Answer a question or two and we'll tell you what it likely is — including when it isn't worth paying us to fix.
A vibration that shows up around 55–65 mph and settles down above or below that is the signature of an out-of-balance wheel. Wheel weights fall off, tires wear unevenly, and Las Vegas potholes knock wheels out of balance regularly.
This is one of the quickest and cheapest things we do. If the shake is there at all speeds, or you feel it through the brake pedal, it's more likely a bent wheel or a brake issue — still worth bringing in.
Curb rash is cosmetic damage to the face and lip of the wheel, and it's some of the most routine work we do. The wheel gets sanded back, filled, and refinished to match. It's almost always cheaper than replacing the wheel — and on a set where only one is scraped, far cheaper than matching a new one.
Bring it in and we'll tell you honestly what it'll take. Often it's a same-day job.
We need to see it in person to quote this one — how deep the gouging goes changes the job, and that's not something anyone can judge from a photo.
A bent lip from a pothole can normally be straightened, and it's common work for us. Whether it's worth doing depends on where the bend sits and how far it's gone — a lip bend is straightforward, damage further into the barrel or near the spokes is a different conversation.
That judgement genuinely needs hands on the wheel. If it's bent badly enough to be leaking air or shaking the car, get it looked at soon rather than driving on it for weeks.
Peeling clear coat, bubbling paint and pitted alloy are all refinishing jobs. If corrosion has reached the bead seat — the ledge the tire seals against — it can cause a slow leak that no amount of new valve stems will fix, and cleaning that up properly solves it.
Worth doing sooner rather than later. Corrosion doesn't stop on its own, and a wheel that's gone too far is a replacement rather than a refinish.
A crack is structural, not cosmetic. A cracked wheel can fail without warning, and at speed that's genuinely dangerous. This is the one case where we'd tell you to stop driving the car and put the spare on.
Some cracks — depending where they are — can be welded by a specialist. Many can't be safely repaired, and the honest answer is a replacement wheel. We'd rather tell you that than take your money for a repair that shouldn't be trusted.
Bring it in, or call and we'll talk it through. We sell wheels too, so either way we can sort you out.
We carry the biggest hubcap selection in the valley, including a lot of older models the dealerships gave up stocking years ago. You almost certainly don't need to buy a set of four to replace the one that went missing on Charleston.
First thing to know is your size — it's the last number in your tire size, and our finder works it out for you.
Pulling to one side is usually alignment, uneven tire pressure, or uneven tire wear — not the wheel itself. Start with the simplest thing: check your pressures cold, first thing in the morning. A few PSI difference side to side is enough to make a car wander.
If pressures are even and it still pulls, it's likely an alignment job. We're straight with people about this: alignment isn't what we do, so we'd point you to someone who does rather than sell you something that won't fix it. We can check your tires and pressures for free while you're here.
Before assuming the worst: tire pressure moves about 1 PSI for every 10°F. A Las Vegas cold snap after a hot spell can drop your pressures enough to trigger the TPMS light with nothing actually wrong.
If it's only one tire, or you're topping it up every week, that's a leak — a nail, a corroded bead seat, or a failing valve stem. Those are all fixable and all cheap compared to a new tire. Don't keep running it low: under-inflation builds heat and is a leading cause of blowouts, which in Vegas summer heat is not a theoretical risk.
This tool won't tell you everything needs fixing, because everything doesn't. Some of what shows up here is a cheap balance job, some of it isn't ours to fix at all, and occasionally it's a wheel we'd tell you to stop driving on. Thirty-plus years on East Charleston is built on people trusting the answer they get.