I finally got my wheel back today and it is good as new! The guys at custom wheels also balanced my wheel for no extra charge which was nice of them. You can see where the wheel was welded but it feels good and well balanced. I dropped over to Mr. Lube to get my tire put on and they did it in about 10 minutes for no charge. The guys at Mr. Lube even commented on how nice the Optima looks. I came home, washed up the Optima, shined up the tires and it looks as good as new.
I think there is a lesson in all of this.... while I was at Custom Wheels I was looking through their magazines with hundreds of different rims and I was surprised at the prices compared to my $775 replacement Kia Optima rim. For $200 - $300 there were some really nice looking rims available. In the future I would suggest upgrading the rims yourself instead of going with the factory upgrade. Of course the problem becomes that upgraded rims often come with upgraded everything else in a package deal so it's hard to get some of the good stuff like sunroof, leather etc... without buying the upgraded rims. Also if you are buying a used car, for $1,000 you can really give your car a nice upgrade by ordering some nice wheels.
Overall Custom Wheels does good work and saved me about $600, you just need to wait a couple weeks to get the work done.
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