[DML] Re: Rim Repair

["Bernie" <bmanderville@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do not use Bondo for a wheel repair, it can fall out and cause a 
serious wheel balance problem.  Find a good wheel repair shop, they can 
actually fill in the area with a weld and reshape the wheel, should 
cost about $150-$250 depending on how bad the damage is.  I have had 
wheels on some of my other cars redone, and they come back looking 
better than new.

Bernie 

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "coreysmoo" <coreysmoo@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi.  Fall is coming, so I'm getting into winter project/repair mode.  
> Repairing a rim is one of the things I want to do.  There is a gouge 
> in a spot on the outside edge of my rear passenger side rim.  I'm not 
> sure how it happened, because it was there when I bought the car.  
> Anyways,  can this be filled in and shaped with bondo?  If so, will 
> the bondo crack off when putting the tire back on the rim?  The gouge 
> is on the edge.  I really don't want to buy a new set of rims because 
> the other 3 are fine.  I am rather artistic and have done plenty of 
> sculpting over time, so if it is possible to fill the gouge with 
bondo 
> and shape it, I am confident it will look great.
> Cheers,
> Corey Ooms
> 2423






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