Sooo we kinda f-ed up one of the SSR Professor SP4 wheels on Project V8 RX-7 pretty bad backing up into a curb a couple weeks ago.. With nothing to lose and no time to get it professionally repaired before LS Fest West last weekend we took a stab at fixing the curb rashed wheel ourselves!
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Absolutely great job!!! I’m going on my 50th year in the car biz. Started when I was 18 went on my own when I was 20. Painting panels,truck beds dyeing vinyl tops for car lots,interiors too. Then I was probly the first guy to paint a bumper on a car lot in ‘80 when Honda came out with a painted plastic bumper in the Accord. Weird how paint has changed over the years.When I started in ‘72 they were using lacquer and enamel. I remember the old Imron clear that started killing people. But man what an amazing clear. It was bullet proof and never needed to be waxed or polished ever. There’s Imron paint jobs out there that are still as glossy as they were 50 years ago. I started fixing rims about 30 years ago when a friend asked me to fix the rims on his Porsche. The rest is history. You did a really excellent job on a polished aluminum rim. I am very impressed. Most guys aren’t patient enough and guys that do it for a living have their short cuts because they have to get things done in a timely manner if they’re working for dealerships,but you really did an excellent job. You could have sprayed a little clear over it instead of polishing it for a longer lasting look,but really not necessary. Once again,I’m very impressed with your work ethic,your pride in your workmanship and your attention to detail. Take care and the more you do the better you’ll get at it Personally I think rims are a pain in the ass. Repairing the painted chrome ones is like matching a snowflake. But for some fun,check out Alsa and House of Color chrome paints. Spend some time on the Alsa site. They’ve got all kinds of cool stuff. I think you’ll like it. Sorry for flapping’ my lips and boring the hell out of you,but old guys do that sometimes. Take care,pal
Really enjoyed reading your comment, it's interesting to hear about the progression you've made and things you've experienced being a professional in the industry for 50 years! I want to fix up my own rims but kind of afraid, they are black also so will be a lot of work and not sure if my abilities will cut it. Hats off to you and others in your industry for making an art of such hard work!
very impressive. This requires a lot of patience and the right tools... GOOD VIDEO
Well done, Sir. I’ve had to sand a few curb rashes in the past. I didn’t have any tools at all, except sandpaper, water, towel and some elbow-grease. It takes patience, but you feel a whole lot better after.
I do wheel repair and use three different Sanders. Honestly you did better then other videos that I have watched. With the right tools this is easily a 20min job. No bondo needed either. But great job honestly
I got pretty bad curb rash on all rims on a car i bought. Figured i use the rim's for the winter tires. Can I screw up the wheels doing this? Like will it throw off the balancing of my wheels? I realize itll take a lot of time but I don't want to spend the money right now for a professional.
@@stuntman014 Not likely, because you're not taking that much metal off. You might throw the balance off ever so slightly, but I doubt it would be enough to be noticeable. I worked as an automotive technician for years and balanced 10s of thousands of wheels and it's surprising how much the balance of a wheel and tire can be off before it'll start to cause a noticeable vibration.
Funny that you dont have a video showing it done in 20 minutes.
@@adrenalinehigh2070 he's not wrong i also repair wheels for a living and that's easily a 20 min job, the job he did I can do in about 10 mins. 15 mins if I have to throw a little toner on it and clear it to protect it. I only use a right angle die grinder with a 3m pad, 220, 400, 1500 then sometimes 2000 grit. Little polish on a micro fiber towel and done
@@rgman2858 can I do this on aluminum chrome wheels?
Thank you for this DIY video. There are so many products out there it’s good to know that you can do this yourself with patience and a little elbow grease with sandpaper.
This is one of the best curb-rash-repair videos I've seen; most of them skip over the fine sanding and polishing, cutting straight to priming / painting.
I'm glad you're a regular guy who isn't a know it all - I watch these videos from different people and I'm confident in a start up business of rim restorations. Been a year long process - except I don't know how to charge someone but it'll be a learning process - thanks for sharing
I followed this video today in attempting to fix my bmw wheel that i accidentally damaged the other day, what a huge difference after the "repair job" was done. I thought I need to use bondo and stuff to get the result i want, but with the help of the video i was able to get it back into a much better shape with just sanding and polishing....great help from you man! I subscribed to your channel because of this video! thumbs up to you
Sigauer yep fixing my bmw m3 wheels this weekend too
I’ve been watching a couple of these types of videos to try and fix my curb rash and yours is the best so far, thanks for sharing! I’ll try it out tomorrow.
How'd it go?👀 i just curb rashed a pair of 5k+ rims😢
Raymond William No! I’m so sorry. 😂 They turned out really well! I wish I had done it sooner instead of living with curb rashes wheels...
Great job mate. The rim looks 1000% better. You'd have to look VERY close to see where it was damaged. Thanks for the vid.
Bought some wheels with curb rash just like this. Glad this was in my recommended! I really thought I had to take them to someone to refinish them.
Spot on mate just ran my Jag along a kerb gutted , you have shown me the way without fillers cheers greetings from the UK
Nice work, I need to fix 1 of my NT03's... thinking about tackling the job myself but I'd likely have to powder coat them too...
That turned out well. Thanks for posting!
Good process of experimenting and getting results. Some guys use a rasp to remove the hard ridges..you had the grinder that most of us don't. Hitting with 80, 400,1000 and higher to polish works well. Did my rim in and got it looking a whole lot better in 20 min with this process. Masking off is key, especially with glossy black inserts like the 18/19 accord 19" wheels! Thanks for your video..
Wow! Thank you for sharing! I too am looking for ways to fix my wheel and you method is on point!
Great job! Mine are black, so i just took the lazy way and used a sharpie oil based paint pen. I'll definitely have to do this eventually and get them repainted though.
no matter what you do. always some people will dislike blah blah. nothing wrong with diy at all. infact diy is how we have everything today including schools. had to start somewhere. your rim came out good.
I would be over the moon if I could do half the job that you did. Very impressed. 👍
Probably the best video I've seen for wheel repair 👍
"Easy" "DIY", love your guy's videos!
Great video
Thanks for the video dude! This helped return my wheels to as good as new! Now I don't have to worry about buyers/dealer trying to bargain with me based on wheel damage when I go to sell it!
that's awesome!
Great job man. Seriously, you inspire me to not do it for myself but to find someone who knows how to do this and make that investment. I’m not good with a sander. When you said you tend to over do it. That’s me all the way. I have a 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T with rims that look just like this. However, my rims are dipped in black. So the marks show ALOT
Awesome job I just nabbed up a set of mandrus 20s with a bit of curb rash but hey, it's nowhere as bad as yours were and your job came out great. I'm less intimidated and now I know my $100 investment for 4 20s wasn't a bad one considering only 2 have baby curb rash on the polished lip. Thanks for the info and tips!
You saved me HUNDREDS....Bought rims for my Tahoe (24s) with scratches for $500 because the guy thought curb rash was permanent. Followed your steps... they look brand new.
Really good video, probably the best I have seen for repairing ally wheel damage, Thanks!
your words are appreciated!
Very impressed with the outcome. Great video 👍🏼
Exactly what we all needed. Thank you so much!
Great video man! Thanks for the all advices. Wish someone can do a video on GTI mk7 wheels and curb rush repair on them! 👍
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GREAT FINISH !!!! Thanks for sharing ur skills
I am about to attempt mine, and honestly I think you did a damn good job buddy. I hope mine turns out to be nearly as good at least
Nicely done! Looks great. And nice ride! Just be carefully blowing metal dust around without a respirator. Wipe it then blow (with protection) 😉
You don't suck 😁 Thanks much for the great video. I was out with my mustang this afternoon and scraped my rim... Thanks to your techniques it looks great.
This video gave me hope. Thank you, sir.
I will be using some of these techniques when i get my wheels in this Friday. I just copped a used set of SSR GT02s. My very first set of wheels! #keepingitauthentic #fakepartsbreakhearts I don't have an air compressor, so using pneumatic tools isn't an option for me. Going to try to make use of my dremel, and flexible sanding block and sandpaper. Then wet sand, and polish.
Thanks for doing the video it’s much appreciated it’s better than some of them that go way to far in detail and make it look a lot more difficult than you did.
that's why we called it "easy diy" haha!
Just damaged my brand new Wheel... So unecessarily too! But thank you for this video as it relieved me of the "WHAT NEXT" stress I have been going through... Im going to do exactly this.
Good Job dude. Came out very nice considering the damage done lol..
That was a great video and you did an amazing job. Soon as I get the materials together I’m doing this! …maybe.
You did a wonderful job 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 I’m gone try that on mine
What’s most important is taking your time. Don’t rush the process and have the right tools.
Really great job, it does look sooo much better. Thanks
much appreciated!
Great stuff mate! I have 25 year old Zepter 3 piece wheels on my A4 and have started doing this but you have done an superb job! Well Done!
Thanks 👍
FanTASTIC job lad!! Kudos!!
Mate you do a better job than most shops that have all the gear hahaha. Looks mint
Very Helpful Video!!! Saved me from having to buy another $120 chrome rim, with only about $25 worth of sanding, grinding, & polishing work.
Great work! No wasted time as well.
The body tool is a dollie, all purpose dollie!
Good work dude, nice save
Great narrative! And nice work. You have a voice that is similar to Red Green’s which gives you instant cred.
Thanks for this. I banged my high gloss black rims while entering a parking garage. After that, I banged up the other 3 back to back. I've never done this to any car EVER. Soon as I purchased my new car though, I became a victim 😂
Man you bring that wheel back from throwing it away.....Unbelievable finish now I know what to do.
Great work - thanks for sharing this!!
Damn that came out really well! Good job
wow, nice job! you would never know it was damaged unless someone pointed it out. 👍🏻
My son just bought a 2014 Jetta with aftermarket wheels on it and it looks pretty good except for curb rash on 3 of the 4 wheels and I wanted to spend som dad/son time trying to make his wheels look better on a limited budget. This video was great and informative and helped me with something that I have never had to do before on my cars. The only question I have is when doing this on alloy clear coated wheels if the clear coat can be redone? I will check on the internet to see if buying clear coat in a can is a thing or not? Like I said, thanks for the good info and to the point video!
I just did that to my Dodge Challenger came too close to a curb on the highway and it did the same thing thanks for the video it helped me out greatly!
Great job.... we're alike in the over doing it thing. "Just a little more and it will be perfect!" Then when it gets screwed up, we're like 'dammit, I shoulda stopped!". Anyways, great job!
Happened to me recently when I was trying to remove a broken valve cover bolt off the heads, i was able to bring it up to level with the head but then kept going at it and pushed it back in further. If only I was patient I could have jb welded it to a bolt and taken it out.
Awesome work brother!!!!!
Came out great for your very 1st time doing that repair. Nice.
Awesome job!!!! It came out really well.
Who else came here sick trying to fix there wheel
Who else came here sick trying to fix their grammer?
@@TheMusicFresh who else came here to somebody else's "grammer"? It's actually spelled grammar..
Yep
@@TheMusicFresh it’s yt, ‘Grammer’ does not apply 😂
Who else came here to these comments to be nosy😂
I’ve searched many vids to find a good DIY rim rash fix, I love the honesty and how to just get to the problem, this is what I’ve been looking for, great job and I’m going to do this on my 22 Volvo, one question ?? So when you sanded the rash the clear coat surrounding was there a visible difference ?? Do you think a light clear coat over the fixed area would work ?? Thank you !!
You rock man stay frosty my frend
Excellent work...great video!
thank you!
I recently bought my first car with low profile tyres. Found out the hard way that the rims are more exposed than with bulgy old traditional tyres. Luckily my kerb rash is faily light but all four wheels are affected so I've got my work cut out for me. I have normal tyres fitted now, it is a 4X4 (Subaru Forester) so I figured chunkier tyres are going to be better anyway if I decide to do a bit of green laning ;-) Thanks for this, thumbs up.
Nice job , thanks for video , iv done a bit of that my self , only thing is with out a clear coat on that worked area , its open to the elements and will have issue in short time .
Yes amazing job looking good those wheels again👍
Excellent work man...💪💪
Good job bro...alot better then i thought it would look too..
That was a really good job on that lip.... nice!
Nice work man 👍🏽
Awesome brother I'm doing mines this weekend
dude, thats awesome. im definitely going to try this in the spring with my dayton wire wheels now. thank you for the idea. i have the same thing happen on one of my wheels this [ast summer. feeling confident i can do the same.
saving this for future reference.
Bro u did a awesome job from what it was!!!
Excellent video. Great narration. Thanks!
Crackin result man👍👍👍👍
Good Video, Great fix. Well Done
This is helpful, Thank You.
I was at the car wash the other day and after I had taken my car through the tunnel(automatic touchless) I was wiping my car down with a rag and noticed a few spots on my rim that had gotten curb rash. I was super pissed because my car is relatively new and have never hit a curb with my car. I think the guide in the tunnel must've gotten my rim. I am someone who loves and appreciates my vehicles so I was pretty frustrated when I saw it. However, they're relatively small and after watching this video I have confidence they will be sanded out nicely. I'm on a tangent here but yeah I was so frustrated because I've committed myself to keep my car in superb condition which includes not using brush car washes anymore. Needless to say I'm no longer going to use that tunnel anymore and will pressure wash the car myself instead.
Awesome vid! Thanks for the info.
thank you!
Good video. Any issue balancing the wheel after your repair?
Great job man!🔧🔧
Nice work and saved a few bucks, cheers...
That was amazingly good!
Id be really happy with that. I'm repairing some BBS LMs and they have the lip painted silver this continues on both the outside and inside of the barrel. It is then clear coated. I'm trying to figure out how you replicated the clear coated polished lip.
We didnt redo the clear coat, you can see a very fine edge where the clear coat ends but its hardly noticeable.
Nice! Looks great. Good job.
Awesome job bro!
Pro-tip: silicon carbide sandpaper is waaaay better than red oxide for these kind of jobs. It's more expensive, but easily pays for itself because it is more long-lasting and gets sanding jobs done quicker. In an automotive shop it's really the only kind of sandpaper you should have around, it's just *that* much better.
We only used the red oxide pads on the power sanders cuz that's what we use around the shop for general purpose stuff. All the hand sanding was silicon carbide sandpaper though (i added the product links in the description). Good point though!
It does. Especially when you can wet sand up to 3000. You can produce a true polished if you work your way up through 90-120 all the way through.
Great job man
Good thing I have all these tools and sanders and grinders just laying around my room
Outstanding job partner
Absolutely impressive
Nice job man.
This was so helpful i just did my wheel in like one hour i have everything at the body shop.
Good job man !!
I also have a chrome/gunmetal like finish on my XXR with gutter marks. What polish did you used? I have a sander and sandpapers are not a problem, but I am worried if I can't make it with the same finish as the original paint. Did you use wax?
Is the a specific wheel filler/bondo I should use when repairing a chrome wheel? Tia
Good tips fun video bud!
I've been repairing curb damaged wheels for 30 years. You did a great job.. A die grinder with polishing pad with blue magic is golden..
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