Cracked and bent alloy wheels welded, trued and refinished, about twelve minutes from Shaker Heights and for a fraction of what replacement wheels cost.
4.9 50 reviews from Cleveland customers
Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
Shaker Heights breaks wheels for reasons that have nothing to do with how anyone drives. The Van Sweringen street plan laid down in the 1920s left brick and concrete surfaces that have been patched rather than replaced for a century, the rapid tracks run down the middle of Shaker and Van Aken with crossings at every major intersection, and the freeze and thaw cycle opens joints in old concrete faster than they get sealed.
Add the vehicles. Shaker runs to larger diameter factory wheels on low profile tires, which puts less rubber between a pothole and the rim than almost anywhere else in the county. On a German or Swedish car those wheels are expensive enough that a repair pays for itself several times over, which is why so many of them end up on Corlett Ave.
Rapid crossings at Warrensville Center, Lee, Green and Chagrin, where the pavement meets the track bed and the joint opens every winter.
The older brick and concrete streets through Fernway, Onaway and Malvern, which are patched at the seams rather than resurfaced.
Chagrin Boulevard and Northfield Road, which carry heavy traffic and pothole badly at the Cleveland line.
The winter salt cycle, which corrodes the bead seat inside the wheel where you cannot see it, so a wheel that has been fine for six years cracks from an impact it would have shrugged off when new.
A factory alloy on a BMW, Audi, Volvo or Mercedes is frequently several hundred dollars before fitting, and on some models is only sold as a set finish.
A crack at the inner barrel, which is the most common failure, welds well and is invisible once the tire is back on.
A bent lip from a pothole straightens, and gets checked for runout so the car stops shaking at highway speed.
Where a wheel genuinely is finished, we say so. A wheel cracked through the barrel in more than one place, or cracked into the hub face, gets that answer rather than a repair with a countdown on it.
The wheel below came in from a Shaker Heights customer with a crack running along the barrel. It was welded, trued and refinished rather than replaced, and it went back out the same day.
“Very professional and welding was excellent 20 stars and only waited for my rim to be completed less than a day you have a lifetime customer”
Rim repair and wheel repair is the work Shaker Heights sends most, but the whole shop is available to you. Shop work at 12212 Corlett Ave, plus mobile welding when the thing that broke cannot travel.
The shop is at 12212 Corlett Ave, Cleveland, OH 44105, about 3.4 miles and about 12 minutes from Shaker Heights. Take Warrensville Center Road north, or Lee Road if you are coming from Lomond or Ludlow. Free customer parking on site. Open Monday to Friday, 1pm to 8pm, closed weekends.
About 3.4 miles and roughly twelve minutes, straight down Warrensville Center Road or Lee Road. The shop is at 12212 Corlett Ave, Cleveland, OH 44105, open Monday to Friday, 1pm to 8pm, with free parking on site.
Yes, and they are a large share of the wheels that come in from Shaker. Factory alloys on German and Swedish cars are expensive enough that repair is almost always the better economics, and a crack at the inner barrel welds cleanly.
Extremely. The joint where pavement meets the track bed opens every winter, and on a low profile tire there is very little between that edge and the rim. It is one of the most common ways Shaker wheels get damaged.
Send a photo of the damage to 216.309.1567 first. Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open, so you know whether the drive is worth making before you make it.
Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open. Free, no obligation, and if it cannot be repaired you will hear that straight.
