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10-02-2012, 02:42 PM | #1 |
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Bent wheels >_<
All my wheels are bent to shit due to these terrible roads, thanks VDOT...
All on the outer lip. The few places I've talked to around the area all want ridiculous amounts of money to ship them out to straighten and repolish. Anyone have a mobile guy that can come out and heat them up/hammer them back to straight? I called a guy by the name of Brain Dean but he never got back to me, not sure if he's still doing that kind of work. Lemme know! Thanks, |
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What make of wheels werer they, aftermarket ?[/SIZE]
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I'll file that in my memory banks. Thanks
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10-04-2012, 10:43 AM | #9 |
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I had the same problem and used kwicksilver, its in Alexandria so they're not mobile - but most reasonable prices i found and really cool guy.
Bob Rockwood 703-399-4772 (Direct phone number) racersblue@rstarmail.com (Direct email) Just an FYI, outer lip bends are the hardest to get out, if you don't repolish/refinish them, there will be marks from where they clamp yo straighten, and that's of course if your wheel isn't cracked and irreparable. Good Luck - |
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10-05-2012, 07:56 AM | #12 | |
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I think it just has more to do with our terrible roads..the two pot holes I've hit that actually bent the rims (this happened on two separate occasions) were so jarring that I'm sure they would have bent a set of real BBS's. That's essentially the reason why I went with reps anyways..I'd be freaking out if I bent a set of 5k forged wheels lol. |
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10-06-2012, 08:30 PM | #14 |
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Read & perform this at your own risk...If its just the lip of the wheel that is bent (& it is not actually out of round) you could always give the lip a good whack with a "no-bounce" hammer.
How much are the reps? I'm guessing that you're looking at 125-250/wheel to pull the rim & polish. Am I wrong? What kind of quotes have you been getting? |
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10-08-2012, 04:35 PM | #17 |
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I've used Ye Old Wheel Shop in the past for my 3 piece SSRs before. They do good work but do get backup sometimes with all the wheels they fix. You have to drop them off and pick them up in a 1 - 4 weeks. They guys are recommended by lots of BMW, Audi, and Porsche guys.
http://www.yeolewheelshop.net Now I just buy Reps and replace them if one gets really bent. A small crack is easy to fix, bent lips are harder but can be done. Polished lips are nearly impossible because they have to strip the clearcoat off to fix the polished lip and then you have to buff and polish the lip all the time because it has no more clearcoat. Good Luck.
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