Crap 3 out of 4 Bent

I did my norm, rotate and balance of my tires yesterday, and 3 out of 4 of my wheels are bent:gonnablow(inside 2, outside 1). So much for the nice paint job, huh...:laugh: These are the steelies, not the soft 8's (red/blue stripe).

Anyone know where to buy local for cheap without paying shipping that have them IN STOCK? On the Island we have limited shops and they usually like there products a little TOO MUCH $$

This time I will leave them BLACK for those who did not like my RED wheels....:confused1

tks

mac

if you have a tire warehouse around you. you can pick up steelies for like 20-30 a piece there.

How did you bend steel wheels? I never managed to do that and I don't exactly drive nice.

-Alex

Ive got cheap Cragar or US wheel steelies.

You can get them from Summit or Jegs like I did for cheap.

White wheels are cheaper and look tits.

Those steel wheels with the red and blue stripe are cheap and bend easily. I have owned the all black steel rockcrawler wheels "never bent them" , the les schwab steel wheels with the red/blue stripe "they were all bent in a short amount of time and wobbled like crazy", and America's tire steel wheels with the red stripe only, "currently running these and they are holding up great.

When I say bent I am not talking about the edges of the wheel being bent from hitting them on rocks, I am talking about the whole wheel being tweaked.
The ones with the red/blue stripe were made out of thinner steel than the rest.

I have the steelies, and one I placed on the rear looks like it is warped around the middle of the wheel area, the other 2 are bent around the outer lip area. They balanced out, but they have more lead on them than some Toys in China have.

Mac

do this for the inside -
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=974066

and put a rock ring on the outside.


Bent rims is why I HATE steel wheels...

Either buy aluminums, weld some junk to your steelies, or buy new rims every 6 months...

macs97XJ said:

I have the steelies, and one I placed on the rear looks like it is warped around the middle of the wheel area, the other 2 are bent around the outer lip area. They balanced out, but they have more lead on them than some Toys in China have.

Mac

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The "lips" can be bent back with some brute force and re-inforced like Opie stated above.

The center section if warped would be significantly more difficult to correct and much more difficult to keep corrected. Make sure if you get another set of steel wheels that the center section is a thicker material than what you have currently.

Michael