Success rate of straightening bent alloys?
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Hi
I have an alloy which has a buckle in it. It won't balance and shakes the car. I don't know whether it's on the front or rear lip.
I'm wondering how successful these "wheel straightening" companies are?
The rim alone is around £400 new so I'm hoping a repair is possible for economic reasons.
I have an alloy which has a buckle in it. It won't balance and shakes the car. I don't know whether it's on the front or rear lip.
I'm wondering how successful these "wheel straightening" companies are?
The rim alone is around £400 new so I'm hoping a repair is possible for economic reasons.
I had a buckle on my 530e. A local shop to me charged around £50 and it went from a visible buckle which also gave a little wiggle through the car to rotating completely straight with no wobble.
Obviously it depends on the amount of damage but most buckles can be repaired if a suitably skilled shop was used.
Obviously it depends on the amount of damage but most buckles can be repaired if a suitably skilled shop was used.
I used a company behind B&Q in Coventry (Binley Woods) to refurbish a set of wheels incl a dented inner rim. I cannot tell which one it is now and no balancing issues or wheel wobbles. Called AWR UK.
When I was there (couple of years ago) they were processing many sets of wheels per week from the local dealers. Also had supercars in for wheel work.
When I was there (couple of years ago) they were processing many sets of wheels per week from the local dealers. Also had supercars in for wheel work.
I used a place near S
horpe called "wheel doctor" IIRC.
They said to me as the buckle was on the inner rim (as in not where the "spokes" are it could be straightened.
They were successful, but it did take a lot longer than expected as each time they trued up one section of the wheel they "chased" a smaller section further round the wheel.
Completely unnoticeable afterwards though.
horpe called "wheel doctor" IIRC.They said to me as the buckle was on the inner rim (as in not where the "spokes" are it could be straightened.
They were successful, but it did take a lot longer than expected as each time they trued up one section of the wheel they "chased" a smaller section further round the wheel.
Completely unnoticeable afterwards though.
I'm in a similar position, one wheel buckled worse than the other and although their Road Force Balancer did help to remove most of the vibration it is still there slightly. The other buckled one they managed to balance it out enough to not be noticeable.
My worry is if they screw up the repair then a single new OEM alloy is £900 and I'll still have another slightly buckled alloy and obviously the rears are older and probably not perfect either, whereas I can get four brand new third party alloys for hundreds of pounds less.
But the OEM alloys are nice... I found a third party version of it but it's still expensive.
My worry is if they screw up the repair then a single new OEM alloy is £900 and I'll still have another slightly buckled alloy and obviously the rears are older and probably not perfect either, whereas I can get four brand new third party alloys for hundreds of pounds less.
But the OEM alloys are nice... I found a third party version of it but it's still expensive.
ninjag said:
I'm in a similar position, one wheel buckled worse than the other and although their Road Force Balancer did help to remove most of the vibration it is still there slightly. The other buckled one they managed to balance it out enough to not be noticeable.
My worry is if they screw up the repair then a single new OEM alloy is £900 and I'll still have another slightly buckled alloy and obviously the rears are older and probably not perfect either, whereas I can get four brand new third party alloys for hundreds of pounds less.
But the OEM alloys are nice... I found a third party version of it but it's still expensive.
fake alloys are usually made in China with the cheapest materials and will crack instead of buckle, often their offsets are not correct either and look daft.My worry is if they screw up the repair then a single new OEM alloy is £900 and I'll still have another slightly buckled alloy and obviously the rears are older and probably not perfect either, whereas I can get four brand new third party alloys for hundreds of pounds less.
But the OEM alloys are nice... I found a third party version of it but it's still expensive.
why are you worried? Just take it for repair, it will probably work, if not, then buy a genuine used wheel from an Auction site or owners club page.
CarCrazyDad said:
fake alloys are usually made in China with the cheapest materials and will crack instead of buckle, often their offsets are not correct either and look daft.
why are you worried? Just take it for repair, it will probably work, if not, then buy a genuine used wheel from an Auction site or owners club page.
I don't know, just a gut feeling that the alloy will get screwed. Unfortunately my alloys are not very easy to source and I could end up buying another buckled one! Lolwhy are you worried? Just take it for repair, it will probably work, if not, then buy a genuine used wheel from an Auction site or owners club page.
The replica is Italian, but they keep saying they are out of stock. I've found another place in Ireland which do it as well. Will need to look into it
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