I have a feeling I will be making a few friends with this post!
I had a blow out on 880 about 2 weeks ago, the inside well of my 19 in iforge swift 2 piece rim was completly mangled, there were 3 inch bends all over the well and there was a a 2.5 inch crack at the valve stem. I thought I saved pictures but my gf erased them from my camera to take pics of her rat of a dog.
I started the day off taking it all over the place, luckily gas is cheap and I'm enjoying a 6 month vacation courtesy of the State of California.
1st. wheels america (UC) - couldn't do it
2nd. wheel tecniques (SC) - couldn't do it
3rd. advanced wheel repair (SF) - couldn't do it
4th. rite way (WC) - tried but recommend me to .......
5th. Team 3 wheels (SL) 510-895-8880
Spoke with the owner he took a look at it and said yeah we can fix it, he would need to take apart the face and weld the face onto a new barrel. I didn't even know this was an option, he told me that it's a lot easier to fix 2 or 3 piece rims since they can take it apart.
I picked the rim up yesterday and my rim is brand new. He told me the rim should be stronger now since the barrel is manufactured in the US and not made overseas.
For all you guys out there with iforge, hre's, dpe's, etc..... if you got bends or cracks on the inner well, this is the place to go get them fixed, especially if you are paying northwards of $200, instead of a fix you get a brand new barrel not just a band aid version of a fix, where there is still a chance it may not hold together and it only cost $250 per wheel.
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Originally Posted by piaadoll
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