today i was parking my car outside of work, and rubbed the side of the rim against the curb a lil bit. its about 2 inches, on the outer lip of the rim. anything i can do?? sand it down? or is there a place that would fix it?

ill take pix if needed and post them.

Thanks
Alex

 

I know that down here, we have a guy named Todd. His companies' name is Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists. They do repairs on Alloy wheels, but it depends on the severity of the damage, and the finish of the wheel. We use him a lot for insurance claim work with OEM wheels, but he also does aftermarket. He typically charges about $100. He quoted me $50 for a small 1" gouge on my G35's. ( Personal price! ) and that was for a "spot repair." For the repair and full refinish of the wheel, it would have been $150. Not bad, as compared to buying a new wheel. Your wheel looks like a Hyper black finish, just like my G's, so I'm pretty sure there must be somebody up there that can do it for you. Good luck!

 

Call or go to your local Discount Tire, etc... and ask them where they send rims for repair.

 

http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/w...uff-repair.htm

 

the thingis that the part with the scuff is chrome.
Im ganna try what Triple8Sol said,and try a wheel shop

 

I suggest sanding them it down and polishing it again with Mother's wheel polish. My friend bought these 3 piece Racing Hart C5s for 75 bucks. All the wheels were in terrible condition, just like the one in the picture. I used 150 grit, then 400 grit, then 2000 grit. After that, I just polished it with the Mother's polish. It took about 2 hours to do all 4 wheels.

 

Here is a scratch on my SSR's that I fixed with the same method:

 

wow thats great, so i just polish it down? is there anyhting too look out for, or be carefull with, i havnt done this before.

Thanx

 

WoW thats a great job!!

 

Yes, sir. Just sand it down and polish. It should look good as new.

 

Great thanx alot.

so i start out with 150 than 400, than 2000 grit. but how long do i sand it down with each one for?

 

With the 150, you will go all the way down until all the marks/scratches are gone. This is the most important grit to remove the scratches because its the roughest. The wheel will be still rough, but the scratches will be gone. Then you will need to apply water to either the sanding area, or the sandpaper or both for the 400 and 2000. Apply water, sand it until smooth and wipe off. Repeat if needed. Then just apply the polish a couple times and it will be good and shiny again.

 

ok thanx alot, ill try to do this soon, and post how it turns out

 

ok i did it, Came out perfectly!!! thanx alot guys The Org comes through again, i couldnt have done it with out your inputs.

 

Do you have any before/after pictures?

 

So you did it yourself? Good work! Let's see some before/after pics...

 

i forgot to take before pics but ill post after pics when i go home this weekend.

took me about 20 min, and i added 4 coats of polish.

 

excellent job whazzzzuup

 

The part you fixed is not chrome, just polished which helped you out HUGE this time. If it was chrome, repolishing the area would not have looked good. Nice wheels by the way

 

For your viewing pleasure, here is a set I did 2 weeks ago:
Before:


After:

 

Looks good as new

 

Nice tire selection...

 

I know I'm late on this post, but Don't do it again!

 

Good work whazzzzuup! Did you dismount the tires when you fixed the damage?

 

No, I didn't dismount any of the tires. The Racing Hart C5's didn't have tires on them in the first place. I actually left my SSR wheel/tire on the car when I fixed the scratch. I was lazy to take it off.

 

ohhhh ive learned my lesson

 

are you guys hand polishing or using a dremel tool or something?

 

hi there... were these wheels clear coated before you fixed them? if so, how did you remove all the clear coat, and did you re clear coat them when you were done? i have a set of wheels are in about the same shape, but they are gunmetal with a polished lip.

 

Yes, they had clearcoat on them, which was chipping off. I removed it by sanding it off, along with the scratches. I did not reclear them (honestly, I don't think you need to).

 

cool, thanks!

 

Nice van. Very resourceful!

 

I went to Home Depot and the highest grit they had was 600.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Mark
2003 350z
2001 Pathfinder
1996 I30

 

Automotive section at Wal-Mart

 

Hopefully the 1500 grit will do the trick!

Mark

 

i got stock rims 96 gle, can i just do it while its on the car...or will sand a big agitate the tire?

 

I did my SSR wheels when they were still on the car. Just try to avoid the tire and you should be fine. If you touch the sandpaper on the electric sander to the tire accidently, just make sure that you don't hold it there for too long. It shouldn't be any problem.

 

can i sand it by hand or do i need electric sander?

 

You can definitely sand by hand, which is safer for the tire but is much slower to yield the same results.

 

ok im gonna do it...

now one more question...thats the curb rash...on the rim(lots of solid metalthe stock ones) theres this scratch or something that seems like it peeled off something from the rim...any idea wat the hell that is? does our rims have something like that...or is that the clear coat?

 

It sounds like the clearcoat is coming off.