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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:27 AM
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Bent/Damaged 3 piece wheels - What to do?

Ok so I have some DPE S-20 wheels (3 piece) my options are get it locally fixed (Dependable Wheel Repair is the shop that i called, but any suggestions??)
for $110 each (i have 2 that are damaged) and the local shop told me that if they crack then they have to weld it and it will be another $60 so $180 a piece. They give me a 1 year warranty on the weld.

Option 2: Send it to DPE so they can install the new inner lip on my wheels ($250 each).
 
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 04:53 AM
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Dependable is THE place to go locally. Welding should be just fine, although I personally wouldn't want that. Tough decision....
 
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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they're useless now. better just let me throw them away for you
 
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Triple8Sol
Dependable is THE place to go locally. Welding should be just fine, although I personally wouldn't want that. Tough decision....
+1. great experience with them.. and they def. know what they're doing.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Triple8Sol
Dependable is THE place to go locally. Welding should be just fine, although I personally wouldn't want that. Tough decision....
Any durability issues with welding or anything negative besides the fact that "it's welded" ?

Because I was forgetting a little detail, yeah granted is $250 for that new piece but I have to PAY to ship them to DPE and the return too, and two 2-inch wheels won't be too cheap to ship...like you said tough decision..
 
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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i would get new outer's.....thats just me.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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How many wheels?

If it were 1 or 2 I would send them to DPE. If it were 3 or 4 I might just have them fixed.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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Bent DPE's.........?

If they were mine I'd send them to DPE and have them fixed, then you have
zero worries! (same as new)
 
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by gary c
If they were mine I'd send them to DPE and have them fixed, then you have
zero worries! (same as new)
Yeah I might just do that, if they just answered there damn e-mails it would happen a lot faster..
 
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Old May 24, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Which way did you end up going?
 
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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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Which way did you end up going?
i'm going to send them to DPE then sell them, im trying to find someone interested now so at least I have something to look forward to when I get them back nice and fixed. Or discount the price and have whoever buys them fix them.
 
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