Scraped wheel / Curb rash

[Jeffsmith]

The wife scraped the back wheel today. Anyone with experience / suggestions on whether can be fixed? I looked quickly online and I think a new wheel is like $450 a pop.

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[NJMike]

that looks fixable. had similar before

 

[ay1820]

I've seen worse get fixed ... that should be repairable.

 

[pilotgore]

The wife scraped the back wheel today. Anyone with experience / suggestions on whether can be fixed? I looked quickly online and I think a new wheel is like $450 a pop.

Totally fixable. In my area that’d probably be $140. Otherwise you can take a rounded file to the high spots, wipe off with alcohol and a rag, then paint with gloss black. Total cost of $10 and it’ll look good enough.

 

[460Fred]

You can use above advise or you can do it right.
I just retired from Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists as a Franchisee.
Give them or another pro you can trust a call to get it done right.

 

[pilotgore]

The wife scraped the back wheel today. Anyone with experience / suggestions on whether can be fixed? I looked quickly online and I think a new wheel is like $450 a pop.

Actually, the better questions should be, will your wife be driving the car more and is she likely a repeat offender?

 

[Dave2013M3]

You may not like my response. Forget about the mobile wheel repair. The repair will look good for only a few weeks. My experience is with a hyper silver wheel not black, as I detest black wheels. Its just the paint they use attracts brake dust and debris and will collect there.

I would remove the wheel and take it to a proper wheel repair/refinish facility. The repair won't be cheap it will be around $225-$250.00. Still half the price of a replacement wheel that has already been refinished.

Here Tasca has it on sale.

 

[Dave2013M3]

You can use above advise or you can do it right.
I just retired from Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists as a Franchisee.
Give them or another pro you can trust a call to get it done right.

Agree, do it right...pay once cry once.

 

[PC_GUARD]

Actually, the better questions should be, will your wife be driving the car more and is she likely a repeat offender?

I was going to type the same joke lol

 

[Inthehighdesert]

I’ll bite, how do you know what any particular mobil repair or shop uses for material? That’s specific to who is doing the repair not if its a mobile facility or not. Completely agree on doing it correct but that’s more who’s doing the work.

You may not like my response. Forget about the mobile wheel repair. The repair will look good for only a few weeks. My experience is with a hyper silver wheel not black, as I detest black wheels. Its just the paint they use attracts brake dust and debris and will collect there.

I would remove the wheel and take it to a proper wheel repair/refinish facility. The repair won't be cheap it will be around $225-$250.00. Still half the price of a replacement wheel that has already been refinished.

Here Tasca has it on sale.

 

[Dave2013M3]

I’ll bite, how do you know what any particular mobil repair or shop uses for material? That’s specific to who is doing the repair not if its a mobile facility or not. Completely agree on doing it correct but that’s more who’s doing the work.

That is a good question, I can only respond in my own experiences. I have yet to have a satisfactory experience using mobile wheel repair. I have tried 3 different ones, all with a hyper-silver wheel with not very good results. I have to admit the last time I used one was for a lease return, so I didn't care about the longevity of the repair.

So in answer, I don' t know...how do you know? I asked them they all said the same thing...no worries, the fix will be like new and it wasn't.

A actual wheel refinish facility strips the wheel down and completely resurfaces the wheel, not so with a mobile repair.

 

[Dave2013M3]

You can use above advise or you can do it right.
I just retired from Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists as a Franchisee.
Give them or another pro you can trust a call to get it done right.

Which one, I used the one in Orange County and they did a great job.

The one I used for a BMW M3 wheel.

 

[460Fred]

100% agree with who’s doing the repair makes all the difference. My business was mobile and remanufacturing facility repairs.
We have a lifetime warranty on the finish regardless if it’s mobile or reman.
Black in a mobile workshop is not easy, any good painter will tell you that. Look at the gloss/orange peel on factory black wheels. Look closely. Unless they are powder (most aren’t) you get orange peel due to over/under spray. I’ve worked with master painters that don’t want to mess with it. To many nooks and crannies. Not to mention most paint shops are not set up for it so they sub out to someone like me.
In 15 years of business I’ve had exactly one wheel come back to me under the lifetime warranty….I wasn’t the one who did the repair, it was a reman wheel bought from a competitor, the original wheel was destroyed. It was a Camaro hyper silver that was a replacement. Our reman shop stripped it and refinished it correctly.
Do your homework on who your going to use. We did many a repair of black gloss and never had an issue. What is needed here is a no brainer if you know what your doing.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

I kind of figured that’s what happened. I’ve never understood cheaping out on topcoat materials. The quality and useability far makes up for the cost difference. In your case the lack of quality, will coat the business far more in future sales and referrels then what they saved on material cost. Its pretty shortsighted.

That is a good question, I can only respond in my own experiences. I have yet to have a satisfactory experience using mobile wheel repair. I have tried 3 different ones, all with a hyper-silver wheel with not very good results. I have to admit the last time I used one was for a lease return, so I didn't care about the longevity of the repair.

So in answer, I don' t know...how do you know? I asked them they all said the same thing...no worries, the fix will be like new and it wasn't.

A actual wheel refinish facility strips the wheel down and completely resurfaces the wheel, not so with a mobile repair.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

You touched on something. I was an Icar instructor(paint)at one time, the one thing that really started coming out as time went on is the quality of paint techs. Most were competent with panel repairs and partials, few could do a complete respray and it look like it should. I attribute most of that to most going in to the collision repair side as opposed to the custom side. It’s really cool to watch a tech that knows what there doing do a job. It looks effortless.

100% agree with who’s doing the repair makes all the difference. My business was mobile and remanufacturing facility repairs.
We have a lifetime warranty on the finish regardless if it’s mobile or reman.
Black in a mobile workshop is not easy, any good painter will tell you that. Look at the gloss/orange peel on factory black wheels. Look closely. Unless they are powder (most aren’t) you get orange peel due to over/under spray. I’ve worked with master painters that don’t want to mess with it. To many nooks and crannies. Not to mention most paint shops are not set up for it so they sub out to someone like me.
In 15 years of business I’ve had exactly one wheel come back to me under the lifetime warranty….I wasn’t the one who did the repair, it was a reman wheel bought from a competitor, the original wheel was destroyed. It was a Camaro hyper silver that was a replacement. Our reman shop stripped it and refinished it correctly.
Do your homework on who your going to use. We did many a repair of black gloss and never had an issue. What is needed here is a no brainer if you know what your doing.

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