2015 Honda Accord Rim Repair

[Matt92]

I need some advice on what you guys think would be the best course of action for trying to repair my rims. I curbed them on my way out of the parking garage at work. I feel like an idiot! I've driven out of there hundreds of times, but for some reason today I wasn't paying attention and took the turn for granted. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

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[GSKR]

Buy a new one if you can.

[TRDTACO]

Rim doctor!

[GSKR]

Sure you can Doctor up a wheel from a parking lot job.But in all these years working with other tradesmen such as leather and dent guy and wheel repair,I've never seen a wheel repair worthy enough of high satisfaction repair.one wash with apc and that repair will come right back.There was a gentlemen last week who had 4 Audi wheels repaired,and he went to wash the car and all of the top coat came off.maybe 400 for new wheel or 250 for a inferior repair.

[Calendyr]

Did you want to do it yourself or did you want to hire someone to do it?

If you were gonna hire someone, I would look into buying new ones instead. Unless you are racing, you can buy really nice after market rims now for very cheap. They are not as sturdy as high quality rims but for normal driving they do just fine. I purchased 2 sets since last year, one for my van and one for my car. Each rim cost me 110 CAN$ so installed you are looking at about 600 CAN$ for the 4 of them. In the US it is most likely much cheaper. The brand I purchased is RTX. I looked them up and found no bad reviews.

Otherwise, if you wanted to do the repair yourself, it is easy to do but it takes quite a while. The process involves taking all 4 wheels off the car, grinding the damage out with a dremel or sanding them out by hand with sandpaper (takes a lot more time) then sanding the whole rim, painting it and finally re-installing it. I would say you are looking at about 2-3 hours of work per wheel. The good side is that it will cost you about 50-100$ total in material to do instead of the 200$ per wheel a professional will charge you.

[Matt92]

Did you want to do it yourself or did you want to hire someone to do it?

If you were gonna hire someone, I would look into buying new ones instead. Unless you are racing, you can buy really nice after market rims now for very cheap. They are not as sturdy as high quality rims but for normal driving they do just fine. I purchased 2 sets since last year, one for my van and one for my car. Each rim cost me 110 CAN$ so installed you are looking at about 600 CAN$ for the 4 of them. In the US it is most likely much cheaper. The brand I purchased is RTX. I looked them up and found no bad reviews.

Otherwise, if you wanted to do the repair yourself, it is easy to do but it takes quite a while. The process involves taking all 4 wheels off the car, grinding the damage out with a dremel or sanding them out by hand with sandpaper (takes a lot more time) then sanding the whole rim, painting it and finally re-installing it. I would say you are looking at about 2-3 hours of work per wheel. The good side is that it will cost you about 50-100$ total in material to do instead of the 200$ per wheel a professional will charge you.

I was hoping to do it myself. I'm pretty skilled when it comes to carpentry and welding and what not. I just settled on a house, so money is kind of tight right now. I don't mind if the area doesn't match 100%. I mostly just want to sand/grind down the area so it's smooth and get rid of the uneven color. I'm going to check and see if Honda has any touch up paint for rims, but I doubt it. Luckily it seems that most of the damage happened at the edge of the rim where it's a constant silver. As opposed to inside the bevels of the rim where it's a speckled metallic finish. Anyone have any tips for the process of doing it myself? I really appreciate it!

[VeloNYC]

I have the same problem living in the city where the curbs high, uneven, chopped you name it. I have right now a few mm nicks on my new car rim. I called up to very reputable repairer they quoted me $110 for stock alloy rim and they dont care what damage is since they have to refinish a whole rim. So calculation buying tools is about $40 and I would rather go to professionals who gives a warranty on repair, but for now I left it as it is.

[Jaretr1]

BTW, nice car. Ive got the same one! Ive done it myself trying to get to close to the curb to prevent dings...I personally just accepted it and left it be. Its really not noticable in the large scheme of the appearance of the car. Mine was worse than yours as well. I keep my rims clean and shiny so that detracts from the damage.

[SYMAWD]

AWRS Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists

[Calendyr]

I was hoping to do it myself. I'm pretty skilled when it comes to carpentry and welding and what not. I just settled on a house, so money is kind of tight right now. I don't mind if the area doesn't match 100%. I mostly just want to sand/grind down the area so it's smooth and get rid of the uneven color. I'm going to check and see if Honda has any touch up paint for rims, but I doubt it. Luckily it seems that most of the damage happened at the edge of the rim where it's a constant silver. As opposed to inside the bevels of the rim where it's a speckled metallic finish. Anyone have any tips for the process of doing it myself? I really appreciate it!

This video is well made and explains the process:



https://youtu.be/8W9jn90VEAY

Enjoy!