[geekflyer]

Hi,

just bought this F32 440i Gran Coupe a few days ago. A few miles into my journey I hit a pretty bad pothole near Fremont CA on the freeway.
The left front wheel is now visibly bent and the tire a bit damaged. Driving-wise it's not really noticably at the moment, but something I should probably get fixed.

Question:
Can this type of wheel/rim damage be fixed/straighened or not?

New wheel rim would cost $499+tax (that's the cheapest I could find):
https://autorimshop.com/products/201...style-w86568ms

Haven't had the time to take it to a shop yet, but if you're convinced that this needs to be replaced instead of fixed I'd order the wheel already ahead.
I understand the tire needs to be replaced regardless.

[geekflyer]

just for fun, here's a pic of my beauty fyi

[Avec]

I'm not sure if that specific damage can be fixed, but probably. My local tire place (Big-0 Tire) sent one of my wheels off to be straightened. If I recall, it was about $75 for that service

[Chihuahua]

I've seen wheels bent much worse than that be successfully repaired. Tire is obviously done.

[Prak903]

Had the same bend in my car on the left front wheel. Took it to a repair shop and they said they can try and bend it back but will have to grind the wheel down a bit. Had them do it but I couldn't help but notice that small spot where it was fixed, so ended up finding one on Ebay for $220.

[fortythirtyfive]

I had this straightened..



The place I used have a 3D laser scanner with built-in sonar

(not my wheel results)



They heated it up, pressed it out bit by until it was near perfect, but sadly yeah they had to grind a little off the back to make it the best it can be, it drives like new now.

Years ago I had a wheel that was straightened by eye and DTI runout gauge.. that never felt perfect and had a tiny bit of vibration no matter how many places I had attempt to re-balance it after.

[Seiko49]

If you insurance coverage includes pothole damage, I would file a claim if my deductible is less than a new wheel. I hit a pothole and decided to take the wheel to a wheel shop for straightening. Once I removed the wheel it had a hairline crack from the hit. I checked my insurance policy and pothole damage is covered. My deductible is $100 for the incident. Once the bodyshop accessed the damages....found out the strut, strut housing, etc. was damage. $5300 worth of damage.