pat_07ss

I will be soon returning my 2007 leased 2.4 SS and I was wondering if I could get charged for curb checks on the rims..
I have looked on Google and some people claim that you get charged the price of a rim sometimes...

FYI, I am not getting a new car from that same dealership (since I know that this could matter somehow)

Do you have examples of charges you guys got when returning a leased car with scratched rims, if any?

Thx

Here are some pics of the actual scrubs:

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Shibito

They should definitely be able to charge you for that. You damaged it and they have to fix it.

Phyrric

I have no leasing experience but I'm going to say they won't notice, I'm basing this off how they look at cars when you trade them in, I traded in my Astro van with a cracked block where the starter was, all they did was glance at the outside, test the a/c and heat, then drove it around the lot once

donkeyballs

iTrader: (3)

If that's the only marks on the car your good.. Did you get your lease return tool with the circles on it to gauge the scratches, burn holes, tread depth, etc.. ?

donkeyballs

iTrader: (3)

Oh no.. they go over the car really good and take about 50 pics to back up what they find

pat_07ss

it seems to me that all this is very dealer dependent.. some dealers seem to go the car and others don't..

If ever they do charge me, I could live with at $100-200 charge, but if they start charging be brand new OEM rims after returning my car, that would suck pretty bad

I was pretty much asking if anyone knew the kind of penalty ($$) they could charge me; if anyone had examples saying "i returned a lease with 2 curb checks and it cost me $125" for example

thanks for the help guys

pat_07ss

yes i did get the tool
doesn't mention anything about rims..correct me if i'm wrong

(or are rims considered as a part of the body of the car when using the scratch gauge)