- Joined
- Jul 15, 2007
- Messages
- 5,851
- Location
- Maribor, Slovenia, Europe
- Car(s)
- '89 BMW E30 325iT, '95 BMW E36 318ti compact
A true gearhead... first thing he does when out of the hospital is caring for the car
Two laps on the N?rburgring Nordschleife completed, sticker acquired and applied.
Today I went to a rim repair shop to assess the cost of refurbishing the Style 68-rims with the summer tires on them since they all have marks from contacts with the curbs. They said it would be impossible to just smoothen the rim flange and feed in the clear coat since the edge is rounded so it would be best to paint and clear coat the whole wheel. It would cost 570 Euros (about 780$) including VAT. I'll go to some other local shops which offer rim refurbishing to see if there is any which does it for less since that's a bit too rich for my taste...I changed the wheels today, I had winter wheels from my old 320i in the basement. I tried to do it myself, but the previous mechanic torqued the bolts down so much that with normal tools I wasn't able to move even one bolt...
So I went to a garage which had a slot free and they changed the wheels. This will be the last winter those tires are seeing, they are 7 years old and have 4.5 to 5 mm of tread left. Other than that, they are much more silent than the summer wheels. The summer wheels are 225/45 R17 in the front and 245/40 R17 in the back while the winter wheels are 205/55 R16 all round. They are much more comfortable, too.
Because moneyz. Travem?nde - Helsinki return package for a car including 1-4 people is 750 Euros while I paid just 180 for the return flight. Driving to Stockholm was no option, too, since I was on my own, driving 1100 km one-way on mostly restricted motorways would have been tiring and fuel costs alone would have been more than 300 Euros.
Maybe next year when I can convince some other people from around here so the ferry Travem?nde - Helsinki won't be so expensive per person.