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Any one know where I should go to get a rim fixed in the philly area.

Thanks

 
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Just buy a new one... there really is no way to fix an aluminum rim, it'll crack.

 
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yo this place is right by me... 109 bucks and its new. weither bent, cracked needs paint, cc , WHATEVER.. 109.00 flat fee... rims come out looking new...

http://www.fixrim.com/loc.htm

 
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if its not pep boys or autozone u wont find it here in Philly. we have rip off shops and nothing else. wheelworld on baltimore ave is a good place i go to. they hook me up wiht wheel unmounts, mounts, and balancing.

 
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so how bad is the bent, if is bad there is really no need to fix it cause it will never be the same.

 
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I love how they claim they have this process and machines, but don't tell you anything about either lease: .

Anyways... I wouldn't trust a rim that they've welded back together. Its just going to crack again. Welds are weak points, especially if they're in places they aren't intended to be and the rim has a stress riser in it from where it already got dented and cracked. And for 109, unless you're rolling on $300 a piece rims, it makes more sense to buy a new one anyways. It may look better, but it won't be nearly as strong, and a painted or powdercoated finish will never match the other 3 (thats why all their before/after pics are of polished rims). So you're looking at repairing 1 and refinishing all 4. Ends up being $250+tire dismount/remount by the time you're done.

 
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^^^ its warrenty'd 4 life son.

 
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thats an uneducated answer....


and boiler.... my rims were 495 each-
welds are stronger then the orginal-

 
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You care to explain how filling a void in the grain structure with a material that doesn't have the same chemical make up as the rest of the wheel and leaves a seam where its joined to the remainder of the wheel, in a place where there wasn't intended to be a void is somehow stronger than the original? I can't possibly see this being true, it makes no mechanical sense. Any time you can avoid a seem, joint or any other potential stress riser or weak point, you avoid it, thats basic design. Otherwise they wouldn't be forging race wheels from solid billet, you're saying they could patchwork them together from scraps and it would be just as strong.
And great, so there's a guarantee... I can **** in a box and put a guarantee on it. How many times would you want to send it back? If you're hard on them, you're not going to want to be driving on a repair.
This is the same thing as racing on plugged and patched tires... sure you could do it. But its not smart, its never as strong as the original, there's a hole in it, and the tire is compromised... same thing applies here.

 
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LMFAO...TOMMY BOY!!! ... well...kinda, lol

 
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first off.... your retarded. i live a town away from one of the places, second. its guaranteed.. .MEANING.. NO u dont wanna send it back a million times.. MEANING that they stand by their work and KNOW that if they FIX a rim and guarentee it.. that its as good as new.
explain another reason for that? cause id like to know how they stay in business then.

 
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why are u so against someone providing a service... just because u dont understand or know their methods.. means their no good.... typical from someone in the mid-

 
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No, just typical of an engineer. Anyone who's spent the better part of 4 years reading and solving this **** should know that you can't fix something and make it as strong as new. Its NOT POSSIBLE. You find one mechanical test where someone has proven that a welded repair is stronger than an original monoblock piece.
I deal with this **** all day. I work for an orthopedic company that makes replacement joint implants, we make our own castings. Any casting that has any sort of inclusion MUST be scrapped. We're not allowed to weld the inclusions shut because it leaves a seam. Seams cause stress in the part, they cause fractures and failures.
Most parts we weld are also pinned into place because the weld itself is not as strong as a mechanical lock in place. We usually pin pieces together then just tack weld over the pin head to hold it there. Welded brackets snap off all the time, if you machined them into the part they're much stronger. Welding is just cheaper... thats why they do it. To mass produce complex parts on a wire EDM or a mill so they come out as one piece is just cost prohibitive. Its far simpler and cheaper to stamp or cast out pieces and weld them together.
BTW.... I'm from New Jersey. I just happen to live out here.
But if someone isn't going to give you even a vague explaination of what it is they do, then why would you trust them? All they're doing is a cosmetic repair. They're not taking the mechanics into this at all. You find me one person who would be willing to risk themself and their car by pushing hard on a repaired cracked wheel.

 
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its just weird that ur so quick to jump on them for... what reason? have you sent wheels to them before? or even bothered to give them a call?

 
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Agreed. Most of the time it's safer and more cost effective to just replace the wheel...especially since you have to unmount/mount anyways

 
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I bent my chrome wheels and had the city pay for it. They were doing construction on the road, and had no signs that said there was a bump. If you hit a pot hole or something they may do the same. But the tire place said there wasnt anyway to fix a bent wheel, it would still vibrate a little bit on the freeway.

 
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should it be a new rim or a repaired rim? hmm, who cares just do whatever you want. how about that one? you guys are jokes

 
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He was asking about safety and integrity of the repair...so if he wanted to "do whatever he wanted", he wouldn't have asked in the first place.

 
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well than buy a new rim, its safer