I have these 4 chrome MINI rims in my garage that I may put on my car. we got them for pretty cheap too. 3 of them are great, however one seems to have a little bend on the inside. so my question is are they usable just by seeing the pictures? I posted 3 below. and if it cannot be used, can it be fixed?

thanks!

 

I wouldn't ever drive on wheels that I knew were bent. That being said, you can try to get the bent wheel repaired, but it depends upon how bad the bend is. Sometimes you can't totally tell the damage until you get the tire off of the wheel. Just remember that, like a paper clip, once you bend it once and bend it back again it won't ever be quite as strong in the bent part again.

As a side note, many people on this forum go to great lengths to get rid of all the chrome on their cars (myself being one of them). Way to go against the flow and do your own thing

 

The tire appears to be holding air, but you may have problems with wobbling due to balance issues. There are a number of outfits that should be able to straighten that bend, since it looks to be slight. I'd get it fixed rather than always wondering if all was OK. FWIW I've driven for quite a while on rims bent more than that, but that was many moons ago!

 

That's very minimal you can still drive on them but you might experience some wheel balance issues

 

Doesn't look bad. I would probably drive on it. I'd have the balanced checked though.
There are places that will fix bent rims, though most of them seem to be in the east. Probably cheaper just to chrome another S lite than to send yours across country to be fixed.

 

Go to New York Craigslist and search for "Nassau County". If they have it up, you will get a hilarious ad for Al's Hubcaps in Mineola, NY.

They repeat this ad after it disappears off of Craigslist, so they must know what it means, right?

Anyway, that would be a pretty cool road trip across the country for you.

Val

 

Took it in to a tire shop down the road, they said it's fine. Looks like I'm good to go