To straighten bent or buckled alloy wheels, we use a specialist piece of equipment that first spins the wheel against a runout gauge to ascertain the location of any damaged areas.
Once the sections of damage have been marked, they are carefully heated, all the time checking the surface temperature with an infrared thermometer, as a specific temperature range is needed for the straightening to begin.
Once a particular spot of damage is at the correct temperature, the wheel is slowly pressed back into shape using a hydraulic press affixed with various different-shaped heads, depending on the direction the wheel is being pressed in and the area of the wheel is pressed.
This process is then repeated until a final spin against the runout gauge shows the wheel to be back in shape.