Alloy wheel repair

[metcars 395]

So, annoyingly I have acquired a dented rim from a pot hole. Can it be repaired? It's still holding air and isn't cracked. I'm tempted to give it a whack but my tyre guy said stay away!

[David Ayers 171]

Some can.

Just need to find/google someone

[Tom 164]

You cant beat with  a hammer it like a steel rim 

[JDM1983 28]

Quote often repairable!

[Stalker 180]

3 hours ago, met said:

So, annoyingly I have acquired a dented rim from a pot hole. Can it be repaired? It's still holding air and isn't cracked. I'm tempted to give it a whack but my tyre guy said stay away!

Give it a smack with a plastic mallet. 

I use a heat gun to warm the area a little first. 

[MarkTVS 209]

11 hours ago, Stalker said:

Give it a smack with a plastic mallet. 

I use a heat gun to warm the area a little first. 

As above, I personally use a blow torch though, 98% of the time it works, I did crack a Range Rover wheel once though but other than that usuall successful.

[It's me 612]

every wheel is different so each one needs individual appraisal because if you get it wrong someone could die

[metcars 395]

6 hours ago, jason doyle motor sales said:

every wheel is different so each one needs individual appraisal because if you get it wrong someone could die

That's very true, and considering I'm 'smoking' this car, that dead person could be me!

[Screenman 47]

Most tyre companies around these parts have the machines to straighten them, from memory about £35 a wheel.

[It's me 612]

3 hours ago, Screenman said:

Most tyre companies around these parts have the machines to straighten them, from memory about £35 a wheel.

never seen one,still if it can it needs to have someone who knows how to use it,i wouldnt want the responsibility if it later turned out to have a hairline crack 

reminds me of when i took an ecu into the local ecu centre as the keys had been lost but this car was started with a keypad,the guy said its £90 whether i can get the code or not and i went no thanks,why? because he could go round the back turn a hoover on for 2 minutes then come back and say computer say no...........kerching

bought a s/h kit off the early days of ebay 

[David Horgan 564]

www.wellspek.co.uk 

The mans a genius , pure and simply a genius . 

Talks like a machine gun but a genius . 

Little village called Bilsthorpe in Notts . 

[Casper 272]

Covanhill powder coaters Near the Forth in Scotland are excellent to if anyone on here is local to them used them a few times 01555 811 219 

 

Edited July 21, 2019 by Casper

[Screenman 47]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:16 AM, jason doyle motor sales said:

never seen one,still if it can it needs to have someone who knows how to use it,i wouldnt want the responsibility if it later turned out to have a hairline crack 

reminds me of when i took an ecu into the local ecu centre as the keys had been lost but this car was started with a keypad,the guy said its £90 whether i can get the code or not and i went no thanks,why? because he could go round the back turn a hoover on for 2 minutes then come back and say computer say no...........kerching

bought a s/h kit off the early days of ebay 

You have been lucky, very lucky I have had a good few straightened, as I said most tyre places will have the machine as they are only a few grand to buy.