can anything be done about a bent rim??

[mkalle1]

i have been feeling this wobbling type feeling in my car between 40-45 mph. have checked everything. just replaced rotors and brakes and checked all warning signs for wheel bearings but no luck! so i broke down and took it to a local mechanic and he put the front and rear up on racks and spun the wheels and checked a few things with no luck. everything was tight and looked good. but when he jacked the rear up and started the car and put it into drive so we could watch the wheels spinning the passenger rear tire looked like it had a slight wobble. then under further inspection the damn wheel has a slight bend in it in the inside portion of the rim! these damn rims are only five or so months old!! is there anything i can do, if i get the wheeels rebalanced is it possible that that wobble might get balanced out or is there a place that can bend the rim back or get it bent close to the way it was?

thanx,
MATT

[Vitolo]

send it to rimpro. 888 2RIMPRO ask for chris or dan

we can get it back to at least .020 tolerance(.000 is perfectly round, which is impossible lol)

[mkalle1]

have a rough idea how much that costs?

thanx,
MATT

[Vitolo]

depends on wheel size, but figure $100

[Robp074]

there are a couple somewhat local shops that do this.

I used a guy called "the Wheel Doctor" out of gaithersburg.
He was much cheaper that the other places, Wheel Worx and Ye Olde Wheel. He did an excellent job of straightening and repolishing my 18" wheel that had a huge dent in it and wasn't even holding air. It looked brand new when i got it back. Best part was that the job got done in a matter of days. Some of the other local places had two - three week turnaround time.

301-948-7656

the address of his shop is:
7640 AirPark Road, "E" Bay
Gaithersburg, MD 20879

but i dont think he is always there, you should call first.