Need scratched rim repair in Johannesburg? WheelRepairs.co.za puts drivers, dealers and fleets in Johannesburg in touch with rim and mag repairers serving Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng. Send one request with photos and the wheel size, and they quote you directly, free and with no obligation.
Scratched Rim and Curb Rash Repair in Johannesburg
Want curb rash fixed in Johannesburg? Say how many wheels, the finish and whether you prefer a workshop or a mobile repair at home or work. Independent repairers covering Johannesburg can quote for sanding, colour matched paint and lacquer, and rim protectors if you want them.
New to this? Read the scratched rim 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: a kerb scuff from tight parking fixed at home before it corrodes
- Dealers, panel shops and insurers: curb rash on trade-ins fixed by a mobile repairer on the car lot
- Enthusiasts, 4x4 and performance drivers: low-profile wheels kept clean with repairs and rim protectors
Local tips for Johannesburg
Workshops serving Johannesburg mostly work from here: booysens, Selby, City Deep and motor strips along the main roads of the suburbs. The jobs that come up most: pothole bends, cracked inner barrels, taxi and fleet tyres, alignment. When you ask for quotes, ask for a runout reading before and after straightening a bent mag.
Around Johannesburg the largest group asking is private car owners, which usually means a kerb scuff from tight parking fixed at home before it corrodes. Before you agree to anything: check for a bend behind the scuff. 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.