So, a few months ago I ran into a pothole and got a bubble on my tyre. It was almost time to switch to winter tyres so I kept driving for a few more weeks with no issues, put winters on and that was that. Today I went to get the summers installed and replace the one with the bubble and the mechanic pointed out that I also bent the rim on that pothole. I hadn’t noticed the damage, nor any vibrations and it’s still holding air perfectly. It’s now mounted in the rear, where it will hopefully be under less stress (I drive a Yaris). I can get a new wheel, but not for the next few weeks and I do need to drive in the meantime, so my question is, should I bother getting this wheel repaired? The damage doesn’t seem big and from what I’ve heard straightening aluminium wheels sometimes leads to cracks, which will just make the situation worse than it already is. I’d rather have a wheel that’s probably usable than one that definitely isn’t.
Edit: I should point out, the winter tyres are on a different set of rims. I’ve only driven on this wheel for about 2 weeks, from when I hit the pothole until I had the winter tyres installed. Today I had it put back on the car and the mechanic pointed out the damage to me.
Yeah that’s fine. The bead is way down. It might deform the tire right there a bit, kept an eye on it. Picture to show where the bead. Your bend is up on the side zone.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Components-of-a-vehicle-tire-7_fig2_338372903