airhog Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I was just wondering if there is a way to remove or minimize the scratch I have on my rim? Thanks airhog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhog Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Does someone know what I can do to my rim for this scratch? Thanks airhog.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<img src=" /><o:p></o:p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Clean it real good and add a coat of wax. Whether it will buff out or not depends on how deep it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabigbratj Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 is it more of a scuff or a scratch you and feel with like your finger nail when you run across it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Buff what you can ,then find out what is the paint code # and touch up the rest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdutytd Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 4" pad and some SHR and go to town. I would recommend wetsanding if you are comfortable but I have no idea what the rim coating is like so I can't say it would work for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Treat it as you would any other scratch, clean it, then buff it... the picture you posted shows pretty obviously that its a painted and cleared factory style wheel so the same process applies as if you were trying to remove a scratch from any other painted part of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhog Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 My finger nail is caught when I run it across the scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdutytd Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Wetsanding if you're up to it! *on edit* I cannot be held responsible for any damage you do to your rim caused by improper wetsanding techniques or you going through your rims' clear. One other option is to have a mobile rim repair guy come out and fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhog Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 I have no idea how to properly wetsand so I will not even try to attempt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooners Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I had an issue with one of my wheels recently. It wasn't a scratch, but I went through a construction zone, and something black got sprayed over part of my car leaving these tiny black dots all over the front bumper and nice black strip on one of my wheels. It was only there for a day before I noticed it. I thought it was tar or something similar, but nothing I threw at it would take it off. I took it to a professional detailer, and he couldn't figure out how to get it off either and he wasn't sure what it was. He ended up taking my car to 3 different body shops, and he was told by all of them that it would need to be repainted. The detailer didn't like that response, so he tried what you think would be bad, but he let the car sit out in the sun, and he was able to use some of his products to remove the spots from the paint after it had warmed up. He was afraid to touch the wheel because he didn't want to mess it up. However, he has a guy that he uses to repair wheels. I wasn't there when he did it, but I heard it was pretty impressive. I don't know what he did, but the wheel looked as good as new when I got my car back. All that guy does is drive around to various places and repair wheels. I think the cost was about $75, which to me was well worth it to get that crap off the wheel. Much cheaper than buying a new wheel, which would have been several hundred dollars. Sorry for the long story, but just wanted to let you know I how I got the wheel fixed. I would see if you can find somebody that repairs wheels if it's really bothering you and you can't fix it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdutytd Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Wheel repair guys have gotten amazingly good at fixing some pretty nasty curb rash and scratched/damaged wheels. I would take Joey's advice and try and find one in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhog Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Thanks I will try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 That looks pretty deep to me. As you mentioned, your fingernail gets caught when going across. What I would do is get a touch up paint kit. Look for your factory color code and get it on eBay vs the Stealership. I would take that wheel off the car, clean it with a solvent such as wax and grease remover, then lay the wheel flat on a counter in the garage, then apply the fill in paint slowly (let gravity do its thing). Build up small layers at a time. I'd use a blow dryer to help dry it. I'd imagine that would take a good 3 separate applications to build up to the point where you could color sand it flat again. After the 3 applications dry, start out with 1500 grit and wet sand. Move onto 2000 grit and then even 3000 grit if you can find it. I'm not sure to what effect Adam's S&HR removes sanding scratches. I always start off with 3M Perfect It II after color sanding, I then use SHR for my 2nd step. Nonetheless, if you follow these steps, that paint should fill in the scratch and you should be able to even it out to the point where it isn't visible to the naked eye. That's my suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhog Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks! No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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