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Old 10-22-2016, 04:03 PM
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I have a small crack on the inside lip of one of my wheels. Can anyone weld aluminium wheels in here or know where I can get it fixed?
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Probably no shop or any one (unless it is a friend) will touch that. The product liability is GINORMUS on something like that.. If that weld failed and you wrecked and someone was hurt or killed their family or they would OWN you and the person who fixed it. Sad state of affairs but thank your lawyer and our present society.
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Originally Posted by cookseyb
Probably no shop or any one (unless it is a friend) will touch that. The product liability is GINORMUS on something like that.. If that weld failed and you wrecked and someone was hurt or killed their family or they would OWN you and the person who fixed it. Sad state of affairs but thank your lawyer and our present society.
Not true. Plenty of places can and will fix that for you no problem.

What's your location?
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Originally Posted by charlie_gonzales
Not true. Plenty of places can and will fix that for you no problem.

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Midlothian. 25 min south of Dallas.
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Wheels America. If they say it's beyond repair, junk it. Not worth the risk.
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I wasn't trying to imply that there weren't shops that specialize in wheel repair but they will be insured for that. The question was ANYONE.....
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Wheels America X2 easy fix on that they do have a set fee I dont remember 100-125$
http://www.wheelsamerica.com/Wheels-...air-Dallas.php
they used to have pics of before and after a buddy of mine helped start the company
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I've had several customers go to Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists in Houston and report good success.

There are limits to what they will repair but a small crack in the lip is something they could easily repair for you.

I work in tire retail and there was a time we didn't touch any wheel that had been repaired or altered in any way. Our new guidelines handed down by corporate tell us if it has been repaired on the barrel/lip and not the spoke/face it is okay to work on. So I would imagine it has been established these are VERY safe repairs or we wouldn't risk the liability either.

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Thanks for the input. From what I been reading it seems they drill a small hole at the end of the crack to prevent it from spreading and weld it up...
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Found a old man in Italy Tx just on the other side of Waxahachie that fixed me up for $50. Did a great job. Can't even tell it was cracked. He does exhaust work as well for pretty cheap. Best part is, it only took him an hour. I dropped it off went to lunch and he was done. I work in that area and just happened to see him welding from the road...
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