JOHN BROWN WHEELS  Reviews 31

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.5

While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more

To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more

See what reviewers are saying

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really helpful, had an idea what I wanted when I went but once I had left I was so happy with the set of wheels I had left with for a great price also. Highly recommend these if you’re looking for a n... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recently bought some 15 inch minilite replicas for my MGB GT. Wheels were ready for me to collect the day after I ordered (chose to collect as only 20 mins away). Friendly helpful staff and sent out s... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a set of Rok 18's with Premium tyres for just under £760.00 for my Caddy van. When fitted after a few days the drive got worse. The whole van shock. The steering wheel was jumping the... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very dissapointed with the quality of the wheels I purchased. Wheel surface has started corroding after 6 months of summer use. After only being on my vehicle from April to October brown marks ha... See more

Company details

  1. Wheel Store

Written by the company

John Brown Wheels is a friendly Warwickshire based company specialising in alloy wheels, tyres & accessories. Established in 1972, with over 35 years of experience in the motor trade industry. John Brown Wheels have been a distributor of many leading brands of alloy and steel wheels and accessories. Over the last few years, we have invested in the manufacture of our own range of wheels and accessories to fulfill the lack of availability of traditional wheel and product design. We have been recognised as the largest supplier of aftermarket alloy wheels for the "Mini" and "VW Beetle" markets in the U.K as well as supplying wheels for Classic Vehicles such as Ford, MG, Triumph to name a few. We currently export to over 20 countries worldwide including Japan, Australia, U.S.A, Singapore, New Zealand, Austria, France, Holland, Denmark, Malta, Germany and South Africa. We supply retail, and also wholesale, to well-established businesses all over the world, and we are expanding our product lines daily. We are constantly updating our range and are confident we cannot be beaten on price!


Contact info

3.5

Average

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

31 reviews

5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star

Hasn’t replied to negative reviews

How this company uses Trustpilot

See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

Companies on Trustpilot aren't allowed to offer incentives or pay to hide reviews. Reviews are the opinions of individual users and not of Trustpilot. Read more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recently bought some 15 inch minilite…

Recently bought some 15 inch minilite replicas for my MGB GT. Wheels were ready for me to collect the day after I ordered (chose to collect as only 20 mins away). Friendly helpful staff and sent out some replacement wheel nuts immediately when I realised I had picked up the wrong size at collection. Great communication and customer service throughout. Wheels look awsome too!

April 28, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely useless service

Absolutely useless service. No one ever answers messages on their ebay shop and I can't get through on their so called 'Advice Line'. So I'm off elsewhere after trying for three days. If you have a question don't try to get an answer from them

March 24, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Check they have the wheels before buying.

I ordering and payed for wheels and tyre on 1st March and was sent an emal stating they had been heldup on the Ever Given ship.
In July another company R&R Alloys who are supplied by JBW offered to suppy the same wheel.
Last week JBW told me they have never had in the last 6 month and the email about the Ever Given was a mistake.
DO NOT ORDER ANY THING FROM THIS COMPANY WITHOUT CHECKING IF THEY HAVE STOCK THEY ADVERTISE ON EBAY WHEELS THE DON'T HAVE.

August 22, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Failing finish after 18 months

20” VW T5 camper. Black with laser cut face. Wheels looked excellent for a while, 18 months / 2000m later, lacquer is failing. Lazer cut face has white tram lines all over every wheel. These wheels have done no work and have been looked after. Van is under cover when not being used as a camper. Emailed JBW… no replies. I expected to get a couple of years at least before needing a refurb… won’t buy from JBW again…

July 25, 2021
Unprompted review
JOHN BROWN WHEELS  logo

Reply from JOHN BROWN WHEELS

We are sorry you felt the need to leave us a 2 star review.
If you would like to discuss this further please contact us on 01926817444.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

If you want the best service……

Called up to buy a wheel yesterday. I have already purchased 4 wheels from JBW previously, and was delighted with the service then. My latest wheel, which is the same as the previous 4, has arrived safe and sound, less than 24 hours later. I thought it would be prudent to leave a review, because as far as I am concerned, John Brown Wheels is the epitome of the best customer service. Friendly staff to speak to, without too many press 1 for this, press 4 for that etc, extremely reasonable postal charges, an excellent courier making the delivery, bang on schedule. What more could you ask for?
Thank you, John Brown Wheels.
Steve

June 10, 2021
Unprompted review
JOHN BROWN WHEELS  logo

Reply from JOHN BROWN WHEELS

Hello Steve

Thank you for taking the time to write this review.

Team JBW

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Check stock before ordering!

Phone to check stock before placing an order.

With in being 2021 I assumed that any company trading online would have mastered stock-control by now. Sadly not JBW.

I got an email a few days after my order (which went to spam also) to say the wheels were not in stock with a 6-8 week wait.

I was told that somewhere buried in the sites T&Cs is the statement that JBW will let you know if there's any problems with stock.

Needless to say, I'm extremely annoyed, not least because I have ordered tyres separately, which are in stock, and I now have to store these until the wheels arrive.

---------------------------
Update;

The email went to spam due to a missing DKIM record... so actually it is within your control.

May 24, 2021
Unprompted review
JOHN BROWN WHEELS  logo

Reply from JOHN BROWN WHEELS

We are sorry you felt the need to leave us a 2 star review.
All stock is offered subject to availability. If for whatever reason payment is received for a product, which is not in stock we will contact you and offer an alternative product, or a full refund. This is stated in our terms and conditions which you do have to tick to agree with when checking out.

We can only apologise that your email went to your spam folder however this is out of our control. Your order was placed Friday 21st May at 4:42pm, we are closed weekends and we notified you via email within our first hour of opening on the next working day Monday 24th May at 9:51am.

We have offered you an alternative set of wheels and a full refund in this email also.
I can only apologise again, your experience is important to us and we do value your feedback. If you would like to discuss this any further please contact us on 01926817444

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor customer service

I ordered some wheels and tyres in January, they stated they were out of stock but expecting them in. In April I asked for my money back as the customer service were not replying and I didn't know what was happening.
Today I phoned them to ask if the wheels were in yet and finally got through only to be told I may have to wait for a second order as I had cancelled my previous order and they were going to deal with people who had stayed with them, also they expected the wheels to be a another 4 weeks. I did not like the attitude of who I spoke to more or less saying hard luck because you asked for your money back. £453.70 !!!!!

In reply to part about I found your replies in the junk folder, I never stated that and there were no replies at all keeping me updated, there was a terrible lack of correspondence, the only reply I managed to get was through Facebook and whoever I spoke to yesterday did not have the attitude I would expect, basically he said tough?

May 5, 2021
Unprompted review
JOHN BROWN WHEELS  logo

Reply from JOHN BROWN WHEELS

We are sorry you felt the need to leave us a 1 star review, we did reply to all your emails keeping you updated and you informed us that you found them all in your junk folder. We were sorry to hear you wanted to cancel your order, we refunded you as you requested and the order was released to the next customer on the waiting list. Your experience is important to us and we do value your feedback. If you would like to discuss this further please contact us on 01926817444.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good quality product

I bought a wheel and tyre package from JBW and I'm absolutely delighted with their service and product. Good quality wheels wrapped with some decent budget tyres.

May 2, 2021
Unprompted review
JOHN BROWN WHEELS  logo

Reply from JOHN BROWN WHEELS

Hello Michael

Thank you for taking the time to write this review.

JBW

The Trustpilot Experience

Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.

Companies can ask for reviews via automatic invitations. Labeled Verified, they’re about genuine experiences.

Learn more about other kinds of reviews.

We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.

Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.

Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.

Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.

Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.

Take a closer look