I just picked up my car from teh dealer, who replaced the tires for feathering, But they beat the heck out of my rims. Anything from scratches around the lip, to kida of dings and small gouges. They say they will have a guy come refinish them, but I am just wondering if anyone has had this type of fix. I can't see how they are going to get a factory finish back on them.

Thanks!!

PS. I've had my car for 2 years and have avoided the dealership at all costs for exactly this reason. How the heck are you supposed to trust them to be competent? The last car I had (traded for the Z), they gouged the rim by leaving a balancing weight on it when they tried to take the tire off. And the one before that, they blew my stereo speakers (aftermarket). That's like 3 out of 4 times I've gone to the dealership and come away worse for the wear. What are you supposed to do?

 

Alienx,
I have no confidence in dealer tire changers. They're rookies and the lowest paid. The good techs are doing the more complex jobs.
The know only one way to "make you whole" (legal speak) and return your rims to "almost like-new", short of replacing them. Remove tires and all hardware, blend gouges and scratches (assuming they are not deep) followed by polishing the repaired areas, then have the rims re-anodized to the same color by a reputable plating shop. The dealer may try to simply polish the damage. This does not replace the anodized plating and will leave bare aluminum exposed which will result in white powder corrosion spots.
Good luck.

 

any reputable wheel repair shop can fix it for you...i had to have a rim fixed a while back and it ran me about $125 but it was in really bad shape.