Help! Bent Rim

[VETDRMS]

As the title implies I bent my rim... Hit a pothole going around 25mph and heard/felt a loud thud, didn't notice any change in driveability so I assumed it was fine. Drove for a bit and stopped to see some friends and someone mentioned my rim didn't look right. The lip of the rim on the outside is bent in two places, one place it is bent at about a 40 degree angle for about 3" and there is a small bend for about 2" in another place. The inside of the rim is not bent and there is no shake/vibration.

These are the stock 1997 Eagle 17" Alloy rims. I would like to have it fixed and wanted to get some opinions about the best way to do it. I don't know how hard these rims are to find in good shape, but my entire set was mint to start with...

Thanks!

-Travis

 

[Defiant]

Ask around your local tire shops and see if any of them will undertake straightening it. If not, check the web or the backs of the car magazines for a shop that will. For someone who's done it, it's not a grueling task, but it does take skill and experience to not break the rim.

 

[Dream On]

I hear those rims are hard to come across as well. So I wouldn't risk doing it myself and screwing it up.

 

[navyguy07]

Look for a machine shop in your area. I bent two of my rims dodging a semi merging into my lane. One I replaced the other I repaired. It cost me about 100 to repair, but they did a really good job. You can't really see where it was repaired unless you get really close to it, and inspect it.