Shop bent my Blue Label rims installing tire?

[nd4speed]

Well was going to pickup my new Blue Label .125 Rims and Sand Star tires today but I got a call and called back about a problem with them- They Bent One!

Anybody ever have this problem before?

Well they said "they bent it back and it is holding air fine" but I really don't care.
They are going to make it right no matter what it looks like.

I bought the rims elsewhere and have never even used um.

Not cool. I just had to vent.

[Fast03Banshee]

i just did 3 sets of tires for myself, and i didn't bend a rim. I put them on the tire machine at work, and it worked fine.

[nd4speed]

I have a feeling they dont have a machine and are using manual tools. The local tire shop I would trust to do them wasn't open so I left it to them unfortunately.
They made a mistake once fine but twice when they suggested I accept it.

[blaster911]

if i were you i wouldnt go back to the place who bent your rim

[sblt500r]

the .125 rims are soft, and will bend easily if the installer pry's on them to much. i know, i've done it! they also dent easily.

it would be nice if they would reinburse you some how for the rims. but it might not be likely, i've never had tires installed by someone else, but i would think its like when a shop bores out your cylinder and say they screw it up, you signed something before that takes away all the liability of them incase they do screw up something. atleast thats how the shop near me is, you sign a sheet saying "that they are not liable if something goes wrong".

[crazyracer]

the blue labels are total shit for stiffness. If you do em by hand, you will most like bend them. What you have to do is use one of those machines that has nylon fingers that contact the rim.

BTW, that tire shop screwed up, if done properly, you shouldn't bend a rim, regardless how thin it is.

[nd4speed]

Well they know it was a mistake. They have a machine. Scratched in two spots and dented in one on the inside. Don't know who did it but maybe they were new or somethin and learned a lesson on my weak rim. Manager offered to replace it but since it was dual bolt pattern he said he was having trouble locating one and would need time. This is why I ordered them elsewhere. I kept the rim and they gave me $50 and all is cool.