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I posted this in the wheel section but got no reply. While I was cleaning my wheels yesterday and had them off the car I noticed one front wheel was bent. It’s bent on the inside edge only and no damage to the tire amazingly. I was wondering if this can be fixed, and what kind of shop could do the work? I have the stock Z51 chrome wheels.
We have a wheel place near me up in Massachusetts that fixes bent, cracked and rashed wheels. Might be worth it to check your area for a similar place and ask them if they can fix it.
Whatever you do make sure you give them the dimensions of your wheel and make sure their machine can handle it BEFORE you drive all the way there with the wheel. I know the 12" wide body wheels don't fit. Maybe the Z51 wheel does since it's not as wide. The guys below cannot do 12" wide wheels but may be able to do yours.
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Check with a good tire shop and see who they use for wheel repairs (or even your local Chevy dealer may have a contact). That damage should be able to be fixed by a good wheel repair shop. There are also wheel repair vendors that can be found through a Google search but they may be a distance from you so shipping of the wheel may be required.
All too common with OEM wide-body cheapo wheels. There are about a gazillion threads here suggesting the relevant C7 price of admission should include the cost of quality, aftermarket, fully-forged wheels. Don't fix them. Sell the ones that are still usable at the Parts for Sale/Wanted Forum here and use the other(s) for end-table stands.
All too common with OEM wide-body cheapo wheels. There are about a gazillion threads here suggesting the relevant C7 price of admission should include the cost of quality, aftermarket, fully-forged wheels. Don't fix them. Sell the ones that are still usable at the Parts for Sale/Wanted Forum here and use the other(s) for end-table stands.
The widebody wheels are junk, but he has the stock Z51 wheels that are forged and quite strong. We have hit frost heaves with our car (2017 Z51) big enough to ruin the tire twice and just barely tweeked the wheel, shop said the could balance it out but we had it straightened anyway.
Bent wheel?
