My little brother was helping me clean my car and when I came out he had scrube the rims with an sos pad - The rims are the stocked one... He had scratched the drivers side 2 up pretty well...

Is there any way to get those scratches out? How much will 2 stock rims cost?

 

They are just rims dont kill your brother.. Use mother aluminum polisher see if it takes away the scratches. Go on ebay see if you can find some stock ones. Go to the for sale section of this website post that you need a set of stock rims. Either way s h i t happens and they were bound to get scratches on them anyway.

 

The rims have a clear coat just like your paint has.
Compound the sctarches out and then polish them up nice.

You might have to wet sand with 2000 or 3000 to get some heavy scratches out before you compound.

 

they are pretty bad scratches - I mean they are very noticeable...

How do I compound the scratches outs?

 

Buy some heavy cut compound and rub like he11.

 

My car is a 95 SE, are the SE's the same rims as the rest of the 95's?

Also it may seem as im an idiot but if I got the hardware store just ask for compound??

 

97 98 99 se wheels are the same im sure they are the same 4th gen wheels for all. Ever hear of pepboys, autozone, hardware store , auto parts store ect... they all supply compound just go there and ask.....

 

IS compound only for rims? or can be used on cars paint?

 

Also if the scratches or noticaeble but running your fingernail over them cannot be felt, wahts the chances of compound taking it out?

 

Oh he just took the paint off. You could repaint them.

 

Any one know the chance of the compound taking the scratches of the rims?

Will probably go buy some tommorow... dont really feel like buying new rims as I dont have the money

Thanks

 

use the SOS pad on all the other rims and then they'll match.

You could try to use rubbing compound. Get a bottle of 3M coarse rubbing compound and a bottle of 3M fine rubbing compound.

If you have access to a buffer (not an orbital buffer but one that spins fast) it might be better.

First use the coarse rubbing compound and lightly rub the wheels. let the compound do the work. Once its semi smooth, use the fine rubbing compound. Then you can either apply a good wax or polish, or you can take some paint thinner, clean the rim, and spray clear coat over it.

I would just pay $100 and get the rim refinished. but that's me.

 

95/96 SE rims are polished with clear coat. Do as all have said and get some rubbing compound and get to work.

 

Used Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound and rubbed with a cloth and while it took some of it away its still notcieable... Not as noticeable, but noticeable...

PAREDLINE - get the rim refinished? How and where? and will it make the rim look new again? Also is it a 100 a rim>?

 

Your brother scratched your Max!!!! Kick his ****!! Teach the b*****d a lesson !! j/k Give him a sponge next time where he can't harm anything....

 

lol--
How can I get my rims refinished>?

And if I do what exactly do they do? All the scratches will be removed?