Damaged wheel/rim advice needed

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wtgmd1

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Hello everyone:
I have a 2022 Ram 3500 Longhorn Limited DRW with the alloy rims. I use this truck to tow a 43 ft fifth wheel. I damaged one the other day on an object to the point that the tire flattened (obvious in photo!). I went to a wheel shop and was told that the process by which they would return the wheel to round (heating, stretching on some machine) would likely break the wheel and ruin it. So I suppose I have two questions for those on here that are more knowledgeable than I am:
1) In the interest of safety, are rims sold online that say they meet OEM specs ($$) trustworthy enough to function as designed under such heavy loads as my RV, or should I go to the dealer to get a replacement ($$$$)?
2) If I got the wheel shop to attempt to round the damaged wheel back out without it breaking, would you trust it to function like it was when new under such weight?

Thanks for your input.
 

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Nope. Thats done. Would not trust that.
I have bought wheels from Wheels Of America before. They were refurbished but perfectly done. Heard some bad reviews though as well.
I don’t think you’d have a problem trusting one of their wheels. Doubt if ANY company would fix and sell one like yours!
Quite reasonable prices. Look them up……
 
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I will- thank you. Cheers
 

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Therea got to be one floating around a junkyard somewhere, but that one you got there is wall art
 

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I just checked Ebay and there are quite a few available for $300- $400. I bought rims on Ebay several times and never had a problem with any of them.
 
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thanks for the feedback!
 
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