I went to get new tires a few weeks ago and when I got them balanced the shop guys showed me the rear rims might be bent. (they wobbled when they spun them on the machine). I really like the way the stock rims look (18" sport) so I don't want to upgrade to aftermarket. My questions are:

1) Is there some technology/machine that could fix my rims? Is it better to just buy two new rears?

2) If repair is possible could someone local do it, and what kind of company should I look for?

3) How much would two 18" sport stock rims cost approximately? (My stealership always overcharges)

 

1) To an extent, yep. I've had forged rims fixed without issue.
1.5) Two new rears from the dealership will cost you just as much as 4 new decent aftermarket rims.
2) There should be several in your area, ask around the tire dealers or even your dealership, they usually outsource this kind of job.
3) Around Houston, an average of $100/rim for reparing, it also includes remounting the tires and balancing them. New wheels from the dealership run about $750/wheel retail, or $610 through Parts.com

 

The stock sport rims are not everyone's cup of tea. I'm sure you could buy a set for under $1000 or a little more with good tires.

 

I had multiple "bends" in OEM Acura TL A-spec 18" forged rims.. and I sent my rims to a place called Keystone (in chicago) which fixed them for $100 a piece -- the next time the stealership had 'em on the balancer -- they spun PERFECTLY balanced on their own -- making the tire balancing flawless...

+1 .. should be a local similar shop in your neighborhood that repairs rims... frequently bodyshops will outsource (as mentioned above) wheel work to places such as these... When I inspect the repaired rims.. on the inside I saw the area where it looked like they MELTED the metal or something in order to get it back to round -- the paint was untouched and flawless.

 

After 100k miles .. my rims were so bent up and "out of round" that it wasn't worth gettin' 'em fixed again .. so I just had them try to balance the tires as best as possible and put the worst rims in the rear .. worked out just fine...

 

you can probably pick up a set of used ones for ~600.... I would sell ya mine, but I use them as back up.... Eventually when i buy new wheels, i'll have the 20's i'm rolling on now, as back up lol...