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Old 03-30-2003, 09:39 PM
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I'm f&%king mad

Today I was parking and f#*k guess what I scratched up one of my brand new 17" gun metal rims they are not even a weak old. Thats some sh*t ha. Now I don't know what to do. Is there anything I can do is there some type of touch up paint for rims? I need gun metal color is there such thing if yeah please let me know where I can get it.
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i have the same problem....my 18" 's are scratched up and the paint chips off....once that happens, its gonne chip off more...so now i gotta get my rims re-painted....$100 per rim to sandblast the paint off ans re-powercoat paint them....

i did try to use a pen paint but if i even flicked the scratched part, the paint woudl chip off more
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Originally posted by Acura3.0CL
i have the same problem....my 18" 's are scratched up and the paint chips off....once that happens, its gonne chip off more...so now i gotta get my rims re-painted....$100 per rim to sandblast the paint off ans re-powercoat paint them....

i did try to use a pen paint but if i even flicked the scratched part, the paint woudl chip off more
Just out of curiousity, what color/finish can they re-powdercoat them? I have ADR's in hyper opal, and i have one small chip after 3 weeks of driving. I attribute it to putting them on too early, the roads around here still have stones and sand all over them.
Old 03-30-2003, 10:24 PM
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my stock rims are all scratched up
from not knowing how to park my car

but know that i had plenty of practice
parking,
ill treat my new rims with care,
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