Dented aluminum wheel help

BigClay

BigClay

Knower of useless ZJ things
Joined
Sep 24, 2008
Location
Winston-Salem
So this weekend I dented an aluminum dirty life wheel.

Anyone know of a place near Winston Salem that can repair it?

And everyone loves pictures :laughing:


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Crawler wheel? Street driven? Is it leaking?
 
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Ignore the mileage thing, but this is a co.pany that I have talked to about repairing some wheels I have. You can submit everything online for a quote I believe. They are a national outfit I believe.
 
Noel said:
I’ve seen some “professional” wheel repair men, do it. Let’s just say they were using map gas and a mallet.
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yup thats pretty much it, they heat it up, whack it, bend it, put it on a balance, lathe it ever so slightly, whack and bend some more, rinse and repeat.

The worst part of this will be he'll end up with 1 shiny wheel that doesn't match the motif of the others.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
Crawler wheel? Street driven? Is it leaking?
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It is leaking, snacked it in a rock and bent the inner bead in one spot. Can get air in there but then it just leaks out from that flat spot
 
RatLabGuy said:
yup thats pretty much it, they heat it up, whack it, bend it, put it on a balance, lathe it ever so slightly, whack and bend some more, rinse and repeat.

The worst part of this will be he'll end up with 1 shiny wheel that doesn't match the motif of the others.
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It could be worse I guess. If it is cheaper to fix it than replace it, I may just rattle can it and it be the spare wheel
 
BigClay said:
It could be worse I guess. If it is cheaper to fix it than replace it, I may just rattle can it and it be the spare wheel
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Oh I was takling about the mud colored paint job.
 
BigClay said:
It is leaking, snacked it in a rock and bent the inner bead in one spot. Can get air in there but then it just leaks out from that flat spot
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Call me tomorrow. I know a guy.;)
 
tobaccoroad4wd said:
@BigClay
After “the incident” a year ago at the Ranch, my front was bent pretty bad. Cardinal Tire in Salisbury has a company that they use and we’re able to get mine back into shape. @Mulishajoe turned me onto them.
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And if you come this way, I’ll buy you lunch.
 
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