I was parking at a spot with one side next to a curb today. I figured I'd avoid the minivan on the left, and park closer to the curb. Stupid me parked way to close and scraped my MP3 rim . Its about 3.5"-4" long and I'm wondering what I can do.

Can I:

1) Take this somewhere and have them touch up the edge of the rim only (maybe wet sand and apply some kind of touchup/clear coat)?

2) Refinish the rim? How much is this going to cost? Can they match the paint exactly?

3) Wet sand the rim myself and find some kind of paint/clear coat and do it myself?

Its not very noticable, but it just pisses me off. Thanks for the help guys!

Chris

 

That sucks *** dude, that is one of my worst fears to curb my racing hart. I don't know what to do. but good luck

 

I caught one of my rims on a curb in Wendy's ,,,
Damn Burger spot
bruce

 

ah the joys of battle scars...and you got your first one in a battle with a minivan.....lol....no that sucks man

 

I would just leave the rim as is, since it's not noticable. I know how it is frustrating because I got my Protege5 wheels curbed also when the car slid towards a curb on snow. Wait for a few weeks and the frustration goes away. Besides, its nice to have some battle scars, especially on MP3's showing others their amazing cornering ability and that you actually exploit the car's abilities. It's just like some Integra Type-Rs (the real ones,LOL) having alot of brake dust signifying they are street racing cars and participate in track events. I'm not proud to have scratches on the Protege5, but I'm not ashamed either, because people think I did actually took the car to it's cornering limits, which I have, like in the Japenese anime Initial D where they run a front wheel into a deep gutter to help it corner. (I didn't do this though). Rent or buy it if you haven't, awesome anime. Just my thoughts.

 

what ,, heck with that, I don't want scratches or brake dust on my rims
Bruce

 

I saw this ad in this weeks "AUTOWEEK", This company called: 888-4-FIX-RIM "alloy wheel remanufacing". I don't have any experience with them, but it might pay to give them a call. They have 8 locations through out USA.

They claim: any wheek $109.00
repair or exchange
24-hour in-shop turnaround
free return-shipping

"We fix All Alloys, OE or aftermarket. 1000's of OEM alloy's in stock Lifetime guarantee. CNC quality.


Later, Speedbump

"Good-Luck".......

 

Thanks for the answers guys! I dunno. I'm thinking getting a new/used rim is probably the best idea. Some guys at the protegemp3 board tried to get a rim refinished after some pothole damage, and they found it near impossible to get the right paint after talking to Racing Hart and Enkei (the actual manufacturer). I guess I'll kind of just leave it be for awhile (since it really isn't THAT bad), but put a few dollars per paycheck in a wheel fund . That way I can get a full size spare out of the deal...

Chris

 

Damn that sucks bro. My friend hit a Curb when he was drunk with his 17'' Konig Rated "R" WHITE rims. I laughed when he got home. he did a pos job touchin them up. But with the use of White FLAT model paint, they didnt lookthat bad. U cant see the scratches now...but u can tell up close. I mean u have to really stare to see the small indentations.


But thats an idea....