best wheel refinish evaaaaaaaa

so a couple of months ago i ran up a curb and did this to my front wheel.....
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i took it to lax wheel and 2 weeks later i picked this up. now keep in mind this is still the same lip.......
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nice fix. looks pretty bad in the pics too. how much did they charge?

This is why I only take my wheels to LAX

for this wheel and one more it was 350.

Wow very impressive work.  Many wheel repair shows would say "that is unfixable"

Wow amazing. Whats their contact info?

wow, I probably would have thrown the wheel away without knowing it could be fixed. nice job

I wouldn't feel safe driving on that wheel again but they did a great job.  You can't tell it was ever bent.  Now stop driving bent :smiley-rofl:

holy shit , it looked like you had god throw that wheel into the curb !!! 


they do WERK ! looks amazing considering, now time for chrome lip ! (BLOGGED)

LAX Wheel does great work. They work miracles. Only thing I'm not a fan of is their clearcoat. They lay it on very thick.

They definitely do great work. The first time I used them was about 8-9 years back and they had had a big fire there, the roof was missing, and you could call a hundred times and they wouldn't answer, so you had to hope when you went someone would be there who could help you. Is the guy who still runs it Jesus?

If the guy who runs it is named Jesus, that explains how this wheel was restored

*dead :smiley-rofl:

[QUOTE=widebody_Q;337327]If the guy who runs it is named Jesus, that explains how this wheel was restored[/QUOTE]
 
 
:biggthumpup: Hilarious!>  
 
Excellent price on the repair!

What the frack. I would have binned the wheel right there and then, I would have never imagined it was reparable.

[QUOTE=widebody_Q;337327]If the guy who runs it is named Jesus, that explains how this wheel was restored[/QUOTE]
 
 
LOL :smiley-rofl:

whats the info? i gotta keep their info on hand jus in case

edit..nvm jus googled it..2hrs from sd! pretty far..no one in SD or closer does this good of a job?

LAX is a major OEM refinisher, when I first went there, they had pallets of Dodge truck wheels, like I thought they were an OE manufacturer but I guess they had re-finished all those wheels.

I am looking to refinish some wheels.. I would like their info.

just seen Agi post ... LOL

LAX Wheel Refinishing Inc. 
1520 Spence Street, Los Angeles, CA 90023-3920 
(323) 269-1484‎

Ask for Jesus or Ivan

[QUOTE=F.L.S.;337436]LAX is a major OEM refinisher, when I first went there, they had pallets of Dodge truck wheels, like I thought they were an OE manufacturer but I guess they had re-finished all those wheels.[/QUOTE]

when i picked up my wheels, they were finishing what looked like amg wheels.

[QUOTE=widebody_Q;337261]I wouldn't feel safe driving on that wheel again but they did a great job.  You can't tell it was ever bent.  Now stop driving bent :smiley-rofl:[/QUOTE]
they were sold right after i picked them up to a guy on zilvia, but i let him know they were refinished.:dance:

Thats impressive!

It's integrity is probably lost. I've gotten wheels repaired with much less damage and it's easy to bend at the same spot. I wouldn't even want it back after something like that. How the hell did you manage that?

[QUOTE=jeebus;337715]It's integrity is probably lost. I've gotten wheels repaired with much less damage and it's easy to bend at the same spot. I wouldn't even want it back after something like that. How the hell did you manage that?[/QUOTE]



I was wondering the same thing. I taco'd one of my rims and had it repaired and from that point on, that rim was so sensitive. I was told they heated it and bent iit back to shape, the refinished it. It looked great, but it wasnt worth shit on the road.

Yeap, Happened to my leons. Owner after me had it crack at the same spot.  I've heard the same about powder coating. They have to raise the temp. of the wheel so high to do it properly that it ends up making it weaker.

hotdamn !  they did a hell of a job