nickvaz

Ok, so I washed up my ride and took the wife to a wine festival at a nearby lake. Everything was going good until I had to park in a dirt field. The ride was a little bumby, but no major dips or holes encountered. We come home, I wake up this morning to find my right front wheel flat. I used a tire slime kit, but the tire wouldn't inflate. I took off the wheel and low and behold in the inside of my wheel was bent. Now what?

Here's some pictures of the damage. Can this be fixed?

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...24/tbwv024.jpg
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70MACH1OWNER

Don't fix that baby. Be on the safe side and just replace it. I would be surprised if it could be made right again. It hard to believe you didn't feel that pothole. Ouch!
Scott

06GTwJUICE

would be hard to fix and be safe... like 70mach said, safer to just replace it.

that sucks too...

nickvaz

The thing about replacing it... They're Blingz wheels like the one's on the Ronalee. Blingz went out of business!

05BlackGT

I've never used them, but this place comes highly recommended:
http://www.wheeltechniques.com/wheelrepair.html

Might be worth it if you absolutely can't replace the wheel.

spyder7724

here's another place people have had good luck with:
www.weldcraftwheels.com
they can fix widen and narrow just about any type of wheels. i'm going to send out some 17 or 18" wheels so i can drive with the skinny's on to and from the track. the bogarts are just too fragile to drive any real distances.

RobK

Wheel Collision in Bath PA. BUT, I doubt that would hold up. If they bend that easily I'd ditch them. I personally am done with cast aftermarket wheels. I only buy forged now myself...

Flippn

Where in SoCal are you? A friend of mine who lives in the Inland Empire just had his wheels repaired. Same damage as yours. The shop is local but I don't know exactly where, I'll get the number from him and get back to you.

nickvaz

Temecula area

Flippn

Here you go http://www.dandbwheels.com/fs_wheel_repair.htm

They're in Montclair, the guy that does the actual work is Jason. My friend drives a Honda Accord with after market wheels. He said that his repair cost $75. Again similar damage as yours, so no repainting was required since it's on the "in" side. He also had them repair, re-finish, and repaint another wheel which was damaged on the "out" side of the wheel. I saw both wheels after the repair, it looked pretty good. BTW, I don't have any affiliation with the shop, never even been there. Just providing information that may help.

FinlayZJ

That looks like a pretty easy fix. Just bend it back.

I've taken a sledge hammer to cheap steelies I had that did that numerous times. No problem.

70MACH1OWNER

Never on my car.

Mydnyghte

Seriously, click the link in my sig. I feel your pain.

nickvaz

Yeah man, fvck!ng Blingz had to go out of buisness. I wish I had gone with Raceline. These are the last set of 20's I buy...

RobK

Do that with cast alloys and you'll end up with a big chunk out of your wheel. You need to heat it before you can pound it back.

FinlayZJ

Whoops. What I typed and what I thought didn't match.

Yes, you can fix it. Take it to a professional wheel repair place and let them heat treat it and bend it back in shape. Don't go pounding away on any cast or forged wheel as they are far more brittle than cheap steel wheels.

As a side note, i've bent back steel wheels w/o problems, and didn't have any safety concerns driving on it again.

kevinb120

If there are any cracks in the aluminum, its probably done for. But I have seen them repair some crazy looking stuff. The joy of 20"s....