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The Work

Every job photographed, straight from the Mesa bench. Real wheels, real damage, real repairs — no stock photos, no borrowed work.

Straightening

26″ billet Intro wheels — bent, straightened, refinished

A set of 26-inch billet Intro wheels came in with bent barrels. Each wheel came back true — straightened on the bench, refinished, ready to mount. Chrome hoops round again.

Billet 26-inch Intro wheel with a visibly bent barrel on the shop workbench — Before — bent barrel on the bench

The same billet Intro wheel from another angle showing the bend in the rim — Before — second angle on the bend

The billet Intro wheel after repair, straight and refinished on the workbench — After — straightened and refinished

The repaired billet Intro wheel, straightened and finished — After — back to true

Straightening on the bench — video 1 of 2

Straightening on the bench — video 2 of 2

Crack repair

Cracked multi-spoke wheel — welded from the backside

This one arrived with a huge crack that someone had started to fix, then stopped — sealed with JB Weld to get by. There isn't room to weld between the spokes, so the crack was TIG-welded from the backside and stop-drilled, then the visible face cleaned up. Presentable — and safe — again. A crack sealed over fails; a crack welded fully closed holds.

Rear barrel and valve area of a cracked multi-spoke wheel before repair, old JB Weld patch visible — Backside inspection — crack zone with the old patch

Backside of the same wheel mid-repair with a raw TIG weld bead along the crack — Backside weld in progress — TIG bead along the crack

Crack repair

Cracked Alfa Romeo wheel — welded, machined, refinished

Crack along the inner bead of an Alfa Romeo wheel. Welded closed, then the weld machined back smooth so the bead seats clean — refinished and safe to run again.

Silver five-spoke Alfa Romeo alloy wheel on the shop workbench before crack repair — On the bench, before

Close-up of the Alfa Romeo wheel's inner bead seat with the crack welded and ground — Crack welded along the inner bead

The Alfa Romeo wheel after repair, weld area machined smooth and refinished — After — machined smooth and refinished

Curb rash

Full-lip curb rash — smoothed, primed, repainted

Really bad curb rash around the entire lip. The whole lip was smoothed out, primed and repainted so the repaired edge disappears into the factory black finish.

Front face of a black wheel with curb rash work in progress around the lip — Full-lip curb rash job, photo 1 of 2

The wheel's lip smoothed and repainted, matching the factory black finish — Full-lip curb rash job, photo 2 of 2

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