Can Alloy wheels be straightened?

[Ziggy122]

Kinda obvious from the title

Didnt know that one of the wheels is Buckled/kerbed from purchase, so question is

Can they be straightened?



Ziggy

 

[dave]

yes but often the price is more than buying another used wheel.

 

[Ziggy122]

yes but often the price is more than buying another used wheel.

If thats the case - i may forwell get another alloy and keep the buckled one as a spare full sized tyre

Might as well

Ziggy

 

[grr666]

The last one I presented for straightening couldn't be fixed.
£500 to replace it DOH!

 

[sludgeguts]

And with so many potholes on our roads, the chances of damaging your alloys are increasing.
Although mine came with alloys, I would much rather have the old steels - a far cheaper option and far less prone to pothole damage.

 

[grr666]

:doh:Wasn't a pothole that caned mine

 

[Ziggy122]

You can feel it shaking, but its not that bad if that makes sense?

A good true balance cured it 90%

For now i'll keep running and keep my eye out for a decent 2nd hand in local scrappy if one appears

Ziggy

 

[dave]

keep eye out for new wheel bearing too, it will have shaken yours to bits

 

[Ziggy122]

keep eye out for new wheel bearing too, it will have shaken yours to bits

yea and everything else its been shaken to bits like ball joints

the tyres have been swapped over so the wear should be even on both sides for the vibrations

ziggy

 

[oldskoolmk1unoturbo]

yes they can be repaired, i had a wheel straightened which was damaged far worse than that, it was done by jp alloys in cannock the cost was about 50 quid

 

[colin79666]

Often they can be straightened but keep in mine once buckled there will always be a weaker point so more likely to go again. Safest option is a new wheel.

 

[grr666]

Often they can be straightened but keep in mine once buckled there will always be a weaker point so more likely to go again. Safest option is a new wheel.

I took my bent wheel to a refurb place in Bristol called 'My Alloys'.
They said that if they could straighten it and refurb it it would cost
me the sum total of £75.
They sand blasted it ready for re finishing but the guy said something
along the line of 'I'm a wheel straightener mate, not a magician'
and they returned me the wheel. They never charged me a penny
for their attempts to straighten it, nor for the sand blasting.
I had every expectation of having to give them something for their
efforts but they would not take a penny off of me.
I was very impressed and will be going back there for a refurb later in the
year. Normal refurb without straightening is £60 per wheel.
Very high quality work too.
The replacement alloy I ended up having to buy was £500.
But it was worth trying to get the first one fixed.

 

[Ziggy122]

where as the mk2b alloys are about £50 to £60 anyway

As said once metal is weakend, it'll fail there again

So a straight 2nd hand alloy and a possible tyre swap sounds to be in order

Ziggy