Compare what will actually be done, the turnaround and the guarantee on the finish before you hand over a wheel. A free request for mag repair in Johannesburg goes to a wheel repairer serving Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng, and you see the quotes side by side.
Mag Repair in Johannesburg
Need mag repair in Johannesburg? Give the wheel size, the finish and the damage, and say whether you want collection. Independent mag shops serving Johannesburg can quote for colour matched repairs, straightening or a recut, and tell you how long the wheel will be away.
New to this? Read the mag repair guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Rim & mag repair in Johannesburg: local notes
Most rim work in Johannesburg starts with a pothole: an inner lip bent on the M1 or a crack that grew from an old bend. Mag repair shops in Booysens, Selby and the southern industrial areas straighten, weld and refinish, and many collect from offices in the inner city. Ask whether a cracked wheel will be leak tested after welding, and expect honest advice to replace it if the crack runs into a spoke.
Wheels and roads in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is hard on wheels. An old road network, heavy freight and summer thunderstorms mean potholes open up on the M1, the M2 and the main routes into Soweto every rainy season, and a sharp hit at speed is enough to bend the inner lip of a 17 inch mag. Commuter hatchbacks, minibus taxis, delivery bakkies and premium SUVs all share the same broken patches. Rim repairers, tyre shops and alignment centres cluster in the older industrial pockets south of the CBD, such as Booysens, Selby and City Deep, and along busy roads in the suburbs. Load-shedding can stop a straightening machine or a lathe halfway through a job, so ask how a shop keeps working when the power goes.
The requests we see from Johannesburg usually come from:
- Private car owners: one scuffed or corroded mag made to match the rest of the set again
- Company and rental fleets: alloy wheels on executive cars and rentals repaired between bookings
- Truck, bus and taxi operators: alloys on shuttle vans and premium transfer vehicles kept presentable
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: pothole bends, cracked inner barrels, taxi and fleet tyres, alignment. Ask each workshop about this: ask for a runout reading before and after straightening a bent mag. Where they work from: booysens, Selby, City Deep and motor strips along the main roads of the suburbs.
Around Johannesburg the largest group asking is private car owners, which usually means one scuffed or corroded mag made to match the rest of the set again. Before you agree to anything: identify the finish before quoting. Getting there: drive in, or use a mobile tyre call-out; some mag shops collect and deliver.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Repairers, tyre shops and suppliers on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give your suburb, so collection, call-out or delivery can be quoted honestly.