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Discussion in 'Asia' started by alecela, Sep 11, 2008.

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  1. alecela

    alecela Formula Junior

    May 12, 2004
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    #1 alecela, Sep 11, 2008
    My good friend in Tokyo recently ran over some road 'studs' and bent the Gemballa/BBS 3 piece rear wheel on his 996. Not knowing any specialist wheels workshop he's stuck w/ talking to an exotic car garage in Azabu who's proposing getting a brand new wheel from Gemballa for around US$3.5k!!! Looking at the picture of the damage, I would imagine in worst case one can just order the outter rim on this 3 piece wheel if it's really not repairable?

    http://www.alecela.com/pub/images/automobili/porsche/image_001.jpg

    http://www.alecela.com/pub/images/automobili/porsche/image_003.jpg

    It's a Gemball/BBS? 19 x 11.5 wheel w/ ET27 offset.

    Any recommendation for wheel specialist in/around Tokyo would be highly appreciated...
     
  2. Jon@Tezta

    Jon@Tezta Formula Junior

    Dec 5, 2003
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    #2 Jon@Tezta, Sep 11, 2008
    That looks like it might be irreparable, you could order a new outer rim however who knows if gemballa will actually sell one. These days its hard to get even the custom forged wheel companies to sell you a new outer rim to replace, since it takes a qualified shop to remove and replace the new lip plus correctly torque the fasteners and seal the wheel.

    On a side note, why are aftermarket parts so damn expensive in Japan? Is there some import tax for parts that are manufactured overseas?
     
  3. JFL

    JFL Rookie

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    #3 JFL, Sep 15, 2008
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    ouch. you could visit Gemballa in HK to see if they can help order an outer rim.

    At least your friend's wheel doesn't look like this one...
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  4. TokyoF430

    TokyoF430 Karting

    Feb 9, 2007
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    #4 TokyoF430, Sep 18, 2008
    TMS is not bad. Not sure he would want to repair the damage on that wheel - looks pretty bad.
     
  5. alecela

    alecela Formula Junior

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    #5 alecela, Sep 19, 2008
    Perhaps you may have the phone number? I would imagine the easiest way to do it is to order the outer rim given the 3 piece design so thought it was a bit of overkill to order the whole rim...
     
  6. alecela

    alecela Formula Junior

    May 12, 2004
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    #6 alecela, Sep 19, 2008
    Well, I'm not sure if it's really the case of parts being expensive or my friend just talking to the 'wrong' person...
     

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