RE: [DML] Re: Rim Repair

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DMCH sells refurbished wheels fr $125 each:
http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=78&PageCat=6%2DBrakes+and+Wheels
That is your best bet.
Or, for about $1000 pls trade in get the chrome versions from Don Stegar!
- VB


>From: "Bernie" <bmanderville@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Re: Rim Repair
>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:28:31 -0000
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>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.
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>Bernie
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>--- 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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