Alloy Wheel Damage Repairable or Not?

[Dougie-uk]

Hi all
My other half was forced off the road by an oncoming wagon yesterday, end result she had to swerve and hit the curb causing damage to the tyre and scraped the alloy wheel. Question is can this be repaired (alloy wheel) or is it a new wheel?


TIA Dougie

 

[sich1]

should be able to get that done, £70/80 ish, but not sure if that tyre is any good now....looks like a chunk missing out of the side wall.

 

[Apthorpe]

Looks like my wife's usual parking signature. The wheel looks perfectly fine to my (non-expert) eye. Just a bit of scraping

 

[Dougie-uk]

should be able to get that done, £70/80 ish, but not sure if that tyre is any good now....looks like a chunk missing out of the side wall.

Oh the tyre will need replacing

 

[enfieldspares]

I'd ask this. Would you trust your life on a £80 bet? The scraping may not be an issue. It is whether the rim is also cracked. I'd have that checked out. Better safe than sorry. Tyre is definitely a write off. The folk that replace it should be able to assess if the rim is OK or should be scrapped. IMHO the scraping is too far gone to be something I'd want to keep.

 

[opticron1]

The boss had a serious dent due to a pot hole in her last Toyota and she got the wheel repaired and checked over by a local company for £70 or £80. I'm sure you'll be able to find a local company who will look at the wheel and give some advice. Prestige wheels popped up on a quick search, but I suspect there'll be plenty of others.

 

[enfieldspares]

The boss had a serious dent due to a pot hole in her last Toyota and she got the wheel repaired and checked over by a local company for £70 or £80. I'm sure you'll be able to find a local company who will look at the wheel and give some advice. Prestige wheels popped up on a quick search, but I suspect there'll be plenty of others.

Ideally a place that fits tyres AND does MoT Tests as they should know what's OK and what's not OK once the tyre is off the rim. And more importantly what's wise.

 

[scoby3030]

I work for a accident repair centre, we wouldn't repair that wheel, probably better to get a undamaged replacement off Ebay, facebook marketplace etc.

 

[rocketdogbert]

I’m not an expert, but almost any wheel can be repaired (though welding repairs are normally a no-no come MOT time now).

That chunk is a sacrificial part of the tyre designed to protect the tyre structure in just such an impact. Technically OK, but take another knock in the same place and the tyre will deflate, catastrophically if it’s at speed.

I wouldn’t be buying a used wheel from eBay, you could be buying anything. If it were my car, I’d be getting the tyre replaced and the wheel professionally checked. And yes, even though my tyres are £300+ each, I’ve replaced at least two that where exactly like that.

 

[enfieldspares]

I wouldn’t be buying a used wheel from eBay, you could be buying anything. If it were my car, I’d be getting the tyre replaced and the wheel professionally checked.

Yes. I am a bit of a tyre fetishist too. I won't run mismatched tyres on the front axle. If one needs replacing then if the replacement isn't the exact same make and model as the one that remains then BOTH get replaced. The last thing you want on the front axle are tyres that have different grip properties if you brake at speed. Dry or in the wet.

 

[rocketdogbert]

Yes. I am a bit of a tyre fetishist too. I won't run mismatched tyres on the front axle. If one needs replacing then if the replacement isn't the exact same make and model as the one that remains then BOTH get replaced. The last thing you want on the front axle are tyres that have different grip properties if you brake at speed. Dry or in the wet.

100%

 

[enfieldspares]

Same goes for the back axle. I'll run different pairs as in the same pair of the same make and model on the front and a pair of the same (but different to the front pair) make pair on the back. If that makes sense as explained. Never have different tyres on the same axle. Always have the two the same. Front pair can be different to the rear pair as these aren't the days of cross ply vs radial but that's it. Never different on the same axle.