i need advise

[travisreeve]

  okay im rather pissed at the fact i bought a set of OZ turbo split rims costing me £800 for my mk1 golf... the guy i bought them off stated they were in realy good condision and guess what one off them is BUCKELD pretty dam bad... im yet to check the other 3 wheels. When you look at the wheels they look fine so obv when i went to buy them as the guy had stated ' realy good condision' i didnt think twice about seeing if they were buckeld as for spending £800 they should be pretty dam good

they have sat in my garage a few months obv thinkin they were fine then yesterday i jacked the car up with the wheels on and hay presto i spun the wheel and it looked more pissed than i do on a weekend 

sooooooooooooooo i either buy another wheel IF i can find one or sell the wheels cheap statin a buckeld wheel 

[Thom89]

Have it straightened!

Thom

[gtiballs61]

Gutted for you mate
$800 is a lot of money to be throwing away.Who/where did you buy the wheels from?

[travisreeve]

Thom

is that possible surely that would weaken the alli

I met a guy at early edition i have a few emails but it was months ago so i doubt much will come of this tbh its my fault for not checkin the wheels propperly although he did state in his for sale post that they were a mint condision set of wheels

[Wayne]

A specialist should be able to straighten it.

[gino-93]

when i hit a pot hole, (a very big one  ) i destroyed my front alloy, buckled and it split, i thought thats is beyond repair, but i took it to some friends i know that do metal work, and i picked it up the next day it it looked new and it was really straight, just needed painting. so try and find a local metalworks that will fix it for you mate

[Ant1981]

Not all wheel damaged can be repaired. Some buckles are too far gone. If yours looks pretty bad, it probably is too far gone to repair.

[travisreeve]

Thanks guys i realy appreciate it il have a word with a few garages tomorrow

[Thom89]

If the damage is of that, you've only just noticed it, then repair is probably quite possible! Alloys are made from a very malleable grade of aluminium that is designed to deform, and not crack, but only up to a point... A proper wheel repair specialist will be able to put it on there machine, and roll it, pull it, to its correct radius again



Thom

[travisreeve]

Cheers mate i feel slightly better now aha