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The Wheel Specialist

12 Viking Rd, Leicester, Wigston, LE18 2BL, United Kingdom

The Wheel Specialist
Car repair and maintenance service
4.7
123 reviews
8 comments
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HVRG+7C Wigston, United Kingdom
+44 116 478 7082
thewheelspecialist.co.uk
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Monday: 8–17
Tuesday: 8–17
Wedneasday: 8–17
Thursday: 8–17
Friday: 8–16
Saturday: 9–12
Sunday: Close
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Jason Phillips
Jason Phillips116 days ago
Wheels refurbished from diamond cut to smoke chrome. Fantastic service, quality workmanship and done within the quoted time.
RickN55
RickN55177 days ago
Fantastic service, had a full wheel refurb and colour change by powder coating. The lads were very polite and most helpful when we were trying to decide which colour to go for and the quality of finish on the wheels is perfect both on the outside of the wheel and all of the inside of the wheel. The car was very well looked after while in having the wheels done (2 day turn around) not a mark on the car when I picked it up. Would definitely 100% recommend. I went to these guys having been recommended by several friends who had their wheels done and were spot on. The boss man Dave was also a very nice chap and excellent with communication throughout.
Bharat Patel
Bharat Patel269 days ago
Great service!! Got a quote and date of when it was able to be fixed no messing around. Kept me updated on what was going on and looks like nothing even happened top job lads will definitely recommend to friends and family.
Jas kang
Jas kang300 days ago
Fantastic professional and very friendly service, with incredible results. The refurbishment (Smoked Chrome, highly recommended) has transformed the whole look to my car.
Thank you Leicester Wheel Specialist for a 1st class job.
Rich Mc
Rich Mc330 days ago
Specialists in incompetence!!
Short version, if you care about your car and wheels and don't like wasting fuel on numerous return trips sorting issues, then do not use this company, they take very little care and can't seem to get even the basics right.
Read on if you like a saga....
Had 4 wheels refurbished here and had to return 4 times to get issues resolved and even at the end I'm not that happy with the final result, but just gave up trying!
The first return was because ALL 4 wheels were under powdered so you could seen the base metal through the finish. Owner said this should have been picked up during their "quality checks". They agreed to redo the whole process.
A week later upon collection the wheels did have a more even coating, but after getting them home i noticed one of them had a 4inch long scratch on the rim down to the base metal, presumably caused by refitting the tyre. Took it back to be told yet again, "sorry it should have been picked up during our quality checks". You can see the theme here!
They agreed to redo the wheel, but on collection of that, whilst the main scratch had gone, there were more new scratches and a chip around where the TPMS valve stem protrudes (photo below), presumably caused when removing/refitting it. I pointed this out to the owner and he said I was being picky! I guess because I should have just readily accepted having to return for a 3rd time to collect a wheel that now had scratches/chips on it that it didn't have before being refurbished? Let's just say we had words....
The saga doesn't end there though, on refitting this last wheel to the car I went the check the tyre pressure only to be met with a hissing sound every time I touched the valve, as the TPMS valve had been damaged during the last refurb. Presumably this should have been spotted during "quality checks" too, but we already know how well they are done!
So I took it back for them to replace where they put some more new scratches around the valve stem, but by this time I'd given up.....JUST AVOID
Darren Ball
Darren Ball361 days ago
Great quality of customer service, I had the diamond cut alloy repair on all four of my wheels after curb damage. Looks like nothing had ever occurred to the wheel's Thank you very much!Dave and team for a five star 🌟 service.
Neil Fletcher
Neil Fletcher1 year ago
Excellent service especially Dave, nothing was too much trouble for him. Had 2 wheels refurbished and I couldn’t recommend this company highly enough!! 5*
Noman khan
Noman khan2 years ago
Fabulous service! Explained the process and walked through various options. Super quick turnaround with amazing results!
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