Anyone ever had a cracked alloy welded?
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Noisy said:
I had a rare set of Boyd Codington alloys on a previous car, one got cracked from a pot hole, I had this repaired and was fine for the following year I owned the car.
Was it an expensive job? I will probably only have the car for another year max, but would still like to feel safe!
As long as you choose a place with the appropriate expertise (i.e. not just a mate who has bunged aluminium wire in his MIG welder and bought a bottle of argon), I can't see why there would be a problem.
Think about it - if they weren't safe, they would either find their public liability insurance prohibitively expensive or (if they decided not to insure, and for most businesses it isn't compulsory) they wouldn't be around for very long.
Think about it - if they weren't safe, they would either find their public liability insurance prohibitively expensive or (if they decided not to insure, and for most businesses it isn't compulsory) they wouldn't be around for very long.
Eggman said:
As long as you choose a place with the appropriate expertise (i.e. not just a mate who has bunged aluminium wire in his MIG welder and bought a bottle of argon), I can't see why there would be a problem.
Think about it - if they weren't safe, they would either find their public liability insurance prohibitively expensive or (if they decided not to insure, and for most businesses it isn't compulsory) they wouldn't be around for very long.
True, guess it just depends on how bad the damage is but looking at some places, there are bits of the edge missing and they have repaired it! At least it isnt missing any bits.Think about it - if they weren't safe, they would either find their public liability insurance prohibitively expensive or (if they decided not to insure, and for most businesses it isn't compulsory) they wouldn't be around for very long.
If it was on a spoke, or in the middle of the rim I would say yes. But that is right on the bead.
No way.
right it off as a loss before it blows out on you at speed and your insurance company won't pay out on the damage.
You do not want this to hapen to you at 0.85 leptons.
This happened to me this morning, not due to a cracked rim, just due to picking up some crap.
It is not a nice experience, DO NOT RISK IT
No way.
right it off as a loss before it blows out on you at speed and your insurance company won't pay out on the damage.
You do not want this to hapen to you at 0.85 leptons.
This happened to me this morning, not due to a cracked rim, just due to picking up some crap.
It is not a nice experience, DO NOT RISK IT
Was about to post the link below and say that it gives me confidence, but then the above does the opposite!
http://www.alloywheelrepairs.net/awr-wheelrepairpr...
http://www.alloywheelrepairs.net/awr-wheelrepairpr...
I've just been looking at this place - check that wheel out!
I'd say the worst that is likely to happen with yours even if they do a terrible job is the tyre will go flat overnight. It's not like the rim is going to suddenly shatter into a million pieces; if anything, it looks to be made of surprisingly bendy metal.
I'd say the worst that is likely to happen with yours even if they do a terrible job is the tyre will go flat overnight. It's not like the rim is going to suddenly shatter into a million pieces; if anything, it looks to be made of surprisingly bendy metal.
I damaged a Boxster split rim (the outer magnesium rim) in the last spell of bad weather we had. I din't think it would be possible to weld, however Specialist Cars in Malton have a contact who specialises in welding all kinds of aluminium/alloy materials, and they got him to fix it. It was perfect. He also welded an aluminium strut at the back of the car somewhere (which hit the deck very hard after I flew over a humpback bridge too fast). As someone above said the weld is actually stronger than the surrounding metal.
Nothing wrong with a properly welded alloy wheel (or hydrogen pipe, nuclear reactor, spacecraft etc). Just make sure a pro does it. I've seen some amazing repairs done.
The damage in the OPs pic is no big deal. I'd suggest to the OP that he seeks the opinion of a specialist and not some blokes off teh interweb.
(and as for the pic of the nasty blowout above - glad the poster is ok but it has no relevance to this topic, really)
The damage in the OPs pic is no big deal. I'd suggest to the OP that he seeks the opinion of a specialist and not some blokes off teh interweb.
(and as for the pic of the nasty blowout above - glad the poster is ok but it has no relevance to this topic, really)
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