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09-15-2014, 03:43 PM
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#51 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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The only place I have experience with is Panther, and they were awesome.
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09-15-2014, 08:11 PM
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#52 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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greens color matching is way better then panthers.
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06-26-2015, 11:48 AM
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#53 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Originally Posted by momo77 I have a set of custom painted wheels from avant garde and paint got chipped from a pothole and i'm pretty pissed off. I want to get it refinished do you guys think greens would be able to take car of it and get it colour matching. | did you ever get that problem resolved?
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06-26-2015, 01:50 PM
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#54 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Had tires mounted on my TE37TT's a few years back, the guy mounting them said that the wheel flew off his machine and it chipped in a few places. They only deal with Panthers so they sent the wheel over there to be fixed free of charge for me, but I'm not very happy with it. The fix turned out good, but there's a few things that slightly bug me. First off being the fact that they clear coated my TE stickers, so they're stuck there forever now and looks kinda funky up close. Second thing is that my wheels have a slightly glossy silver lip. After they clear coated it, the gloss was gone and looked a lot more dull, so it didn't match the other 3. Another thing is that after a year or two, the clear coat chipped away quite a bit where as my other wheels have no damage to them at all :/
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06-26-2015, 01:59 PM
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#55 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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That hyper silver is not easy to match...
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06-26-2015, 02:59 PM
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#56 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Panther has always treated me well, had some turbo twists repaied they did an amazing job.
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06-26-2015, 06:04 PM
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#57 | | RS Veteran
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Just got a bent wheel back from Panthers. 17" Motegi MR7 Greens said no it will crack. Panther did it no problem for $150 + tax = $168 Plus Greyhound station to station shipping which is cheap.
Would use them again.
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06-26-2015, 08:31 PM
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#58 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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^Don't they cost about the same to replace the wheel? Just curious, unless they're discontinued now
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06-26-2015, 09:39 PM
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#59 | | RS Veteran
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They were discontinued around 2010.
Lots were sold so beat up used sets can be had for cheap. I was in a bit of a rush as we didn't want to run winter steelies/tires on my wife's car all summer.
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06-27-2015, 12:49 AM
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#60 | | I am on the internets
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sounds about right. Panther does the best work out of all the shops mentioned here. If you want it done right, you gotta pay.
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08-20-2015, 11:39 AM
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#61 | | MOD MOD MOD MOD MOD
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Looking to get a few stockies refinished. I guess after reading this thread it is between nu bright or greens. Plz advice. Thx.
Any recent experience with any of the shops? I just need the curbage fixed
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08-20-2015, 07:02 PM
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#62 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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I recently got 1 of my wheels refinished at alloy wheel repair in on simpson and bridgeport in richmond and they did a fantastic job. They where cheaper compared to panther, and greens as well.
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08-20-2015, 08:33 PM
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#63 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Wheel repair and refinishing is a lot more complicated than it seems to an outsider. Color matching OEM finishes can be extremely difficult, hyper silver comes to mind. It takes more time than you'd think to blend out curb rash without making it obvious that it's been repaired.
The work required to take a wheel through the entire process makes it hard to carve out a profit margin, we clear around 15 wheels a day (in and out). My manager used to work for Panther, he didn't have anything negative to say about them.
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07-19-2016, 01:50 PM
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#64 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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^what place you work at now?
I picked up some OEM bbs forged sti rims yesterday and was wondering what would be the best place to get the curb damage fixed? I got a quote from panthers anywhere between $165-265, haven't heard back from nu brite yet or alloy wheel repair. I would go to greens but its all the way in Richmond. If nu brite does as good of a job that greens does I will take it to them!
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07-19-2016, 11:13 PM
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#65 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
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Originally Posted by jpark i went to panthers for a bent 19" wheel 3 years ago.. i dont remember the price correctly but it was just below $200 (cant guarantee though.. it was 3 years ago), that included fixing the curb rash on the lip as well.. i thought it was okay? | The great.
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07-20-2016, 03:16 AM
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#66 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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I've only had positive experiences at Green's both times for mad curbage on 1 piece wheels. I would recommend them to others
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07-20-2016, 10:20 AM
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#67 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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holy bump batman
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07-20-2016, 12:21 PM
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#68 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Strong bump 10/10 would read again
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07-21-2016, 10:21 AM
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#69 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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its good thing theres a thread on this cuz everyone needs a place that can fix their rims if they get curbed
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07-21-2016, 10:56 AM
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#70 | | Get Money, Get Paid
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I just got my 3 piece wheels completely redone at Panthers last week. They did a great job. 
However, one of the rivets were loose and one of the locking wheel nuts were way under torqued when they put the wheels back on for me  | |
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