Buckled Alloy

mac09

Buckled one of alloys this morning (18 inch) in a pothole. air seeped out fairly quickly. im wondering whether to get it repaired or buy a new alloy. Will the integrity of the alloy be compromised if repaired?

cheers for any replys

bladespin

If it's just buckled then a repair should be fine, most alloys are fairly soft anyway. A crack or severe buckle would warrant a replacement in my opinion.

Run_to_da_hills

It would also depend if the rim was fractured or not.

mac09

no crack in it, buckle is probably 15-20mm in from where it should be. air came out pretty fast.

tyler71

Same thing just happened to me, went in to get new tyre (sidewall got damaged after driving on it) and they originally quoted me 50EU as well to get it fixed, but were able to sort it themselves for a lot cheaper as it wasn't as bad as they thought. Need to keep a close eye on it for the next while to make sure it's not leaking.
Took a couple of days to get a replacement tyre (big demand at the moment obviously) and was not happy driving around with the ridiculous little spare that gets provided - going to try to source a proper wheel for next time.

mac09

tyler71 wrote: »

Same thing just happened to me, went in to get new tyre (sidewall got damaged after driving on it) and they originally quoted me 50EU as well to get it fixed, but were able to sort it themselves for a lot cheaper as it wasn't as bad as they thought. Need to keep a close eye on it for the next while to make sure it's not leaking.
Took a couple of days to get a replacement tyre (big demand at the moment obviously) and was not happy driving around with the ridiculous little spare that gets provided - going to try to source a proper wheel for next time.

im the same. got the space saver spare on and its a joke. no imperfections on the tyre so hope its ok. was the buckle bad on yours? did you go to a specialist to get it fixed?

tyler71

No just my regular tyre supplier, he was going to send it away to a specialist but it turned out it was still straight, just dinged and didn't need straightening. Just got lucky, I guesss.
Been checking out E-bay for replacement wheels (cheapest I can see is about 60stg for an 2nd hand alloy wheel on it's own) , also going to ring round a few scrap yards to see what they have, you don't want to be driving around in weather like this with one of those yokes on your car!

E39MSport

Collins engineering in Bray will fix. Very good.

mac09

anyone able to recommend an outfit in the northeast perferrably dundalk