My Work SC1 wheels were damaged in an accident a few months back. I finally got around to repairing them.

I spent less than 2 hours fixing this wheel. This wheel was mounted on the rear driver-side of the Lexus (as pictured). I am happy with the results of the repair.

Here are the pictures from the accident; that shows how the wheel was affected from the accident.






Here is the damage from the accident.










I spent less than 5 minutes with my angle grinder (w/ 60 grit sanding disc) to remove the metal shards from the damaged portions of the wheel.











I had my friend TIG weld some aluminum to the damaged portions of the wheel.

Welds (before grinding them smooth):

 

Welds (after grinding them smooth):








After 60 grit angle grinder leveling:



120 grit (dry):


320 grit:


400 grit:


600 grit:


800 grit:


1000 grit:


2000 grit:


Mother's polish:

 

Results:





Thanks for looking!

 

thats alot of work...EXCELLENT WORK THO!!!!!!

 

Haha thanks man! Each step took less than 10 minutes though. Just a lot of elbow grease!

 

great work better than buying another wheel

 

Awesome work! Looks perfect.

 

looks good! seems as if the damage was never there

btw saw you on expressway the other day, ride looks good

 

This thread will come in handy in the near future

 

Great work!

 

Well done! Looks just as good as the work I paid quite a bit to have done on my Racing Harts.

 

thanks for the write up..getting ready to try this on the se-r wheels I just orderd...ill post some pics of before and after...when I get it done.

 

great repair ... your friend's good weld bead made the repair a lot easier.

 

Wow... Amazing work. Wheel looks awesome afterwards.

 

That is IMPRESSIVE! I was thinking that this would be another 'fill scratches with JB Weld and paint', but this is a great solution for a lot of the wheel lips I have.

BTW: Schwerts are one of my favorite wheels ever.

 

I know this is an old post but Great Job!! Just wondering though, I have some road rashed wheels too and wondering if after polishing you would need to apply some wheel clear coat or would reapplying metal wheel polisher continue to work??

 

Jeeez Mannn.!just seeing this...thats just wonderful right there. I'll have my rims shipped out asap. !

 

Thanks for sharing this

 

Billet is the absolute best metal polish i have ever used in my life...I used it a few years back after sanding and polishing the frame on my streetbike and everyone thought i had it dipped.

 

Great question...I too need to refinish a couple rashes and my clear coat is actually peeling slightly so I wonder what's the best thing. Did you end up trying anything yet?

 

Great work, awesome write up.

 

Very nice! You cannot even tell there was any damage.

 

good as new, awesome