Just guessing. Pcp people are finance, they arent interested in shopping around or repairing wheels, they will just ask a main dealer, local or not, to quote for 3 new wheels to be fitted. That will be parts plus labour plus transport costs, there may also be a charge for the time the car is tied up and not on sale. The dealer will possibly argue new tyres are also needed (and 4 rather than 3 plus an old tyre) Plus inspection/repair of "possible suspension damage". Pcp people will just accept the quote and pass it on to you.

Easy to see we are looking north of £1k, could be much more.

I don't think it works like that.

When the guy was checking my previus car he was using a tablet device and could mark any damage accordingly. I can vaguely remember seeing a cost against each item which makes me think there is a 'standard' charge - after all they are collecting the car and taking it away - they do not faff around talking to dealers and all that nonsense.

Also, as far as I know they would repair, not replace a wheel (unless damaged beyond repair).

I've just delivered a new C350e leased from Mercedes Benz Finance, who will, no doubt, use the same criteria for "Fair wear and tear" on their PCP products. These are in line with the BVRLA Guidelines i.e. Alloy wheels with scuffs extending more than 25mm.per wheel are unacceptable.

If the scuffs extend further than that, then there is no doubt that it will be more economical to have the affected wheels refurbished prior to returning the car. As rightly stated above, Diamond cut Alloys need special equipment to refurbish them to an acceptable standard, and £60 per wheel, also stated, seems remarkably cheap to achieve such. Good luck with your search to find an economical solution..

I would check what the charge is before having them refurbished. You may find the standard charge scale does not take account of what type of wheel they are and it would be cheaper to pay the fee.

There will be some sort of standard scale of charges along BVRLA guidelines so you need to find out what that is. Your local dealer may well have such a thing and be able to tell you as they will have dealt with thousands of PCP cars.

Edited by pd on 02/09/2017 at 12:25