hello, the other day i was driving and i went up the curb at about 15 - 25 mph and it popped my tyre and i had to put the spare on, i drove home ( about 50miles)

in the morning i noticed my wheel was on an angle, so i took it to my local garage to be checked out,

they phoned me up later that day and said that i needed 2 new alloys (although only one of me wheels went up on the curb) i needed a new shock, hub and my wish bone has snapped. and they said it will cost £1250 to be fixed!!!! my car drove fine, didnt go off to an angle or anything. and when i took my wheel off everything looked fine and was all secure.

all i want to know is are they ripping me off ? or lying to me to make money ? could all this really happen because of going up the curb ?

could anyone please help me

thanks

billy

hello, the other day i was driving and i went up the curb at about 15 - 25 mph and it popped my tyre and i had to put the spare on, i drove home ( about 50miles)

in the morning i noticed my wheel was on an angle, so i took it to my local garage to be checked out,

they phoned me up later that day and said that i needed 2 new alloys (although only one of me wheels went up on the curb) i needed a new shock, hub and my wish bone has snapped. and they said it will cost £1250 to be fixed!!!! my car drove fine, didnt go off to an angle or anything. and when i took my wheel off everything looked fine and was all secure.

all i want to know is are they ripping me off ? or lying to me to make money ? could all this really happen because of going up the curb ?

could anyone please help me

thanks

billy

you mentioned that the car drove ok after changing you wheel, however you say it was at an angle so you took it to the garage.

modern cars are not as robust as older generation cars and during the snow there were many posts regarding damaged suspension after minor cuffing of kerbs. the individual cost of the parts you mention is probably not too great and i question the need for two alloys, however you are quite within your rights to ask the garage to show you the damaged components(compare them to the other side), and to give you a price breakdown including labour costs. use this breakdown to challenge other garages to beat the quote and go elsewhere ok

sounds like a rip off to me,

i would expect, bent wishbone, bent track rod and track rod end. its unlikely the hub is damaged? a new shock - possibly.

i would definetly take your car to another garage for inspection.

£40 wishbone, £25 track rod and track rod end. new shock £50?

for all that at a garage i would expect about 2 hours labour? (i could do all of that at home in 2-3 hours - so 2 hours at a garage seems fair) £50 per hour labour?

plus wheel allignment @ £25

£240 all in (aftermarket parts)... sounds more like it.

if the hub is damaged then you will be best sourcing a second hand part (ebay usually has loads) so add £40 for that, sometimes can be advisable to fit a new bearing at the same time so i would add £100 to the total above for hub and bearing.