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buckled wheels
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:29 am
by oongie
Hi all,
just bought a 2nd hand set of wheels real cheap...
But once taking them home found out one had a really nasty buckle in it.
Anybody know of a cheap place in the Sydney region.
Looking to get rid of gutter rash and all that myself but only really need the buckle fixed.
Cheers Paul
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:58 am
by Gazbo
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:01 pm
by Fuzzlet
Theres a great one in thornleigh down in the industrial area. Repaired two buckled 18\" rims for me this time last year for $200 cash per rim. Did a really great job, dropped them off on the monday picked them up on the wednesday
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:19 pm
by sliq
i'd query whether the rims are worth being repaired.. you might be better off buying new wheels than repairing wheels that cost more for repairs than what it's worth
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:42 pm
by Fuzzlet
sliq wrote:i'd query whether the rims are worth being repaired.. you might be better off buying new wheels than repairing wheels that cost more for repairs than what it's worth
Haha i considered this, but when the rims were $800 each new, repair was a better option (18x8 RAYS forged alloy rims)
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:11 pm
by TieNN89
pics
is there anyway of looking at a wheel and tell if its buckled? even with tires on it
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:20 pm
by oongie
AZNTieN wrote:pics
is there anyway of looking at a wheel and tell if its buckled? even with tires on it
If the wheels on the car, you would be feeling a *lumpiness* as it goes over the buckled section.
If its really bad you may be able to see it on the outer lip of the rim.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:47 pm
by TieNN89
well the wheel is off the car now but the panel shop took it off i forgot to tell him to mark the rims
so now i have a stack of 4 in the backyard lol
not knowing which one is buckled and which one is good
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:07 pm
by EGG80X
paul give neale's wheels in narth straithfiieldthey are tops but bit exxy
or try magman in padstow i think
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:05 pm
by GP
If an alloy wheel has got a buckle in it I would be surprised. I would then throw it away because of the fatigue