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I recently purchased a set of wheels locally(Calgary) from a person on the Beyond forum. I checked out the wheels and they looked like they were in ok shape. They had obviously been refinished but I wasn't too concerned about that. When I got them home, I noticed two things.
1. One of the tires didn't match the other three(and was also on the rim backward) which the guy failed to mention and I missed initally as it is a similar tread pattern but with AWD it is a big problem!
2. I then put the wheels on and took them for a test drive I noticed a vibration, so went and had them balanced(and the tire flipped around for the time being) but they still had the vibration. I then had them checked on a Hunter balancing machine the other day and three of the four wheels are bent with radial and lateral runout, two are very bad! (0.092")
Now here's the thing, when I bought the wheels, I asked the guy flat out if the wheels were straight and true and he said yes. Which they obviously aren't. I called him and told him that the wheels were bent and he basically said that it wasn't his problem. I told him that I wanted my money back and he just kept saying that he didn't know the wheels were bent (which I find hard to believe,there's quite a serious wobble) and that it's buyer beware etc. He didn't even apologize!
Is there any legal action I can take here or do I have any other options? Or am I just screwed?
The wheels are the Audi RS4 style wheels.
I checked into having the bends fixed and I'm looking at $100.00 or more per wheel! Plus another $80.00 per wheel to have them refinished as they'll probably get scratched up from the straightening process.
On top of this all I discovered later that the picture in the ad was stolen from another Audi driver and wasn't a pic of the actual wheels as well the ad stated that the tires were worth $210.00 each new but I have been told that they are some of the cheapest tires on the market! (Champiro) At most these tires are $100.00 a piece.
This has just been a huge headache for me and I'd really appreciate some help from you guys.
Thanks for any input!
Sorry for the repost for those of you on the Beyond forum:
http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.p...hreadid=136272
1. One of the tires didn't match the other three(and was also on the rim backward) which the guy failed to mention and I missed initally as it is a similar tread pattern but with AWD it is a big problem!
2. I then put the wheels on and took them for a test drive I noticed a vibration, so went and had them balanced(and the tire flipped around for the time being) but they still had the vibration. I then had them checked on a Hunter balancing machine the other day and three of the four wheels are bent with radial and lateral runout, two are very bad! (0.092")
Now here's the thing, when I bought the wheels, I asked the guy flat out if the wheels were straight and true and he said yes. Which they obviously aren't. I called him and told him that the wheels were bent and he basically said that it wasn't his problem. I told him that I wanted my money back and he just kept saying that he didn't know the wheels were bent (which I find hard to believe,there's quite a serious wobble) and that it's buyer beware etc. He didn't even apologize!
Is there any legal action I can take here or do I have any other options? Or am I just screwed?
The wheels are the Audi RS4 style wheels.
I checked into having the bends fixed and I'm looking at $100.00 or more per wheel! Plus another $80.00 per wheel to have them refinished as they'll probably get scratched up from the straightening process.
On top of this all I discovered later that the picture in the ad was stolen from another Audi driver and wasn't a pic of the actual wheels as well the ad stated that the tires were worth $210.00 each new but I have been told that they are some of the cheapest tires on the market! (Champiro) At most these tires are $100.00 a piece.
This has just been a huge headache for me and I'd really appreciate some help from you guys.
Thanks for any input!
Sorry for the repost for those of you on the Beyond forum:
http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.p...hreadid=136272
If it's smoken it ain't broken
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