Is this rim fixable?
 

About 1 mile from home on my 6 hour drive I hit a fuckin pot hole.. Go figure it's IL and they couldnt fix a street to save their lives. I just picked these up from Mark like a month ago too. I'm soo pissed. Anyway, my friend who works at Discount tire is gonna bring it in to see if it can be fixed. But what do you guys think? Does it look fixable?

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ndamage001.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ndamage002.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ndamage003.jpg

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The best tool to fix a rim, in my opinion, is a crescent wrench. Give it a try and see what happens. I've fixed many rims that way.

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Well my friend is gonna take it in and see what they say. I was talking to another guy who know's someone that is an aluminum specialist and said it should easily be able to be fixed. He also said if it has to be welded (worse-case) it would be like $50 and if it didn't it'd be alot less. So I'm hoping he is pretty accurate on prices.

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looks like it might not have been too bad. hope everything is gonna be ok

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If the aluminum isn't cracked it should be able to be fixed pretty easily. it doesn't look that bad.

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BFH. That looks very fixable.

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just make sure they are care full fixing it. If you need a new one it has to come from the UK.

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They have a special wrench that fits around the lip on rims so they can be bent back.

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Kinda doubt it. Those wheels use to be everywhere and I just googled a bunch of places in the US that still have some.

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your not supposed to bent aluminum wheels back. it could crack or break or you just might get lucky and it will look perf.

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Where can I find these wheels!? I looked all over on ebay and google and couldn't find them. If someone could send me a link that would be great. I may just buy a new one if it's cheap enough.

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What size are they? Team Dynamics "Motorsport" wheels right?

http://www.victoriatire.com/wheel_TE...RSPORT%20WHITE

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They are Team Dynamics and they're 18 x 8. And holy shit they are expensive..

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$245 for an 18x8? That's not terrible for a brand new wheel.

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Can you put me in contact with this aluminum guy? I need an opinion on welding a wheel.

If you think that's bad, price out a new 19" BBS CH with Nitto 555's. ;)

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I'm cheap. :tongue:

My friend can get it fixed through discount tire for $75. So I think I'm gonna do that. Then I also need 2 new tires since 2 of them have really bad camber wear. Plus I'm picking up a shell for $230 that I posted in my other thread so money is extremely tight. I'm really hoping to fix this shell up nice and sell it to make some money off it. Did I mention I have been jobless for like 6-7 months?! I feel bad borrowing so much money from my parents..

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Well whoever Discount tire does their rims through said they couldn't fix it.. The bend isn't even that bad so I'm either gonna try to find another place and see what they say or get out the torch and mallet. I'm coming back home to MN this weekend so I will probably just do it then.

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Anything?

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3lb hammer and a piece of 1/4" sheet rubber. That looks very fixable.

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I actually have some 1/4 sheet rubber sitting at home! I will try that out. What about heat though? Should I heat it up too? I have a little propane torch I was gonna use.

xveganxcowboyx - If you're asking me, It's my friend from discount tire. So you can just go to any Discount tire and have them fix it for you.

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No need for heat, it will be easy to get the bent part back to flat, the trick is getting the curve back in. It takes a big ass whack to do it. It is like a ball joint, you can smack it around all day and it won't move, but a few big smacks and it will move around.

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But it is aluminum and I don't want it to crack. I think some heat will help a little bit with that wont it?

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Precision Wheel in Hopkins.

http://www.precisionwheels.com/

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Heat it up and it will help to keep it from cracking. Even if it does, it can still be fixed. I had a similar bend to that in a more expensive rim along with a crack. I bent the lip back, brought it over to MAP and little Brown welded it up nice and neat for me. I had a friend come and match the paint and now you can barely tell. A replacement rim for mine was $550. Total to fix this with mount/dismount tire, welding and paint was $120, and about three hours of my hammer time.

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Thanks Mark I'll see if I have the time to make the drive and maybe they can do something with it. If not then I'll just be heating it up and use a hammer and rubber sheet.

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I have bent a couple of wheels back and never had an issue with cracking without heat. Usually the crack will happen on the initial hit.

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True but it's not gonna hurt anything so I might as well heat it up.. I'll post pics after and see how it goes.

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Ok, thanks. You just said expert and I'm unsure of whether it should be welded or tossed. Just want a good opinion.

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About a half hour with a torch and a sludge hammer with some sheets of rubber I'm pretty sure I got it fixed. It won't be as straight as it was obviously but I got it as straight as I could.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...rimzzz001z.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...rimzzz002z.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...drimzzz005.jpg

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looks damn good to me

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they should be able to counter weight any minor imperfections you left. but looks really good.

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Just got back from Discount tire. She rides as smooth as can be! Rim not fixable my ass.. I snapped a couple pics.

Not bad at all..
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...0312091714.jpg

New tires
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...0312091743.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...312091744a.jpg

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Looks Good!

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Wow, this gives me hope. I'm going to a tire shop some time this week to get a direct consultation on mine.

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it looks very fixable ive seen wheels that have been a lot worse that have been fixed. Good luck let us know if they get fixed.

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^ WTF? Do you not even read the threads? He fixed it man. Stop bumping every old thread on the site.

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Trying to get you're post count up or somthing? lol...