Has anyone fixed their wheel
I made a huge mistake and diagonally backed into a curb and scratched the wheel pretty bad
Has anyone tried to fix something like that it's mostly the machined aluminum that has the scratch
It's looks like its aluminum that been clear coated
I'll post a picture of what I did if need be

Michaelsfiat said:

Has anyone fixed their wheel
I made a huge mistake and diagonally backed into a curb and scratched the wheel pretty bad
Has anyone tried to fix something like that it's mostly the machined aluminum that has the scratch
It's looks like its aluminum that been clear coated
I'll post a picture of what I did if need be

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Hi
It depends on how bad it is I kerbed one of my alloy wheels and managed to repair it using a kit from eBay but it wasn't to deep and the colour match was good. However I suppose it is how handy you are at sanding an filling etc. I think you will find a host of companies will do this for you at a reasonable cost on Google some even coming to your home.
Best of luck
Ian

You can't DIY a machined wheel finish. If the scratches are deep enough, replacement, or refurbishing all four wheels to another finish, are the only options.

For light scratches, you'll need a pro who can re machine the damaged wheel.

I'm pretty good at sanding and filing etc but I don't know about this one
I was always fixing the curb rash on my wife's 2009 Miata but they were painted alloys
This is my wife's car and she's knows that I make big deal out of curbed rims
Lo and Behold I am the that curbs a wheel!!
:bang::bang:

its seems to in the aluminum if the scratches aren't too deep I could sand and buff it out
I had painted and machined rims on a Hyundai Accent that I had but the machined part had little grooves in them I fixed it but you see where the metal was smooth and it had no grooves or lines in them
On my truck I have chrome wheels but in hindsight I rather have all aluminum cause you can buff them out
Right as we speak the chrome wheels got pits in them go figure and I am always polishing them!

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I don't like them, but, rim protectors? Or tyres with in built rim protection? It's only a matter of time before it happens again even with the best of drivers, looks like it could be polished out.

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Diamond cut wheels are one of the hardest finishes to maintain or repair. Buffing it out may improve the appearance, but the damage will likely still be visible. As UFI says, remachining and relaquering is the only way to fix this properly,and even then only if done by someone who knows exactly what they are doing.

Now I have just tackled all 4 beautiful alloys on my car which were in a fearful state, from previous owners' carelessness I hasten to add.

Being low-budget DIY man, I looked at those repair kits that you can buy, but I ended up buying the components separately from Halfrauds. Tube of fine filler to fill the deepest holes, aerosol of silver paint (matched by eye), aerosol of lacquer, mixed packet of wet-and-dry; that lot cost a tiny bit less than the kits.

I set to work with the multi-tool electric sander. It uses those curved-edged three-sided pads which follow the edge of a wheel quite well. As the car is seven years old I was not aiming for perfection; just improvement. The kerbing was widespread but not horrifically deep - mostly what appeared like bad pitting and a few sharp grooves. First impressions of a bit of cautious sanding were good, so I cracked on. I did the top half of each wheel, then for ease of visibility I rolled the car forward half a wheel's revolution and did the other sides.

This sanding alone seemed to have accomplished a lot of what I wanted. I moved on the the wet-and-dry, using 400 grade then 800, with a bit of water and plenty of elbow grease. When I'd finished that process, stone me - suddenly I had wheels I could bear to look at - more than that, then looked vastly better, and at first glance they even looked like they were In Good Condition.

I'm not sure if they may need balancing as a result, but I doubt it since the amount I have taken off is minimal.

In the process I'd used up only an inch-wide strip from two sheets of the wet and dry. I decided it was too much of a faff to try and mask four rims with masking tape, so I ditched the spraying idea. The alloys - now mainly bare metal around the edge - looked OK, but after a little thought I painted them with silver Hammerite. This looks a touch lumpy close-up and may have been an error. The bare metal probably looked shinier and smoother, but the Hammerite will, I suspect, give it a little protection.

Now, hopefully I can get a refund on the lacquer (I opened the paint can to test it - dammit) and the filler, plus I forgot I already HAD wet-and-dry in the shed. So the whole exercise could potentially have cost nothing. And while my wheels are not going to win any concours, from three feet away they now look the part.

Can I see a photo of the completed wheels
I was thinking about painting all wheels to match on the fiat 500 sport after sanding them down and filling the curb rash
I have a Chevy S10 truck it has 17 Old School wheels (Discount Tire Brand/Voxx )in chrome and the chrome is pitted on 3 of them I as thinking of painting them too