Suggestions for a wheel repair shop near chicago/NW Burbs

[RexRemus]

Well, not a great day yesterday, had to commute downtown and ended up in one of the tightest/narrowest garages I have been inside in the city. When I parked, I was thinking if one person is not fully pulled forward near the corners there's going to be a problem.

When I left in the evening... there was indeed a problem. I own it, and maybe I could have found another literal inch of clearance, but I didn't haha, so doesn't matter now.

Does anyone have a reference for a good shop in the area who might be able to fix this up?

2 scrapes, one pretty minor (right), the other still not terrible but looks a lot worse in the photo from the paint transfer contrasting against the black.

Hoping this is not a "buy a new one from Rivian" level issue. I've had worse stuff repaired on equally expensive wheels before for a reasonable cost, hoping that will be the case here. Thanks!!

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[RexRemus]

Bump - anyone?

 

[Rivifan]

Wow, bump post after just one day huh. You must be really embarrassed. j/k

Hey, at least you don't look like me after getting stuck off-roading. Check out my rear wheels below.

Anywho, im not just a smartass, heres a few ideas:

1. FB marketplace, i grabbed a spare tire and rim for $500. If you have the patience, you can find someone motivated to sell one for a great deal. Or possibly on the member for sale forum here. Then you can probably sell yours for a steal to someone else to help recoup the costs.

2. I saw these guys outside a body shop in Barrington where there were several Porsches and similar really nice cars. I figured thats a good sign that they probably do good work. Ive been meaning to call them about mine, which I will do next week. Ill let you know what they say to me, do the same if you call them yeah?

3. I got some body work done at Body Builders in Rolling Meadows this summer. Been meaning to call them to see if they have a wheel guy too. (or if they do wheels themselves) Ill report back on that too

4. In the meantime, a Sharpie will work wonders to make it stand out a bit less. I do speak from experience

 

[RexRemus]

Wow, bump post after just one day huh. You must be really embarrassed. j/k

Hey, at least you don't look like me after getting stuck off-roading. Check out my rear wheels below.

Anywho, im not just a smartass, heres a few ideas:

1. FB marketplace, i grabbed a spare tire and rim for $500. If you have the patience, you can find someone motivated to sell one for a great deal. Or possibly on the member for sale forum here. Then you can probably sell yours for a steal to someone else to help recoup the costs.

2. I saw these guys outside a body shop in Barrington where there were several Porsches and similar really nice cars. I figured thats a good sign that they probably do good work. Ive been meaning to call them about mine, which I will do next week. Ill let you know what they say to me, do the same if you call them yeah?

3. I got some body work done at Body Builders in Rolling Meadows this summer. Been meaning to call them to see if they have a wheel guy too. (or if they do wheels themselves) Ill report back on that too

4. In the meantime, a Sharpie will work wonders to make it stand out a bit less. I do speak from experience

I'm stuck at a tech conference this week and was hoping to get some options before I flew out ? hence the bump.

I won't be able to reach out to anyone for a while now (flying today) but if you don't hear anything and I find someone I'll dump it in here.

And yeah, sharpie will be the current solution once I get back and can clean everything up a bit

 

[Rivifan]

I talked to the guys at Allied, their shop is in Lake Barrington, its $170 per wheel for repair, they fully strip it down and re-powder coat it, and $32 for re-mounting and balancing the tire. I forgot to ask if they would re-create the lil yellow Rivian badge.
Hope that helps. Not just you, but anyone else in the NW Chicago burbs who may happen across this thread

 

[RexRemus]

I talked to the guys at Allied, their shop is in Lake Barrington, its $170 per wheel for repair, they fully strip it down and re-powder coat it, and $32 for re-mounting and balancing the tire. I forgot to ask if they would re-create the lil yellow Rivian badge.
Hope that helps. Not just you, but anyone else in the NW Chicago burbs who may happen across this thread

Thank you for sharing man! That honestly seems quite reasonable, I was expecting about double that.

I may have to give them a go. It's a bit of a haul but not too bad

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