I have gone over a pothole recently and caused a dent in my front wheel rim on the inside (below image)
Realistically, can this be fixed at a garage or will I have to get a new replacement wheel?
edit : the tyre is not driveable, as it is letting air out.
TYIA
A garage cannot fix this. There are specialty wheel repair places that can fix this both in the US and UK (tyre is a tip-off, in the US it is spelled tire).
Likely the cheapest fix, if you have a popular car, is to buy a used wheel from a breaker’s yard that matches.
Tyre is a clue . I don’t think there is a regular member of this forum from the UK. But I did the silly Google thing and found 3 wheel repair shops near my location .
Easy to fix if its a steel rim.Deflate the tire and break the bead on the bad side. Use a long plumber pipe wrench and adjust the jaws to pull the metal in or out.I fine tune it until its straight again.All it takes is 5 minute to fix that
There are companies around that cam fix this. Many do on-line business also.
It’s an alloy wheel, according to the photo.
I would recommend an alignment check after the wheel repair or replacement. It’s a good idea now and then anyway and especially so after an impact of any sort.
That company clearly is an expert . . . and price accordingly
As was mentioned earlier . . . it’s probably easier and cheaper to buy a good used rim from the junk yard
Many shops that sell those oversized wheel and tire sets have a machine that can re-roll the rim of the wheel. They run into that problem a lot with their customers because the ultra low profile tires just don’t tolerate bumps in the road very well and they do a lot of these repairs.
Yea…probably. But if you have good alloy wheels and want to match and keep them looking like new…they are a good alternative.
Yes, but one of our long-term members (the now-deceased Joseph Meehan) was a native of Ohio, and he always spelled it as “tyre”. The OP is likely located somewhere in The UK, but… maybe not…
Looks like an aluminum rim.
Didn’t too well on spelling tests then.
The irony is… amazing…
