Calling all wheel experts

[pantera chris]

Managed to do this at Snetterton in the weekend. Does it look repairable?



Thanks

[Matt Seabrook]

Personally I wouldn't I have seen too many wheels fail after being welded up again. Sorry this is not the sort of thing you want to hear.

[kds keltec]

To give you an idea Lespons would not refurb that , they would rather send it back then weld it up and take the risk.

kelly

[pantera chris]

I'm not sure if this makes any difference or not, but the tyre still held pressure. I drove it back from snett and was fine

[GHOST KATA]

Totally repairable matey. I've had wheels with much worse damage repaired in the past. If you have deep pockets then it's always possible. Shop around the specialists and ask them to photograph each stage of the repair and then go and inspect the wheel before the paint is applied.

[Storer]

Depends on how much you value you life.


What other damage did it do to other steering/supension components ?


Paul

[7even]

GHOST KATA said:

Totally repairable matey. I've had wheels with much worse damage repaired in the past.

Totally agree its repairable!
I too have seen a fair few of these fail, Ive also seen even more go on and give trouble free motoring.
The ones I have seen fail, its not so much the weld that fails its the surrounding alloy, which in your case isnt so bad, meaning its not a cracked spoke. You also need to be very careful with the whole powder coat process after a weld as the acid dip can cause fractures if not done properly.

[pantera chris]

Storer said:

Depends on how much you value you life.


What other damage did it do to other steering/supension components ?


Paul

No other damage. The impact was extremely slight. The rim must have hit a bolt that was sticking out of the armco.

[yodel]

If your asking youve got doubts yourself. Life is too short , why contribute to making it shorter

[GHOST KATA]

Get the tyre taken offf and then take it to your local refurb places, get plenty of quotes and ask to look at the work they're doing. I'm about to take one of my Zenkeis to be straightened and repaired so I'll post the results on here and forward the address of the place that did it for you.

[pantera chris]

I've just dropped the wheel off with an engineering company who specialise in wheels and they say it is very repairable and will be just a strong as it was before. Will post pics of it when its done

[adeel_gt]

The repaire wont be, the problem will be getting a good colour match after the repaire.

[7even]

adeel_gt said:

The repaire wont be, the problem will be getting a good colour match after the repaire.

Would depend on how small the repair can be kept, at worst paint the two on one side of the car.... it may be more difficult sourcing the correct stickies.

[cptsideways]

Repairs such as these depend much on the make up of the wheel


Cast wheels - no I would not
Forged wheels - no problem at all

[Matt Seabrook]

It looks cast to me and would agree I would not risk a repair. I have seen a few wheels catastrophically fail after repairs. One on a Porsche that did body damage when the tyre let go at motorway speeds.

[L22KMD]

Might be worth pricing a new wheel against the cost of repair and faffing about.