# Wheel Repair : Before & After Pics **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-repair-before-after-pics/250116 "2010-02-03T17:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-repair-before-after-pics/250116/27 "2010-02-16T10:41:19Z")
> [@Anyone hear this story in the news?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-hear-this-story-in-the-news/29314/53): > > Be wary in doing that good sir. you must pre heat a piece of aluminum that large to about 4-450degress for about 20-30 minutes before welding it, and then bring it down to cool slowly at a timed rate post weld. not doing do will make the lip very brittle and subject to failure under load. > > Something we do day in day out repairing aluminum heads. shitty work but it’s the only way to do it properly unfortunately though. > > Aside from that, the final wheels look REAL good compared to what they were at first sight in OP. Good work right there :thumbup Great info, good thing I got that ratty old oven in the background down there! I will have to give it a shot on my old wheels and see how it goes! Thanks for the :thumbup also buddy. > [@stockcarboy"](#): > > hey mike give me a call please ! i want to do a valve cover and my intake. Will do man, I got your VM and will call you later tonight or tomorrow, I had a long weekend and have a ton of catching up casue I went out of town last week/weekend. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-repair-before-after-pics/250116)._