Dent in rim - United Bimmer Community

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2005, 06:38 AM

Any tried and tested methods for fixing a dented rim? I have a 3" flat on the edge, it's aluminum alloy. It seems to ride fine, just wanna get it back to shape. Potholes at 70mph . .

TIA, __Dudesky

**komodo** · 06-14-2005, 09:16 AM

I took it to Kauffman Tire and they shipped it off to some other company. Took them like 3 days and cost me $100.

**Antiburn** · 06-14-2005, 11:16 AM

Piece of wood and a hammer. If its on the inside try a adjustable wrench and bend it back with that. Its not reccomended to beat your rims with a hammer beucase it suppoustly weakens them but thats a way to bend your rim back.

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2005, 11:55 AM

$100 is a lot . . I guess I'll try the block & hammer method. If I screw it up, then I can pay the hundred

**528man** · 06-14-2005, 12:00 PM

sorry to hear about that. i hate pot holes.

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2005, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 528man

sorry to hear about that. i hate pot holes.

Yeah, you'd think it was important to fix on a 2 lane highway bridge with no shoulder.

**komodo** · 06-14-2005, 01:06 PM

Around here if you hit a pothole and it causes any damage to your car, you're supposted to pull over immediately and get a police officer to come out and write up a report. If the police officer says it was indeed the pothole that caused the damage, the city will write you a check for the cost of repairs on your car. (then they'll fix the pothole, haha)

**94bmw325i** · 06-14-2005, 01:21 PM

What??? That's awesome Komodo

**RealBmw 02** · 06-14-2005, 03:49 PM

if you are going to attempt to beat your rim back in shape, just be careful and don't try to go to far with it. If it is a very large dent, I would just pay the money to fix it cause most likely you will just do more damage than good, and then it might never be able to be straightened correctly.

**komodo** · 06-14-2005, 03:51 PM

That's very true. If you do it wrong, it could cause uneven wear patterns on your tires and ruin them.

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2005, 04:45 PM

Here's a shot . .

It looks like mostly lip that was damaged, and hopefully it won't be too hard to coax back into shape. Definitely won't go crazy with it though.

**catalyst** · 06-14-2005, 07:23 PM

ouch thats probable going to be more than 100.. cause the bend is on the outer face of the rim, meaning its gunna need to be repainted after its straightened. A local guy here does straightening for 50-75 if its an inside bend, and 125-150 for straightening and refinishing.

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2005, 07:32 PM

No, it's hard to tell from the pic I guess, but the paint stops at the end of the spokes. From there to the edge is just milled & polished.

**94bmw325i** · 06-14-2005, 09:06 PM

Probably gonna cost at least $100.

**Antiburn** · 06-15-2005, 08:12 PM

Thats an easy bend to bend back. I suggest finding something hard to beat on that has the same angle % as the rim so you cna beat it back perfectly round. You could always get a measurement and cut a 2 by 4 into the shape.