Advice for repairing "curb rash" on Alloy wheels

[imported_The Uncle]

I know this has been discussed here before, but I couldn`t find anything with the search button.



I`ve accumulated some damage to my alloy wheels and would love to find some way to repolish them myself. I`ve looked into having it done by a shop, but that doesn`t work out a whole lot cheaper than just doing buying a new wheel! Anybody have any advice or comments?

[Bill D]

If I understand correctly it`s really not a DIY job. I think there are ads for places that provide repair services in the back of magazines like Car and Driver.

[imported_The Uncle]

I called around. The professional shops want about $125 per wheel to do it. I can get a nice set of after market wheels for about $150 each. If I can`t do something myself, it probably doesn`t pay to do it.

[Bill D]

Sounds like the aftermarkets are the way to go :up

[Thomas Dekany]

$125.00 is about right. however for the new wheels - don`t forget to add balancing and mounting costs.

[imported_The Uncle]

Yup. It just doens`t seem to pay when it is all said and done. I might as well wait until I swap out the tires, and then get new wheels.

[Kirill_Chicago]

check this out



http://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext43.shtml



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[imported_The Uncle]

Thanks. That is an interesting approach!

[svanderbilt]

I`ve been calling around to fix some ******* curb rash on my 18`s. $129-$155 are the quotes I`ve been getting. Any Sac-Towners or Bay Area people that have a lead on this, please PM me; thanks.

[oaevo8u]

I have curbed whells on all four sides(previous driver) and I called a place that said they would take the wheel down to bare metal fill in the gaps and powdercoat them a different color for just under a hundred dollars. It would be like having a whole new set of wheels with out all the extra cost.