How to Properly Repair a Bent Wheel

[@hatwarellc]

We desperately need youtube to look like this again. What an incredible amount of information.

[@acelakid94]

Mario is my kind of peoples. Lots of knowledge on the subject and likes to do things properly. It's really nice when you find a shop to work on your car where the people have that sort of mentality.

[@brando555555]

Exactly what I was thinking. He's a smart businessman. So many places settle for good enough just to get the job done and on to the next one. I'd take my car there if I wasn't 10 hours away, lol.

[@rentaspoon219]

acelakid94 well I won't be throwing my tyres down from the second floor anymore

[@salvador5485]

he was he was out here in SoCal

[@BassManBobBassCovers]

I definitely aspire to be like that dude in the shop!

[@stanmendoza638]

acelakid94 I agree with you.. shit everywhere u go u can't find a shop like this 1.. this guy's should set up shops like this 1 all over the country.. 👍👍

[@STKS1991]

Amazing how much thought goes into something i've never even thought about.

[@SMDe36M3]

STKS yeah totally. Intriguing stuff.

[@Drivenfast999]

exactly what I was thinking.....Great video

[@VersaVoicePodcast]

Haha well he is one of the very few guys in the industry who knows what he is doing. Most of the tire shops won't do it right and send you to a mechanic to get everything else changed in your car.

[@thearcher1740]

@@VersaVoicePodcast You act like this is rocket science. He is heating up an alloy and using a hydraulic ram to bend it back. A child can detect a bent rim (extremely easy to see once you spin it on a balancer). Not hating on his work...one def has to be careful and know what he's doing but its hardly advanced work

[@patrickanthony3632]

@@thearcher1740 Ouch! He wouldn’t be flattered to hear that!

[@Acorbet86]

Really impressed with Mario and his knowledge. We need more guys like him over here!

[@fozz3d]

Brings back memories from when I was a tire tech. Mario is my kind of guy. Passionate about his job, it's hard to find those kind of people.

[@1eyewilly]

This guy knows his stuff. You don't get his knowledge without years of hands on training. I've been installing tires and rims 25 years and never thought of the steel bead getting bowed from bouncing it off the truck.

[@dogbite5509]

Great video and Mario is a top guy. I was taught that you put a tyre or tire on the rim and line up the red spot on the sidewall with the valve, then balance it. This results in less weights on your wheel to balance it, irrespective of the tyre or tire and the wheel's imperfections.

[@QuickStix26]

That tire guy knows his stuff! Wish all shops could have someone like him.

[@AMMO-NYC]

He definitely does!

[@GarageBuiltHondas]

very informational video, love it! I had 2 sets of wheels repaired by a shop in town and the work was phenomenal. The wheels I thought were unsalvageable but came out looking brand new!

[@bobbydelamar606]

Hey, GBH. Guess we watch the same stuff 😆 My 1999 Prelude RPF1s are in desperate need of correction. I'm in the Fort Worth area though.

[@paco8196]

how much did something like that cost ? just recently got into a accident and bent my rim

[@bobbydelamar606]

@paco8196 I haven't fixed mine, but they are okay. I heard RimSpec in Fort Worth area does good work.

[@brando555555]

Well damn, I wish all tire guys were as smart as this! I hate having so called "balanced" wheels that start shaking as soon as you hit the highway.

[@RustyClouglin]

either your shop is shite or the 100 other pieces in the geometry is fucked. control arms love to make it wobble haha. so yeah why dont you just change the shop :S and if in fact you did change it your car still wobbles, maybe not blame the guys at the tyre shop but fix your car? :)

[@brando555555]

Yeah it wasn't the car. I replaced all four steel wheels on my Altima with a brand new set of tires and alloy rims and it drives like a brand new car now. My point was most tire shops don't pay nearly as much attention to detail as the guy in the video.

[@RustyClouglin]

If you want to pay extra you get extra, you pay for 15minutes of work yo get 15minutes of work.

[@richardprice5978]

Hay I wish dodge would put some of this stuff in the manuals so u can test for a bad rim or wheel barring and balance specks but nope got to learn the hard way of what works and what will not

[@amiesports]

paid a guy 30 bucks for 2 secondhand (slightly driven) michelin's. They had them 'balanced' on my rims. Car whobbles after going 60 miles. For me that's fine y'know

[@Barrenchats]

I have told many ppl about DIY stuff about the video's you have put up over the years and funny enough they have come back and ask me more questions about other car related information the kind of stuff right up your isle, information just beyond DIY. they all think your nuts and love every minute. keep the great work.

[@michaelbernhardt389]

on the way home ammo runs over the same pothole.

[@AMMO-NYC]

Michael Bernhardt ugg NY road :(

[@mr.actiongal1017]

i love fat tires

[@brando555555]

I hear ya... I have to say i-65 in Indiana is the worst road I've ever driven on. It was like a minefield of potholes, I even saw a Prius get swallowed alive by one of them ;)

[@fredsalfa]

Hahaha

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

@@brando555555 Eh, no loss there!! 🤷‍♂️

[@ObsessedGarage]

Super interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[@leew5382]

I like mario seems like he cares about doing a proper job.

[@yngtaytv]

Damn that’s a lot I was just gonna hit my wheel with a hammer until it goes back straight

[@bena9221]

Me too

[@RWJ127]

That won't always work depending on material, extent of the bend, etc. I tried smashing out one on a Prius wheel and the base of the rim cracked 🤣 If you care about your rims I'd definitely not recommend

[@DJAZAlwayz]

Wow , tires and rims are like real life relationships . All these imperfections between me and her but when we are together it's a beautiful thing . Life Balance !!

[@zaptor1514]

I've been driving and owning cars for over forty five years and I didn't know this stuff. Thanks so much for this new information!

[@wyattoneable]

Your videos are better than TV!

[@dexterjsullen]

wyattoneable there's porn on TV now

[@MrEeeaddict]

"now" stupid Americans. Years behind the rest of the world

[@MrEeeaddict]

BRB censoring bad words and suing people for hot coffee! Hope you don't need to use the hospital and go bankupt any time soon!

[@kitchosgarage]

U.S Tv sucks. Lol

[@daveyt4802]

TRUTH. On YT. No BS.

[@05milmachine90]

I had this done to one of my Corvette wheels a few months ago by a much lesser shop. The first try the wheel wasn't round, the second go they actually machined some off the face of the wheel and it looked terrible while spinning, and still wobbled. Your wheel shop looks legit! Can't trust just any place with this kind of work.

[@matthewshambler2644]

Great video! Mario is a true professional, very interesting to listen to. Thanks for this Larry.

[@BassManBobBassCovers]

It is sometimes rare to see mechanics that actually care about their customers cars..

[@matthewshambler2644]

Too true unfortunately.. It's becoming more and more rare to see..

[@martinrickarx6558]

Matthew Shambler fuck Larry

[@ScrappyDoo1998-]

Just got done cleaning up my uncle's 2008 porsche 911 turbo cabriolet! Time for an AMMo vid!

[@SkashTheKitsune]

HELL TO THE *bleep* YES! I rolled my car last month, tragic *mourns car* but these rims, are $1500 a set! with new tyres, BRAND NEW! I google "rim repair" nice, I need a dremel and.. that got rid of the scuffs, now to get rid of the huge dents so that the bead will sit. Thanks mate, really appreciated that you did this

[@DONNYBOYY28]

Had some work done at proformance .... I have to say they are a great bunch of guys that do amazing work !!

[@christopherclaure6689]

Damn mad props on the Michelin pilot lesson. That’s real detail and attention to work.!

[@NormanJaquemotRebel]

When you hit a pothole, stop immediately if you have time, and take a picture of the hole, and note if you're on a highway or a municipal road. Highways are government jurisdiction, while secondary roads are of municipal jurisdiction. Go file a complaint and have your tires checked and repaired on the side you hit. Once that is done, bring them the bill, and make them pay the price you paid. If they don't want to process your request, bring them to court. The laws says that any roads in the country must be safe and adequately maintained, so a pothole is negligeance on the behalf of either the state or the municipally, so it itcumbs to them to pay for any damages your vehicle encounters by the said negligeance.

[@zgmurph]

Thanks for sharing this informative video, It's nice to see people who take so much pride in what they do.

[@yannickbrunia7965]

Cool video. My rim was actualy bent as well and I was losing my patience becouse it took so much time to repair, but now I know why it took so long. Very interesting

[@alwaysstaycool1]

I been looking for a wheel shop that fixes wheels. All the shops I have heard of only offer to fix bent wheels and resurface. I don't need a resurface done. I do have slight curb rash but nothing outrageous. Definitely going to check out that shop. Great since I am also in NY.

[@erichtisnado1536]

For price reference, I'm the the SF Bay Area. I recently got a set of 19" Audi S3 rims with good 35 series Continental DWS tires for a good price off craigslist. Now I know why the price was so good!! :O Anyway, it was such a good price it was worth having two of the rims straightened. I had a local shop straighten them, remount and balance the tire, and had them stripped and new hyper silver powder coat put on for $225 a wheel. I had two done, I might go back and do another one or two. It was still an okay deal with getting two repaired and refurbished, but not such a good deal including the other two. The rims now look fantastic, by the way. I wish there was an easy way to spot out of round wheels off the car in the back of somebody's pickup truck.

[@photoshopdrummer]

I had a bent/cracked wheel repaired by a shop by me that did an excellent job. Not actually too bad either! I think it cost me 100 bucks said and done. Most people see a crack and trash the wheel. You can repair a surprising amount.

[@outkast187]

Basically price of new wheel

[@Ryan-qf7ri]

@@outkast187aftermarket wheels no

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Great shop! Hard to find expert wheel / tire shop like that.

[@WhattaHEX]

I wish more shops took as much pride in their work.

[@NicholasG28]

Holy cow, I had no idea there was so much that went into a wheel. This was a great video Larry! Hopefully I'll never need to use this information though, knock on wood

[@hightolerance8728]

There isn’t they make it so much more dramatic

[@lilbuddylee131]

I’m so much smarter for watching this. Thanks. Didn’t know tires were so sophisticated.

[@ARFNSX]

Very Informative, I never knew how wheels were straighten. I especially liked learning how tires are thrown out of balance from shipping and transport.

[@user-yb8lz6el7s]

thank you very much for this video. had a customer come in at the garage I work at with a bent rim like yours. told her to get used one. glade I did cause I dont have any of the equipment like they do. I would of caused more damage than was before

[@tombonn8870]

I just went through the same process after hitting a huge pothole here in Boston and was surprised to see how the rim got fixed!!! great video

[@Alteriukas]

Some of the information in this video makes no sense... 4:27 "if you zero out the rim you can't counterbalance it against the tires natural or delivered imperfections". When tire shop is doing balancing, tire is already placed on the rim randomly. That's why we often have weights on it. 5:15 "when they get thrown of the truck they hit the ground, compress and can be bent". Tires are designed to handle much greater forces then throwing it off from one metre height on it's own weight... Even during the mounting you do much more "bending" then it would ever get from throwing off.

[@SpaceMissile]

5:15 - he specifies without having a rim on it. The tire alone will deform a lot differently on its own than when it's mounted and pressurized.

[@EtaCarinae230]

the tyres are not placed randomly..on the rubber there is a yellow or red dot (in the point of lower mass of the tyre) that must be placed near the valve to blance the weight of the valvle and the thicker part of the rim...or at least professional do that

[@outkast187]

Yes, its pure smoke are mirror excuse to leave them out. Perfectly fine, but bogus reason. High end race wheels are perfect. Cheap cast wheels are not perfect.

[@piHi-lg8pl]

I totally agree. The only reason why the oem wheels are within 30 thou is cause any thing tighter is more than needed on a standard car.... in land speed or wheels are within 5thou

[@m1leswilliams]

@@SpaceMissile He literally just said that the act of putting the tire on the wheel causes more deformation. So if a tire goes flat it's ruined ? You can't just put air in it ? Come on.

[@bismaak1559]

Mario seems to know what he's talking about and seems genuinely intent on having the job well done rather than rip the customer. keep up the good work Mario.take care.

[@twilightpg438]

Wow, thanks for the education! I don't have to stress off of buying a whole new wheel, just get it repaired! Than you!

[@mtktm]

To add. on most new tires, there is usually a colored little dot on the on the sidewall. That it is a lighter or heavier spot of the tire, I don't remember which. What you are "suppose to do" is line that up with the valve location on the rim. That way, when you balance it, it doesn't need too much more weight added to be balanced.

[@Halsafe]

Yellow is a light spot, red is a heavier spot. Red goes across from the stem and yellow lines up with the stem.

[@XArtisan]

When ever i remember this I check my cars, and it's always in the wrong spot. LOL. Lazy/dumb tyre shops.

[@mec04250730]

Even thought the tire is marked, it's always good to have it forced matched on a road force machine. The Yellow and Red Marks are reference points for tire shops that don't have road-force machines, therefore they have no way to combat excessive road force without some help from the manufacturer. Those marks usually never line up to the best location for a good force match. Just a heads up.

[@Sheehy223]

I work at a Tire shop, that's a bunch of bullshit. I saw a video that told me to do that, tried it on the next 3 cars I put new tires on, it made no difference whatsoever when I balanced them. They still asked for just as much weight as you would expect from them. Pointless waste of time.

[@mtktm]

Anyways, what I like to do is throw the rim on the balancing machine, make note of how off it is and location, mount the tire, then balance it again. If it's off on a different area, then I un-mount and remount the tire with the heavy spot of the tire on the lighter spot of the rim. But not everybody has tire mounting equipment for personal use, like I do.

[@mazda6owner816]

Mario knows his stuff. Makes me drive 2.5hrs to NY to have him repair my wheel.

[@ghuff31]

I just did this to my GT350!!! Damn near fell in a hole and bent and scratched them. This video is VERY helpful, I was just going to buy another set

[@richardwilliams5842]

You know how many people bounce the tires on the ground before the UPS guys delivers it to you LOL

[@moamimages5854]

The attention to detail is outstanding.

[@jagstang2100]

Guy takes pride in his shop. Knows more than most

[@gjoniny]

I've been to Mario @ Proformance and they fixed my 2 bent front 22" rims. They are very professional and my rims turned out great.

[@V8vortec98]

Wow this place is awesome.I took a wheel to get repaired at a local shop because it had a bend .Wheel had no curb rash or scratches .When I got the wheel back it was still bent a little and I had scratches & Scuffs around the area they repaired.Smh

[@HueGWang]

AMMO NYC Another great vid man. I've got 2 x 22" cracked rims that need repair so now I can make some informed decisions with my repairer. Keep up the great work!

[@hauntedhose]

this guy appreciates getting things done right the first time......I'd rather it done right then done quick

[@martinrickarx6558]

hauntedhouse no shit

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

That is really interesting about the UPS guys damaging the tires from just dropping them and that they don't make the rim perfectly true so they can balance the tire and rim. Thanks for sharing Larry, as always awesome vid Brother.

[@geserbadmaev]

I am from Russia and with our roads I always get my wheels bent, probably like once or even maybe multiple times in a month (depends on the season). But I found a guy who can repair bent wheels without even heating them believe it or not. He does it perfectly, I don't know how, may be by just applying right amount of pressure on the hydraulic press. He told me that he came up with it when he just tried to repair bent g-wagon wheels, he thought that he most likely to brake them but the wheels were just fine. But I think this technique only works with certain wheel manufacturers, I personally drive a volkswagen jetta with 18 inch alutec wheels on 45% tyres, the rim shaped as a five spoke star the reason why the bend a lot because there is a lot of room between the spokes. These rims are pretty soft, compared to others I can tell by the feeling, but not that soft to bend on every small pothole, so that's why they bend easily but unbend even easier :D. By the way the cost of bend repair by that guy is around 30 usd each wheel.

[@BreakerBreaker1320]

This needs revisited. So many tire places like a TLE at Walmart will ignore the dots on a tire and mounting them. There are dots that indicate the tires imperfections I. Relation to position mounted on a rim especially where the valve stem is located. Let’s get more in depth here. 👍🏻

[@stevewilson4321]

1st add/video I really liked... This better than any ad company can do

[@confuseurillusion]

i do this every day but with a completely different straightener and technique, for instance i never heat the wheel all the way around as they did there, want the heat on the low spots to create a hinge so to speak. very interesting to see a different setup and technique used though. Also educated me on how dropping an uninflated, dismounted tire can cause damage. thank you for sharing.

[@mec04250730]

Glad we can help. Reason we heat the whole wheel is because some cast wheels will stress on the opposite side of the push. The wheel needs to act like a spring.

[@11green11]

Sweet vid ! So much info and things you'd never consider. Your guy is very knowledgeable and you have a new subscriber ✊👍

[@lizbetz]

Wish I was close to this shop so I could take my car! Looks like a great place to work with.

[@danielmadden1688]

Mario is a great person, he actualy cares about what he does...........

[@vancegillenwater9609]

great simple explanation on why a rim would be not be at perfect round - to compensate for the tire's imperfections.

[@ElSlickVic]

5:32 😂😂😂 I’m sure UPS & FedEx listen to your advice

[@jmking7]

say what!?!?!?!? new video from Larry. Happy Friday

[@The-og7hi]

James King I

[@thetangster]

You made me go out to finally fix my wheel.... satisfied results that should have been done a long time ago

[@GethinJames]

Great shop! I think the purpose of the video is to find and give business to these types of great shops that have pride in what they do.

[@RedesCat]

i went through this giant pothole i swear i saw my life flash before my eyes when it came up and i couldnt avoid it

[@JasonFiske]

Thank you. Very educational. Good timing the roads are in really bad shape.

[@krqkan]

Now that's someone who loves his job 😊

[@t33s]

That's why I have winter wheels with steel rims and high profile tires, police cruiser style. They're way more resistant to cracking and you can do cold repairs with a hammer. It takes a skilled guy a couple minutes to bend them back and it ususally costs around 10$ with balancing. I change them for pretty wheels when most of the roads got fixed in spring.

[@iamtherjp]

thank you so very much for this video. you've got a new subscriber. I am giving ProFormance a call tomorrow. I have steering wheel shake that is driving me insane. I've gone to six different places and still the same issue. I even went to the honda dealer and they are telling me that I most likely have a bent wheel.

[@MustangManV8]

Friday evening upload... You're a legend Larry.

[@astonmarjo]

Oyeah just found out that one of my almost new wheels (Front) passenger side has a structural wop in and out watching it on the tire balancer. Contacting the wheel supplier in hopes of receiving a new one.💯👍

[@wiggles2439]

Dynamic vs static balancing would have been a nice addition to this video to explain.

[@narcolepticlex]

Great video! But that manager owner is awesome! Knowledge is power keep up the great work!

[@xoarx]

3:07 love that Snap-On logo taped on lol

[@TravisCadello]

Lmao!!!

[@jerryacosta4190]

Reason why I forever be subscriber to Larry ammo NYC

[@alloutofdonuts3998]

Wow, I learned a lot from this vid. Wish there was a place that professional near me 😅😵.

[@RobinBudik]

Wow these guys look so professional!

[@eastbayartist]

thanks for being born and keeping motivated to give this info

[@xophotoable]

Thanks guy's I appreciate you sharing this information, I got an education✌

[@johnmorgan8628]

Great video nice to get schooled about something I had no clue about. His machine is sweet btw

[@markbaum12]

You must live very close to me, definetly seen that suv around here, very cool video!

[@jerryclasby9628]

As a mechanical engineer it wasn't intuitively obvious. Even I learned a lot Thanks a lot

[@vebzuia4336]

Samething happened to me when I was driving my DA9. A pot hole that is so deep that I literally drop into space and time lol😂

[@dlove118]

I live in Buffalo and always run smallest possible rim on my cars with winter tires. Better traction overall in just cooler temps and more road protection from craters. Also helps to have steel rims in the winter as well.

[@AMMO-NYC]

good call

[@tomalcolm]

David Love same in Montreal. Low profile tires in winter will guarantee you sidewall blowouts, especially when the snow melts and the potholes reveal themselves. 16" or less on steel rims is the way to go if you can. And keep a ball-peen hammer in the trunk.

[@antremo355]

I LOVE these types of informative videos! Thanks so much for sharing :)

[@baddriversofsouthtexas6179]

I've never thought of this, I purchased two new super sports for the rear and normally when there's a few simultaneous bumps in the road or when I hit a highway line my steering wheel feels just a little shaky, concerning but not enough for me to think anything of it, will definitely have it looked at as now thinking about it, it started after I purchased the tires. I was thinking that I was needing something new suspension wise as the roads have been also here but I just had it serviced and they said everything was perfect.

[@AvodatGaming]

Hey Larry, could you please do a propper video on painting a car? What type of base coats/paints/clear use, what is the difference between lets say 2k, acrylic and standart paint and so on. Would really appreciate it becouse I cant find any PROs on youtube or in my area that would go as deep in the detail as you do.

[@mikkocarlos5913]

Hey man, that expert guy gives excellent knowledge! So glad I watched this video 😊

[@saneauto]

Ok some people in the comments claiming this cant be done because you supposedly cant heat the metal without changing the properties Blah blah I slept through science class cause I thought I knew it all ..... Listen fixing a wheel under the right circumstances is perfectly legit as long as it's not too much damage and it saves some money or the matching wheel is discontinued etc. Heres the deal with the heat. Your Brake rotors heat and reheat your wheels over and over. Your wheel is the heatsink for your Brake system that's one of the problems you run into with aftermarket wheel spacers and adapters. Point is the wheel can handle the heat. Bending it when cold (like when the damage occurred) the wheel can only take so much of that. An experienced wheel tire guy (Like the guy in this video) can tell how much damage is too much to repair.

[@camposdavid0000]

Wish I found a good place like that here in Houston Texas. Most places here are half ass places that don’t do it right .

[@craig23ize1]

love seeing a new video from the legend himself.

[@jarredmay7496]

I loved this video Larry, please keep pumping them out!!

[@TET2005]

Good video... I had these set of tyres that caused vibrations in my steering wheel.... after change to a new set, it was gone... the tyres were the problem.

[@nikoarchon4212]

This dude has a passion

[@jordandonahue8558]

How much basically just to correct a minor dent?

[@TonyTsai]

Wish we have a shop in SoCal like the store you introduced. If any, please let us know. Thanks

[@GambrellTv]

I wish you guys forever success! good content!!!

[@hsvr]

A true master of his craft the tire guy

[@vetteboy1024]

You always have the most educational and informative videos. Great job!

[@jackngari8842]

This tire and wheel guy is well informed .

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

With a pigeon block if u cant find the block a rock will do. Front left tyre? Thanks uploader