Black Wheel Nicked...

[Mustang5ohMan]

So much for trying it keep it perfect and pristine, had a flat repair done and realized I got a very small very minor nick and chip...
Going to hit with a sharpie and hope for the best...

Why do these things bother us so much?

Like the old saying goes when you buy/pay for it yourself you definitely appreciate it more.

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[Dr. Norts]

What is a black well?

 

[Mustang5ohMan]

What is a black well?

wheel... typo... just how the morning is going.

 

[Dr. Norts]

wheel... typo... just how the morning is going.

Go by a local autobody supply shop and they should be able to shoot your rim and mix you up a thing if paint that's a perfect match.

 

[jlchoutex]

Go to a rim repair specialist and they will touch it up and blend it in and you will never know where the nick was. They can do wonders.

 

[Mustang5ohMan]

Go to a rim repair specialist and they will touch it up and blend it in and you will never know where the nick was. They can do wonders.

thx the nick is very small will try the sharpie option... good to know for the future.

 

[Dfeeds]

If it makes you feel better I did this myself. My old torque bar (this story is why it's my "old" torque bar) ran real close to the wheels. I literally went through the whole car without issue but on the last wheel... well, I was focused more on not hitting my fender and scraped a dime sized chunk of clear coat off. It came off frighteningly easily.

To be honest, though, I couldn't tell you where it is after the fact.

I've gotten a door ding (by a fckin camaro driver, no less, while I was in the car), a rock chip to the metal, and a couple of weird dents on the front bumper that looks like someone used a tiny punch. It really sucks but it's just part of it and you will get used to it. The Mustang is my first brand new car, for what it's worth.

 

[MRGTX]

...
Why do these things bother us so much?

I totally hear you on this and that's a damn good question...but now is your chance to find out how little that feeling matters in the grand scheme. Decades from now, do you think you'll tell people stories about your hot rod Mustang and add in "Cool car...had a chip on the wheel though." Probably not.

Use the Sharpie, touch it up a few months from now and move on with life...and just see how it feels. Worth a shot, no?

In my experience, the sooner we can learn to see chips and wear and tear as proof of a "car life well lived," the happier we will be.

My 1973 Dodge has original paint that has 47 years worth of chips, scratches, door dings, etc. I don't see it as damage. I looks clean in pictures but up close, the age of the car becomes clear. I know for a fact that I like it better this way than if it had a perfect paint job. I'll never change it unless it (god forbid) ever needs serious bodywork.

 

[dn1984]

just use some black automotive touch up paint

 

[Mustang5ohMan]

If it makes you feel better I did this myself. My old torque bar (this story is why it's my "old" torque bar) ran real close to the wheels. I literally went through the whole car without issue but on the last wheel... well, I was focused more on not hitting my fender and scraped a dime sized chunk of clear coat off. It came off frighteningly easily.

To be honest, though, I couldn't tell you where it is after the fact.

I've gotten a door ding (by a fckin camaro driver, no less, while I was in the car), a rock chip to the metal, and a couple of weird dents on the front bumper that looks like someone used a tiny punch. It really sucks but it's just part of it and you will get used to it. The Mustang is my first brand new car, for what it's worth.

this is my 4th new car... and TBH it’s nice but I’m realizing there is no perfect car not when you buy it and not later either... may go back used again because the engines are usually always good and the bodies are usually always flawed.
However I’m famous for a quote:

“Having a car you don’t drive, is like having a girlfriend you don’t touch...”

She’ll sure be nice and ready for the text guy...

(Typically reserve that for the garage queen guys who wash the car after every drive and only like to pull it out for an hour on Sunday...) that’s a problem I personally don’t want to have a d to me is a waste of money...

I’m drive this mustang and drive it hard and enjoy it and when I do hand it they’ll know she was thoroughly cared for but also know that “she” did have fun and we both would have had some rides if of our life lol...

I totally hear you on this and that's a damn good question...but now is your chance to find out how little that feeling matters in the grand scheme. Decades from now, do you think you'll tell people stories about your hot rod Mustang and add in "Cool car...had a chip on the wheel though." Probably not.

Use the Sharpie, touch it up a few months from now and move on with life...and just see how it feels. Worth a shot, no?

In my experience, the sooner we can learn to see chips and wear and tear as proof of a "car life well lived," the happier we will be.

My 1973 Dodge has original paint that has 47 years worth of chips, scratches, door dings, etc. I don't see it as damage. I looks clean in pictures but up close, the age of the car becomes clear. I know for a fact that I like it better this way than if it had a perfect paint job. I'll never change it unless it (god forbid) ever needs serious bodywork.

true, I know as soon as I fix one thing the another thing will happen... all my cars have been that way... I need to get over it.

just use some black automotive touch up paint

through my old black touch up paint away after having 3 black previous cars.

 

[Roger Blose]

Got to CVS and buy some black nail polish for the touch up. It will last just fine.

 

[Dr. Norts]

I totally hear you on this and that's a damn good question...but now is your chance to find out how little that feeling matters in the grand scheme. Decades from now, do you think you'll tell people stories about your hot rod Mustang and add in "Cool car...had a chip on the wheel though." Probably not.

Use the Sharpie, touch it up a few months from now and move on with life...and just see how it feels. Worth a shot, no?

In my experience, the sooner we can learn to see chips and wear and tear as proof of a "car life well lived," the happier we will be.

My 1973 Dodge has original paint that has 47 years worth of chips, scratches, door dings, etc. I don't see it as damage. I looks clean in pictures but up close, the age of the car becomes clear. I know for a fact that I like it better this way than if it had a perfect paint job. I'll never change it unless it (god forbid) ever needs serious bodywork.

The "most recent" chip / scratch / blemish is always the worst even if you have worse chips on the car. Once the next one comes you'll fixate on that. Best to just accept it's a car. If it was a GT350R and you nicked a carbon wheel then that's what I consider a problem.

 

[Rapid Red]

Got to CVS and buy some black nail polish for the touch up. It will last just fine.

Then have lunch with the girls......

 

[Cobra Jet]

 

[Elp_jc]

I actually bought a black paint pen, which is more permanent that a Sharpie... but it looks like a Sharpie too. Hope I never have to use it, but it's already there for the inevitable chips where I live.

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