Originally Posted by
djohn14296
There is a do it yourself on youtube, do a search, doesn't appear that hard. May need rebalanced, may not. Still cheaper than someone doing it on a lathe. Refinishing and may have to still re-balance.
If the wheel is balanced before it is refinished and the metal removal is correctly done then there will be no need for a rebalance. The weight removed will not be too much at all.
Huge gouges should be welded before hand, and we are not talking of the use of much heat here.
The alternative is to remove the material that may sit higher than it did originally, fill the the gouges with body filler, carefully smooth the surface and repaint the surface, this is OK on the NA but poses a problem on the 6 for obvious reasons.