Alloy Wheels Can Be Repaired

[red74]

I haven't caught the tone of this Forum yet and do not know what is needed/wanted in terms of information. But here is a little tip. Dinged alloy wheels can be repaired. My 1974 came to me a year ago with a badly damaged Centerline-clone wheel. I drove with it last summer but the look did irritate me. So a couple of weeks ago I contacted a local firm. They said maybe yes/maybe no on the repair. They did a fine job! Whether you do or do not like these wheels on a C3, it was a relief to me. The cost was $160.00. I like them and did not look forward to $1,000+ in replacement costs for something comparable in a set of four.

 

[MYBAD79]

These wheels look good on your vert :thumbs:

I assume they did not say anything about how they did it ?? I'd think heat and hammer/dolly.... glad they removed the tire to do the repair ( the relation of white letters to valve changed, they rotated it) - I bet there are many businesses out there who would just leave the tire on the rim or only deflate it and push it back, off the lip.....

looks like a professional repair and $160 isn't too bad - can you still buy these rims ??

 

[mrvette]

Yes, a custom shark neighbor friend from up in Maryland, had a wreck with his car, and totally shattered a rare custom wheel, he picked up all the chunks and took it to a wheel shop, the TIGGED the hell out of it all, and returned a wheel looking perfect, and so by time I met up with him, he had it on the ground for some years....he kept his shark in a custom one car garage on his corner lot, separate from anything, or any building....NO way even a tree could hit that garage.....

:harhar:

 

[red74]

These wheels look good on your vert :thumbs:

I assume they did not say anything about how they did it ?? I'd think heat and hammer/dolly.... glad they removed the tire to do the repair ( the relation of white letters to valve changed, they rotated it) - I bet there are many businesses out there who would just leave the tire on the rim or only deflate it and push it back, off the lip.....

looks like a professional repair and $160 isn't too bad - can you still buy these rims ??

As mrvette noted, there was some cutting and re-welding involved. Then cutting on a lathe-like machine and finally polishing. And yes, the tire was removed, re-installed, and balanced. Their web site is full of interesting information.

http://www.alloywheelrepair.ca/About.html

Those are Japanese Enkei (Centerline-clone) rims. I don't see them on the Enkei web site. So they must be antiques. Of course any 15" wheel is nowadays.

 

[saudivette]

$160!! That was worth it for the polish alone! Looks damn good now :thumbs: