Home Rim Repair ???!

[love ke70]

if you get the tyre off without do more damage to the rim...then continue. im sure you will damage the rim in the repair stage

[EldarO]

dude, go pay alliance $50 to fix it.

i had a crack 4" long from the inner edge of my rim to the centre, on one of my rear 8" rims.

he fixed it for me for $60.

Elmo.

[IN 05 NT]

i tried to bash out a similar damage to a pair of BURNOUT rims, and they CRACKED after a few good wacks with a mallet, hardly moved the dent/buckle at all, all it did was crack it....

take it to a pro if the rim means anything to you,....

[Admiral coFF33]

dude, go pay alliance $50 to fix it.

i had a crack 4" long from the inner edge of my rim to the centre, on one of my rear 8" rims.

he fixed it for me for $60.

Elmo.

thats funny, coz i had 2 small cracks in one of my front work rims, 3 days and $200 later it was repaired..

gotta love alliance... their motto is "we are the most reccommended in perth and there isnt many rim repair places , therefore we can charge WTF we want"

sick


nah , but if i cant home repair it tomorrow
prolly will take it them and bend over, lube up
..

[love ke70]

nah , but if i cant home repair it tomorrow
prolly will take it them and bend over, lube up
..

can you come round mine instead

[EldarO]

fark, thats expensive shit :/

i walked in and said "this is my rim, its cracked, i need it fixed in two days, because on the third day, im going to europe.

hes like "yep, no problems, $60"

i went in two days later, "hey, is that rim done?"
"fuck i forgot about it, you leaving tomorrow aye?"
"yeah man, 1pm"
"ill have it done by 8am"

went in there at 8am (he doesnt even open till 8:30 usually) and picked the rim up.

top bloke.

Elmo.

[mr2gze]

thats funny, coz i had 2 small cracks in one of my front work rims, 3 days and $200 later it was repaired..

gotta love alliance... their motto is "we are the most reccommended in perth and there isnt many rim repair places , therefore we can charge WTF we want"

sick


nah , but if i cant home repair it tomorrow
prolly will take it them and bend over, lube up
..

As I said mate, imo dont take it to Alliance, try Leo Gommer in Queens Park.

[Negative Boost]

Shouldn't cost that much at all mate. I had a rim like that once too. $90 later it was all fixed.

[Sam_Q]

anyone know a cheap place in vic where it can be fixed?

[horse]

Neway wheel repairs
11 beatrice ave west heidelberg 3081
9457 3141

[JustCallMeOrlando]

I took my rims into Alliance with a similar looking dent, $60 was all he charged, came up schmick.

[Admiral coFF33]

all these lies !

I DONT BELIEVE !

[The Witzl]

ummm... i dont know if this also applies to Rays wheels...

Under no circumstances should damaged rims be "re-rolled". All Simmons rims are heat treated during manufacture to increase their tensile strength, hardness and fatigue resistance. While these characteristics significantly improve the performance and durability of the wheel, they can make it extremely difficult to accurately restore damaged rims to a workable condition and attempted re-rolling may create potential failure points in the alloy. Welding rims is even worse. Welding heat will soften the alloy, reducing tensile strength to as little as 25% of the original specification.
Likewise, welding on cast centre sections will seriously reduce the tensile strength of the heat treated alloy and will probably lead to failure of the casting.