Alloy wheel repair SD?

Does anyone know of anywhere that can refurbish a buckled alloy wheel in SD?

I damaged it on a bad road some time ago and split the rim. i had it temporarily welded, but it is out of round and causes the car to vibrate at speed.

It's off a rather old and rare car, so simply replacing the wheel is proving to be quite difficult, even trying to source one in the US. It can be repaired with the right amount of heat and percussion, but it is a skill to do properly.

Cheapest wheel I've found so far is 860 euros from Germany! Think I'll keep scouring eBay for a good used one!

I've seen how the straightening done You heat up the buckled side and gently force it out with moon shaped profile dollies, well that's how the professionals do it. Another way is to use a jack inside the rim and push it out once red hot. But as you say, it takes skill.

Could be a good business opportunity for someone willing to invest in the tooling. With the state of some of these roads and all these posh cars, could turn out to be a lucrative money spinner!

And this is why it's rare.

Bought it like this from a fellow in Jarabacoa

[/url] P1010464 by axlebeastly, on Flickr[/IMG]

And this is what it looks like now

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Porsche only made these cars from 1992 to 1995 and are very rare. i've been told this is the only one in the DR.

IslandDreaming said:

Nice You might get by with a "less than perfect" repair if you aren't going to run autobahn speeds in DR? are front to rear wheels interchangeable on the car?

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Thanks.

No front and rear are different widths. It's one of the rears that's buckled. I don't do autobahn speeds for obvious reasons, but the vibration comes in at 50 mph.

"Less than perfect" will have to do. Ferry would turn in his grave if he heard that!