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You're braver than me, I have a set of 2 piece BBS wheels sat idle because I'm not ever willing to "repair" a damaged wheel.
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Of course like a wheel, if the steel is dented where the paint is creased/cracked the repair isn't as successful.
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I watched a video with a guy using the machine on a bent aluminum wheel.
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Dent removal guys use pressure and heat to massage the fender/panels back into original shape in the same way.
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Picture of my rim being straightened today.
He finds the bends, heats the area, applies hydraulic pressure. He found three bends.
Wheel only took 1/4 ounce to balance!
What an art! Only $150.
You're honestly OK to drive on a wheel (+mounted tire!) that some dude just took a MAPP torch to whilst applying hydraulic force strong enough to reshape it? You're braver than me, I have a set of 2 piece BBS wheels sat idle because I'm not ever willing to "repair" a damaged wheel.
Funny, I just used that same company today here in Denver, apparently it's a franchise operation. Now I'm wondering if they actually removed the tires when straightening my wheels...
Had some wheels repaired at that same shop on Babcock Rd. I was worried because I'd heard from others that high quality wheel repair in this town is hard to find. Rodney's prices were reasonable, and I'm relatively pleased with the work (welding aluminum on rim and powder-coating centers, etc.).
This is one of those cases where I'd rather not see how they do the work. That just seems super sketchy to me. Let the wizard to their magic and if it works great, please never let me see how they did it.
It's malleable, my wife hit a new big pothole 4 blocks from her work & limped in with 2 bent rims, rear was bad enough to lose air. The Jaguar was old enough to have a full size spare wheel & tire to match the the others. I put the spare on the front & limped over to the 20th Century Fox motor pool & borrowed a sledge hammer to pound the inside rim back enough for the tire to seal air tight & drove it home.
I'm going to respectfully differ with your opinion on that...malleability and ductility/plasticity/yield are not a simple qualities....just because you can bend a piece of aluminum alloy with a hammer and it "looks the same" doesn't mean the properties of that material haven't critically changed. Attached two photo's of previously mentioned BBS 2 piece factory wheels complete with hairline fractures...still holding air, vibration only noticeable at freeway speeds from a single pothole event. I actually tried to replace this wheel with one from a breakers and received a wheel with a concealed weld from similar damage...that got returned pronto. These wheels were cast and/or forged and/or heat treated and machined etc to a specific schedule that was determined by their design engineering to be safe with a minimum of material and mass....if you bent them then you caused them to yield...if you straighten them then you just caused them to yield for a second time...if you heat them you just changed the temper....if you weld them you just heated them and added foreign material. In none of these cases do you *know* that the wheel will continue to be safe to operate. Personally, I went out and bought a brand new set.
I have to agree I wouldn't trust this. Take a paperclip and bend it one way then the other, is it as strong as it was originally? I don't think I would want to be doing 60-70-80+ on a wheel someone heated and reshaped. Just my humble opinion...
You are comparing apples & oranges. Your wheels are much harder & stronger, but due to the lower profile of your tire the wheel received a much harder impact which exceeded the resistance of your wheel & cracked it. My wheel made with a different alloy & struck by a lesser force, bent but was fairly easily restored to usable condition. The front wheel was not so lucky.
"A man has got to know his limitations" And those of his wheel's!
My understanding is that the wheel material has "memory", and for slight bends/bumps heating then applying gradual hydraulic pressure with a rim straightening machine from the inside moves it back into round. I watched a video with a guy using the machine on a bent aluminum wheel. I'm sure not all can be fixed...my guess it is good for minor imperfections like after a pothole or curb bump.
Dent removal guys use pressure and heat to massage the fender/panels back into original shape in the same way. Of course like a wheel, if the steel is dented where the paint is creased/cracked the repair isn't as successful. Same goes if the rim is bent too far or cracked.
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