Straightening a wheel lip

[marxjunk]

ive straightened at least a hundred over the decades..but chrome wasnt an issue..if i saved it..great..if it popped the ins company just bought a new one...but i cant remember ever not fixing one

i use a dead blow of 4 or 5 sizes, and 5 or 6 2x4s ive trimmed and shaped...the hoops are soft...it doesnt take much and they move like butter...

that deep..i dont know how the chrome would ever survive...the shock going back the other way seems like it would chip or crack...

i agree,,its fubared now..whatta ya gotta loose...find an old time tire shop..with an old guy and pick his brain...ive seen wheel machines bend the edges and the old guys repair the wheels with no issues...