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    2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    So earlier in the week I had a 2010 GTR in for a minor correction and clean up nothing special here it was a well taken care of non tracked GT-R Pearl white. It had curb rash on one of the wheels, My normal wheel guy wouldn`t touch it because of the color sooooo since this was the major concern when the customer brought it in and 4 other wheel shops and guys told me no also I decided I`ll take a crack at it. I have a firm policy of no expermenting on cars unless their 100k+ that keeps the stakes high so I bring my "A" game.



    This is after my first attempt of using aluminum filler, Its very simaliar to bondo so this was the easy part. Sanded it primed it ready to paint. I had no paint code for this color and Cali tree huggers banned solvent based paint so I had to make this paint with mixxing water based stuff(took 6 trys befor I got the color right)

    I win!!! My prize? Not having to buy this guy a new rim!!! HANDLED!






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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Nice work Joe!! better than my wheel guy for sure

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by overtimedetail View Post
    Nice work Joe!! better than my wheel guy for sure
    Thank you Frankie! I was so happy this came out right. I litterally was terrified at disappointing the customer. He`s such a cool guy.

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Fantastic work!!


    Quote Originally Posted by Jsmooth View Post
    I have a firm policy of no expermenting on cars unless their 100k+....

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Great work and the photos tell the tale....


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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by mjlinane View Post
    Fantastic work!!




    Thanks Mike. Yeah I`m one of these days its gonna back fire on me but so far I`ve been fine! First car I ever wet sanded was an SL65 that was a year old, First car I ever sprayed a bumper on was f430, First car I ever put a Passport(you have to pull bumpers, fenders, wire it into the CPU of the car) Was a brand new turbo porsche lol
    Quote Originally Posted by BobbyG View Post
    Great work and the photos tell the tale....
    Thank you Bobby!

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.

    I follow the same rules of experimentation!


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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Amazing work !!!!
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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by Todd Helme View Post
    Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.

    I follow the same rules of experimentation!
    doh that was the only one I had of finished wheel, I did so good even I couldn`t see where it was lol. And great rule to have lol
    Quote Originally Posted by Pats300zx View Post
    Amazing work !!!!
    Thank you

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Great job on the wheel Joe. Did you end up clearing the whole wheel?


    Quote Originally Posted by Todd Helme View Post
    Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.
    No getting small details past guys on a detail forum!! Todd how did your wheel repair go???? Did I miss the update?

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    wow joe, that turned out really decent !

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by rzatch View Post
    Great job on the wheel Joe. Did you end up clearing the whole wheel?




    No getting small details past guys on a detail forum!! Todd how did your wheel repair go???? Did I miss the update?
    Yeah I cleared the whole whole but only blended the color on either side of the dmg and yeah leave it to todd to point out my mistake on the pic lol
    Quote Originally Posted by tropicsteve View Post
    wow joe, that turned out really decent !
    Thanks steve!

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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Great save there on the rim for your customer Joe, oh the car looks sweet also.
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    Re: 2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by zoomzoom mazda5 View Post
    Great save there on the rim for your customer Joe, oh the car looks sweet also.
    Thanks! I was just happy it worked out lol.

 

 

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