Anyone had this done/know much about it? My significantly better other half seems to have a strong gravitic attraction to curbs. We've discussed being much more cautious in future, but at present both front rims are pretty gnarly. Looking on eBay I see single OEM rims for under $300, but trying not to go that route.
Anyone had this done/know much about it? My significantly better other half seems to have a strong gravitic attraction to curbs. We've discussed being much more cautious in future, but at present both front rims are pretty gnarly. Looking on eBay I see single OEM rims for under $300, but trying not to go that route.
In my area (Long Island NY) repairing wheels is a pretty common service. I have personally done it twice to fix curb rash. The service can be done for more severe damage like bent or cracked wheels as well. The cost was way below a brand new wheel. the result was flawless. Level of quality depends on the repair shop competency however.
Anyone had this done/know much about it? My significantly better other half seems to have a strong gravitic attraction to curbs. We've discussed being much more cautious in future, but at present both front rims are pretty gnarly. Looking on eBay I see single OEM rims for under $300, but trying not to go that route.
I absolutely relate! And my wife has only been behind the wheel of my Stinger three times in over a year. So I'm pretty safe from that standpoint. However, I am the self-styled "King" of curb rashers. I don't need any "help" from my wife!
I used three grits of sandpaper on each occasion that I rashed my front rims (never touched the back rims even once). A really heavy grit (not marked on the paper, but a lot heavier than 200 grit) first, to knock down all the raised metal and remove the deeper gouges. Then 200 grit to smooth everything out. And finished up with 2000 wet, using lots of water (soaking it for c. ten minutes beforehand is very useful in keeping everything wetted down). The result is a polished bare metal that looks good from five to six feet away. I lived with it.
I lived with it, until both left rims got rashed all the way around in a car wash tunnel back in February. That was the final straw. There was no way I am going to sand down an entire rim. It was too much. So I got my OE GT rims powder coated gloss black and relegated them to winter driving. I have the rim in my avatar for fair seasons driving on summer tires.
My reasoning for going gloss black (or matt black, for that matter) is that any rash or road debris damage will be super easy to mask with a Sharpie or other large permanent ink black marker. Then, when you get a bit more time, correct the damage with dedicated touchup paint. So far, I haven't had to use either the gloss or matt black touchup kits that I keep on hand ever since going with black rims.
If my "black" solution does not appeal, then you are reduced to the sandpaper method, until the job gets to be too big (from the sound of things, that might already be the case). In which case you are going to have to get the damage repaired by restoring the rims. A local shop (Wheel Werks, where I got my "summer" rims; and powder coating done on the OE GT rims) starts at $125 per wheel and it goes up from there to c. $500. A friend of mine had a Ferrari rim with some pretty serious bent damage and they fixed it for $500; which saved him $2,500! (yes, you see that right; $3,000 per wheel for a new replacement)
Anyone had this done/know much about it? My significantly better other half seems to have a strong gravitic attraction to curbs. We've discussed being much more cautious in future, but at present both front rims are pretty gnarly. Looking on eBay I see single OEM rims for under $300, but trying not to go that route.
Our machined rims are a bit more involved vs painted alloys but yes they can be fixed virtually back to new , costs are usually $100 -250 per corner depending on severity of damage
