get out of their drive thru.

The fcuken chicken & chips subsequently cost me an extra $200.


I also have sympathy for the chicken being a vegetarian. :confused: :confused:

[mikep]

So far my wife has not driven my car to a shopping centre however having been with her in her SUV and listened and felt the car bouncing over kerbs, as well as her always asking why I am slowing down when I approach a steep speed hump or driving into a driveway I just know what is going to happen to my rims when she eventually HAS to use the car for a couple of days.

Anyway to the point, are there any 18" steel rims in the VW range that will fit the Golf, that I can fit with some cheap 2nd hand (legal) rubber? I guess 17" with a larger profile will also do as well, even 16".

My theory (OK it sounds nuts & the car will look like crap) is to change the wheels, when she is to drive it, that way all I have to worry about is the wheel re aligment !!

[vwgtimkv]

I seriously doubt that any carpark can be held accountable for your apparent inability to judge where your wheels are at in relation to the curb.

x2. I put a tiny scratch on my wheel the other night at a KFC drive-thru. The curb jutted way out from the edge of the window to the extent that I was still quite a way away from the window when I scratched the rim. At the end of the day, even though the design of the drive-thru is stupid, I don't see that KFC is liable for my inability to recognise the location of the curb? Hundreds of cars would go through there each day, and I'm sure most would pass through without a fuss.

Cheers

[zz2]

x2. At the end of the day, even though the design of the drive-thru is stupid.

x3. the property manager will probably tell you get stuffed if you try to get them to pay for the repairs. but as i said before theres no harm in telling them about the problem and suggesting a way to fix it so others dont end up having the same thing happening to them.