Chicago Scraped (Sympathy Please!!!)

oh no!!!!!!! how did that happen

SiJ2000 said:

Here's a pic of my lovely new SCRAPE on my beloved Chicago!!!

Please send lots of sympathy messages!!!

Ta!

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Asbsolutely infuriating but also absolutely inevitable I'm afraid. Generally the n/s/f one.. I've done it too. Ruins the week!

Mine's the n/s/r one! I caught it on a high kerb as I was reversing round a corner!!

Im slowly starting to come to terms with it!

Same as 2 of mine!
Only had the car for about a month when I was on a dual carriageway and a taxi in the "overtaking" lane swerved into mine to make a u-turn. Instinctively I swerved away from him and hit the kerb. Never got his number.
I've been looking for a year now for some after market company who sell chicago's as VW dealer's prices are prohibitive to say the least.
Don't know whether to just go and buy some black and chrome wheels instead.

try salvage yards. i find alot of good, um junk, there!

Dave.
Have you tried to find someone in your area who can refinish the wheels unless they are too torn up? I would think trying to find even used wheels would be difficult. In the end the most efficient thing to do might be to find some type of wheels that you can live with and put the remaining good Chicago wheels up for sale.

Its my worse nightmare so you have my deepest sympathy. The repair on the porshe wheel did look good though !

Can't do that with a chicago, cos the spoke have a stripy pattern, they aren't solid colour! I'll just live with it!