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Posted: Today 3:51:01 PM EST
The other night, in a dark area I turned a little sharper than I should and put an ugly and fairly deep gouge in my left rear wheel on a curb. This is a cast alloy wheel, it is a glossy dark metallic grey 18" wheel. Didn't dent the rim, only gouged it, and it is holding air just fine.
What should I do? Should I try to find a wheel repair shop or go to a body shop, or try to find a used wheel? Or just try to dremel it smooth myself and attempt touch-up paint? (I am not a bodywork or paint guy) 2023 WRX Limited. |
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Posted: Today 3:52:03 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Emoto: The other night, in a dark area I turned a little sharper than I should and put an ugly and fairly deep gouge in my left rear wheel on a curb. This is a cast alloy wheel, it is a glossy dark metallic grey 18" wheel. Didn't dent the rim, only gouged it, and it is holding air just fine. What should I do? Should I try to find a wheel repair shop or go to a body shop, or try to find a used wheel? Or just try to dremel it smooth myself and attempt touch-up paint? (I am not a bodywork or paint guy) 2023 WRX Limited. Judging by the pics you should have your husband take it to a wheel repair service. |
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Posted: Today 4:00:16 PM EST
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Do nothing and keep on driving it, shit happens
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Posted: Today 4:06:40 PM EST
[Last Edit: doublecheez]
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Girlfriend curb rashed an aluminum wheel recently.
Discount Tire has a local outfit that specializes repair refinish. It was a little over $200. Remount rebalance and like new. |
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Posted: Today 4:11:41 PM EST
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Call a couple of car dealers, ask to talk to the used car manager. Find out who he uses for wheel repairs. Call more than one just to get a few options and if the same guy keeps getting named then that’s your guy.
Alternatively, fuck it, just keep on driving and don’t worry about it. Besides the only people that are going to notice are just other guys anyway. 
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Posted: Today 4:14:00 PM EST
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There are rim repair guys who can do this without even taking the wheel off
I got some curb rash on one of my wheels and the guy did such a good job, I can’t even tell where the damage was |
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Posted: Today 4:15:44 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Emoto: The other night, in a dark area I turned a little sharper than I should and put an ugly and fairly deep gouge in my left rear wheel on a curb. This is a cast alloy wheel, it is a glossy dark metallic grey 18" wheel. Didn't dent the rim, only gouged it, and it is holding air just fine. What should I do? Should I try to find a wheel repair shop or go to a body shop, or try to find a used wheel? Or just try to dremel it smooth myself and attempt touch-up paint? (I am not a bodywork or paint guy) 2023 WRX Limited. I've got a 21 Premium. I've scraped a couple of wheels. They're not terrible, I just decided to live with it. First time happened when I parked at an airport for a few days. I got back in super late and exhausted, forgot I had parked next to a curb that was hidden from my vision. Backed out and scraped a wheel. Second time I pulled off the road into a gas station to make a call. There was a gravel area that I pulled into. Apparently there was quite a height difference between the concrete and the gravel, scraped another. I decided I'd rather worry about other stuff instead of pristine wheels. |
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Posted: Today 4:26:58 PM EST
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Step 1. Sell that pansy ass car.
Step 2. Buy a truck. Not the mall crawler trucks with 22" wheels. The ones with 17" wheels and 37" tires Step 3. ??? Step 4. Never worry about your pansy ass rims again. |
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Posted: Today 4:43:10 PM EST
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If it is already painted just do proper prep and fill it with either filler (you can drill small holes and use wire or pins to make sure it stays) or jb weld and prime and repaint. If it were mine, I would remove tig it up and hand blend then paint it.
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Posted: Today 5:00:11 PM EST
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if it's not bent, use it as a full size spare. make sure sidewall is not damaged. if in doubt, have shop peel it off and look inside.
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Posted: Today 5:07:10 PM EST
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1: Get replacement wheel from eBay, Facebook, Craigslist, etc.
2: Get an alignment. 3: Used damaged wheel as full sized spare if there's room. |
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Posted: Today 5:11:47 PM EST
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Without more pics I say you are fine. You will know if it presents a problem and then fix it.
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Posted: Today 5:16:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 797hp: There are rim repair guys who can do this without even taking the wheel off I got some curb rash on one of my wheels and the guy did such a good job, I can’t even tell where the damage was Find the dealer or highly recommend wheel repair guy. Also might hit up an independent Subbie shop and see if they know of any takeoffs that match your wheels. |
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Posted: Today 5:22:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mad_mardigan: Do nothing and keep on driving it, shit happens After i finally scratched a new vehicle it was always a relief that i could drive that mother like i stole it. |
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Posted: Today 5:29:14 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Emoto: This is a cast alloy wheel Before we can help you, we need to know what kind of alloy. Bronze? Brass? Dymalloy? Chromoly? Inconel? |
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Posted: Today 5:31:20 PM EST
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Jb weld and some paint.
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Posted: Today 6:37:07 PM EST
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Looks ok to me
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Posted: Today 6:39:30 PM EST
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Wheel repair service. I did that a couple times when I had a BMW I treated like a baby.
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