Wheel Repair

After getting stuck one too many times I think I might just grab some snows for the cougar. That being said I have two extra wheels from when I fell asleep and hit some rocks. One of them has a gouge taken out of it. I want to get them fixed and mount the snow tires up to them. 15 inch factory alloys. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Dont know if it's worth it but this is who I thought of.

http://www.rimpro.com/index.html

sdstick wrote:

Dont know if it's worth it but this is who I thought of.

http://www.rimpro.com/index.html

....... they charge the dealership about 100- 125 per rim...... look on CL .......

............. you should find 100's of throw away rims and snow shoes for a $ 100 or a less a complete sets.

What's the bolt pattern and offset? Fwd or rwd? (I'm not familiar with the car). I'll look through what I have if you want. I know I have a set of american racing chrome outlaws in the basement with a 5x4.5 pattern I'm trying to get 50 bucks for them. Fit nothing I own or will own. Just throwin it out there. I believe its a ford/mopar pattern. They fit on my '40 plymouth sedan and my brothers lumina. No idea on anything else.

Dang $160 a weel? It almost makes it not worth it depending on what you paid for them.

Cadet57 wrote:

Dang $160 a weel? It almost makes it not worth it depending on what you paid for them.

These are probably 99% insurance claims

sdstick wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

Dang $160 a weel? It almost makes it not worth it depending on what you paid for them.

These are probably 99% insurance claims

Still. Unless you're talking about OEM rims that cost $400-500 each, and you have to pay outta pocket, I couldnt see spending that kinda money. I've found refinished OEM rims on Ebay for under $150. In fact I bought one for our old explorer once, $80 with free shipping. Can't beat that.

I had my Cragars straightened there when my wife took out two of them on a giant pothole, but they weren't made anymore and I couldn't find any replacements, so 100 bucks a wheel was worth it.

In your case, like the other guys said, toss the old wheels and get a set for dirt on CL.

bowtiepimp wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Dont know if it's worth it but this is who I thought of.

http://www.rimpro.com/index.html

....... they charge the dealership about 100- 125 per rim...... look on CL .......

............. you should find 100's of throw away rims and snow shoes for a $ 100 or a less a complete sets.

I've hunted CL but dont seem to find anything for my BS

Ironfistdog wrote:

What's the bolt pattern and offset? Fwd or rwd? (I'm not familiar with the car). I'll look through what I have if you want. I know I have a set of american racing chrome outlaws in the basement with a 5x4.5 pattern I'm trying to get 50 bucks for them. Fit nothing I own or will own. Just throwin it out there. I believe its a ford/mopar pattern. They fit on my '40 plymouth sedan and my brothers lumina. No idea on anything else.

I have an odd ball BS. 5x4.25(5x108mm) Only cougars, T-birds, and the Lincoln MKVII have the same spacing, and are the only RWD cars that have it. I have a big chunk out of the rim of the wheel, so it probably isn't repairable. I'd love to grab a cheap steal wheel for it to run snows on but I have yet to find one. The taurus and sables have the same BS, but I have no clue about back spacing.

I'll have to do some digging for them.

1984twodoor wrote:

I have an odd ball BS. 5x4.25(5x108mm) Only cougars, T-birds, and the Lincoln MKVII have the same spacing, and are the only RWD cars that have it. I have a big chunk out of the rim of the wheel, so it probably isn't repairable. I'd love to grab a cheap steal wheel for it to run snows on but I have yet to find one. The taurus and sables have the same BS, but I have no clue about back spacing.

I'll have to do some digging for them.

Won't Crown Vic rims fit that? I thought the rear end was the same on the MKVII and the Town Car/CV

I'm guessing the backspacing is different for his car and will have the wheels sticking way out if he used them. Who knows though. Matt try car-part.com, maybe you can find a set in a JY. I'm guessing all the yards are a disaster with the snow/rain/mud right now though.

Rimpro is expensive but does a good job, if the rims are worth it to you.

Cadet57 wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

I have an odd ball BS. 5x4.25(5x108mm) Only cougars, T-birds, and the Lincoln MKVII have the same spacing, and are the only RWD cars that have it. I have a big chunk out of the rim of the wheel, so it probably isn't repairable. I'd love to grab a cheap steal wheel for it to run snows on but I have yet to find one. The taurus and sables have the same BS, but I have no clue about back spacing.

I'll have to do some digging for them.

Won't Crown Vic rims fit that? I thought the rear end was the same on the MKVII and the Town Car/CV

Arn't the T-bird and cougar IRS cars? Likely to have far different backspacing than a Crown Vic

Doug

Some pretty nice rims CHEAP here!

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?sort=Price&autoMake=Mercury&autoModel=Cougar+XR7&autoYear=1996&autoModClar=&filterSize=All&filterFinish=All&filterBrand=All&filterSpecial=false&filterWeight=All&filterNew=All

^There ya go

Pooge wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

I have an odd ball BS. 5x4.25(5x108mm) Only cougars, T-birds, and the Lincoln MKVII have the same spacing, and are the only RWD cars that have it. I have a big chunk out of the rim of the wheel, so it probably isn't repairable. I'd love to grab a cheap steal wheel for it to run snows on but I have yet to find one. The taurus and sables have the same BS, but I have no clue about back spacing.

I'll have to do some digging for them.

Won't Crown Vic rims fit that? I thought the rear end was the same on the MKVII and the Town Car/CV

Arn't the T-bird and cougar IRS cars? Likely to have far different backspacing than a Crown Vic

Doug

They also have a different Bolt Circle. I think panther cars have 5X4.5 I have 5x4.25

toomanytoyz wrote:

Some pretty nice rims CHEAP here!

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?sort=Price&autoMake=Mercury&autoModel=Cougar+XR7&autoYear=1996&autoModClar=&filterSize=All&filterFinish=All&filterBrand=All&filterSpecial=false&filterWeight=All&filterNew=All

For this car CHEAP means steel wheels lol. I'm not buying a set of wheels for this car. I just want to get an extra pair suitable to run snow tires on.

Went to rimpro today and they said 160 to repair it, I think I'll scan JYs once the weather is clear. Tomorrow or Friday morning I'm having the snows mounted on one wheel on the car and an extra that was in the shed.

Thanks for the info on rimpro anyway guys, May end up getting that wheel fixed sometime in the future.