# Bent rim, fix or replace? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328 "2017-10-03T20:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/21 "2017-10-06T14:56:05Z")
> [@BillRussell](#): > > The good old days, when most all cars came with 15 inch wheels (and an occasional 14") and “normal” tires. And drum brakes. Aaarrrghhhhh!! ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/22 "2017-10-06T15:03:45Z")
Been a long time since I had a car with drum brakes on the front. Probably the 60 Ford Falcon. Whereas the worse car for low profile tires is my current Forester with 16" wheels. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/23 "2017-10-06T16:31:03Z")
> [@BillRussell](#): > > Probably the 60 Ford Falcon. Nope. My '64 Fairlane had drums all around. Guys, what’s the latest car you can recall with drums all around? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/24 "2017-10-06T16:43:16Z")
My '72 Duster had them. Weak, especially when I towed a U-Haul… ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/25 "2017-10-06T18:54:26Z")
> [@the\_same\_mountainbik](#): > > Probably the 60 Ford Falcon. I was listing the cars I had owned. After the Falcon was a Renault Dauphine, which had 4 wheel disc brakes (as I recall…) ---
**Author:** ![anon86613489](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@anon86613489](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anon86613489)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/26 "2017-10-06T19:06:13Z")
> [@BillRussell](#): > > After the Falcon was a Renault Dauphine, which had 4 wheel disc brakes (as I recall…) Ahh, it must have been a Renault 8 or 10 as they were the first cars ever in that segment to have 4 wheel disc brakes. Renault 10: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/9/94594efab81747cb297a5c4b33b59be49ff26f39.jpg) Renault 8: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/0612c1b5d5fd0691a0ba8480558a18d752d0de3a.jpg) Ohh, those were the times when a car had style, well - good or bad. A Dauphine looks like this: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/b/b09e3af0df5ee7000bab222907fa372540634594.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/27 "2017-10-06T19:31:01Z")
no, it was a dauphine. But my memory of disc brakes could be faulty. And a bit research shows you are correct. My next car was a Volvo 142, which did have disc brakes. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/28 "2017-10-06T19:50:59Z")
My dad’s 1970 Pontiac Catalina. A full sized car weighing an easy 4200 lbs. 4 wheel drums, no power assist. That is the newest all-drum car I’ve ever seen. Both grandparents had new GM cars in 1970 but both had front disk brakes. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/29 "2017-10-06T21:14:01Z")
I THINK my '72 Vega had drums all around… but I honestly can’t remember for certain. Mike, you had a Vega, do you remember if yours had drums all around? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328/30 "2017-10-06T21:25:32Z")
Vegas had front disks from the get-go in 1971. Modern engineering, right? I’m sure some fool Delco Moraine brake engineer tried to get 4 wheel drums on the car though! [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-rim-fix-or-replace/108328.md?page=1)