Curbed a wheel

[Jeff120]

My wonderful wife curbed her wheel. Put a few nice deep scratches in the metal. Outside of sanding and getting the wheel painted is there any way I can fix it.

[Mike Phillips]

Pictures?


:)

[SeaJay's]

If it's deep enough to go through the paint I'd say your going to have to have them sanded down and repainted. Pics would help us assess the damage.

[rfinkle2]

I hope that you can fix it to your liking, but if not, the dealership's pricing on factory wheels borders on the ridiculous.

If it were me, depending on your relationship with the car (i.e. how long you are planning to keep the car etc.) I would look into a refurbished wheel.

You can always keep the damaged wheel as a full size spare (if you get an additional tire).

[pfix]

There are a lot of places that repair this type of damage now. My wife did the same thing and we took the car by our body shop and they called someone to come out and repair the wheel. $99 and 1 day later and it looks brand new.

[Jeff120]

Here are some photos of the damage. Let me know what options I have.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/bigstick120/Detailing/36_Optimum_Mar_11_Dev.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/bigstick120/Detailing/35_Optimum_Mar_11_Dev.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/bigstick120/Detailing/34_Optimum_Mar_11_Dev.jpg

[Kristopher1129]

I would just use filler to fill the scratches. Sand, primer, and paint. That should be an easy fix. :xyxthumbs:

[Jeff120]

Any other input on how to fix this?

[ScottB]

often times you can find one on Ebay or local U-Pik-It lots if you decide to replace.

[Kristopher1129]

Any other input on how to fix this?

There's really no other way to fix it. You could just go through one of those companies that refurbish rims. They'll take your damaged one, repair it and resell it. You'll get an already refurbished rim. I know of one company near me called Keystone that does this regularly. Don't know if they're strictly local though.

[serenity]

There are some mobile wheel repair guys that go to your house and paint them in their truck. Check out your local area businesses.