Pothole on 53 south around Rand served me my first bent rim. I luckily enough made it home and it’s holding pressure, but 4 other cars were on the shoulder. How fucked am I? Probably not even repairable I would assume.
Pothole finally bit me
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Wellis wheels in st Charles can fix that
I totally support going to Wellis in St Charles. Warren does excellent work. I’ve used him many times. Anything from truing a wheel, refinishing them, and mounting new rubber. Top quality work that he stands by.
I've had a similar incident with one of my past beaters and I pounded it back with a plastic deadblow hammer lol.
Chgo Wheel Service in Elk Grove might be able to fix that
Power wheel also in Elk Grove can be a good resource.
In this case I would contact one of the wheel vendors and have them order it in already fixed less down time. They can get wheels the same day if not in 24 hours. Some could even mount a tire if needed.
Here is a catalog search from trans wheel
In this case I would contact one of the wheel vendors and have them order it in already fixed less down time. They can get wheels the same day if not in 24 hours. Some could even mount a tire if needed.
Here is a catalog search from trans wheel
Thanks. Just left them a message. Seem to be busier than normal.
Same. I didn’t know the extent of the damage but right when I saw other cars on the side of the road I pulled up the pressure gauges and it was holding so I just slowed down and kept driving.
lol. I honestly would try that but don’t have a deadblow hammer. Got these wheels cheap for a reason. Don’t need them to look pretty.
I’ll call them as well and ask.
Thanks. Found the wheel on the site but don’t know if I’m blind or the phone doesn’t show everything but can’t see a price. I’ll call them as well.
Yeah this ain’t happening. Wellis got back to me and had me snap another pic. It’s FUBAR. Need to find something fast.
Going to have ti call them , my cost in a repair wheel used to be 165.00 but that a few years back. Retail maybe 225-250?
Well, making emergency trip to RAM to get my other rims back on. At least stay moble. Lets hope she holds. 
Thanks for checking. I did end up getting to RAM and getting one of my stockers back on with the winter tire. Roger doing me a solid for sure! He said he was going to ask someone if they thought it was repairable. Otherwise Ill probably just look for another set of rims. Maybe find some N rims and tires since I need new tires anyway on my stock ones.
There's got to be places that will repair that thing because I've seen wheels in far worse damage than that be repaired in the little facebook shorts or whatever you want to call the clips like tick tock.
His wheel America still around? I think they were in Arlington heights or elk Grove village?
His wheel America still around? I think they were in Arlington heights or elk Grove village?
I mean, anything can be "fixed"
Whether it's fixed right, is the 64k question.
That looks like it would need to have the bent portion of the wheel re-welded and that's a lot of wheel needing to be re-welded. Not just a small crack. How they would do it, not sure. Not sure if they'd bend that piece of aluminum back in to place and then weld? Or completely break that piece out/add to it and re-weld it. Would the wheel be perfectly "true" again? Keep in mind, that section is holding pressure for the bead. How long would it last the next time you hit a pothole? Sounds like they don't want that liability.
Whether it's fixed right, is the 64k question.
That looks like it would need to have the bent portion of the wheel re-welded and that's a lot of wheel needing to be re-welded. Not just a small crack. How they would do it, not sure. Not sure if they'd bend that piece of aluminum back in to place and then weld? Or completely break that piece out/add to it and re-weld it. Would the wheel be perfectly "true" again? Keep in mind, that section is holding pressure for the bead. How long would it last the next time you hit a pothole? Sounds like they don't want that liability.
If you've hit a pot hole and damaged your wheels or rims on a Chicago street or an Illinois highway you may file a property damage claim either with the city of Chicago or the state of Illinois.
Good luck getting that money before you die, especially if in Chgo. Your great grandkids might get it in Chgo
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