Curbed Rim, Best Option?

[ghostnote]

Question: what's the paint color code to match these wheels? I have a nick I want to take care of.

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[B.Corso]

Check to see if there is someone in your area who specializes in wheel repair. I lightly scratched one of my Advan AVS Model F7's. It was only $75 to have fixed and was perfect.

 

[bmatt]

Yea I have a guy that can do it, have some friends that have a body shop and a guy that does their stuff. Price seems like it should be reasonable there if I go that route.

On a side note, I thought I'd send out a junk yard dog request just to see what the junk yards may have. A guy calls me and just starts going on about new cars and that it isn't going to be cheap, no price just prepping me for a high price. Of course, I've already priced it new so I know what it was. After he finishes I tell him I know what the new cost is, I'm just checking around. Then he's telling me everyone says they can get them that cheap and theres no way I can get it cheaper than he can get it for me... All the while he has no clue what it costs from him or what rim it is exactly.

 

[Need4SpeedMotors]

Thats a good number on that wheel man,

It can be fixed, sand paper some elbow grease and your ganna want some spray gloss black and clear.

 

[martin]

There is no Ford black wheel touch up paint that I could find under Ford Accessories. I have used black nail polish. For minor scuffs it seems to cover the blemish

 

[Need4SpeedMotors]

^^^ This, except use the old rim to hang air line, or in the case below, MIG welder extension cord.

This is a smart Idea and I like it.

 

[tom_sprecher]

This is a smart Idea and I like it.

Just drill a hole at 12:00 and 6:00 where the bead sits and shoot it into a stud using deck screws.

The Tecnomagnesio rim was found in a trash can during the SCCA winter nationals at Sebring back in '07. Like the name of the company, it is made of magnesium and is incredibly light.

 

[LETHAL]

It happens. I did it right after I got my Velgens. It was really due to laziness. I could have backed up a little but instead was like screw it I'm fine... not realizing that I do have wheels that extend out. I just took a black sharpy and covered it up. I will eventually sand it back down and hit it with some paint. You can't even tell into you're less than a foot away.

You could take some 300 grit and 600 grit sandpaper and smooth that out and try to find a high gloss black paint to touch it up. Just mask off all the wheel that isn't damage minus a tab bit to blend into. Stuff index cards around the lip/tire to block it from getting hit with paint.

Feeling that pain!

Scraped my right rear Verde Axis 20x10.5 two days ago. Wheels are two weeks old. Rode the lip on a two foot tall bank ATM curb and broke off the tip of two of the spokes. I was sick to my stomach.

OP..Yeah, just find a replacement. I touched mine up as best I could but we all know we are nuts about our Stangs and half ass wont cut it.

 

[RIBS]

Check to see if there is someone in your area who specializes in wheel repair. I lightly scratched one of my Advan AVS Model F7's. It was only $75 to have fixed and was perfect.

This... I had mine repaired for $60!

 

[lisandra]

the repairing it yourself rout might seem daunting but its surprisingly easy and you have to be superman to tell. I actually repaired mine with one of those touch up pen things. wet sanded it with 2000 paper, and went at it with universal gloss black pen. if youre a foot away from it maaaayybe you can tell

 

[lisandra]

but if it were the aftermarket wheels im rockin now id pay definitely

 

[Cascadia_302]

This is a smart Idea and I like it.

Yep, that always present reminder of....:doh:

 

[EJS2016]

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