Repairing buckled alloy wheels

BikerEd

I have a couple of 18-inch alloy car wheels which are buckled due to potholes last winter. Can anyone suggest reputable companies which offer a repair service?

In the meantime I have a saved search on eBay to get replacements - which ultimately may prove more economical than getting the wheels repaired/straightened.

Lum

Whereabouts do you live? I used Renowheel in Bridgeend to get a set of 4 alloys (of which one were buckled and all were curbed and scuffed) straightened up and restored to look like new. Cost me £350ish but they did a good job:

Not the best picture in the world but they came out something like this:

Inactive

BikerEd wrote: »

I have a couple of 18-inch alloy car wheels which are buckled due to potholes last winter. Can anyone suggest reputable companies which offer a repair service?

In the meantime I have a saved search on eBay to get replacements - which ultimately may prove more economical than getting the wheels repaired/straightened.

Personally, I would never use alloys that have been buckled, the metal must have suffered some metal fatigue.

I would go for the eBay option, assuming that they are OK.

BikerEd

Lum wrote: »

Whereabouts do you live? I used Renowheel in Bridgeend

Thanks. Bridgend isn't far so I might pop in to see them. I'd rather use someone I can talk to face to face so I can avoid the cost of sending off a wheel which ultimately isn't repairable.

Lum

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Personally, I would never use alloys that have been buckled, the metal must have suffered some metal fatigue.

I'd rather use these buckled and repaired Momo alloys than a set of brand new Rotas

OP: Here's a link to Renowheel's site for their contact details and all that.

mikey72

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Personally, I would never use alloys that have been buckled, the metal must have suffered some metal fatigue.

I would go for the eBay option, assuming that they are OK.

I would have thought you would rather have used something you know the history of, rather than something that may have been bent into a square and straightened out of the cheap, then given a quick paint job.

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mikey72 wrote: »

I would have thought you would rather have used something you know the history of, rather than something that may have been bent into a square and straightened out of the cheap, then given a quick paint job.

You may be happy to drive on weakened alloys, I am not.

I said buy the eBay ones if they are " OK ". ie; original ones, not messed about with.