Picking up a friend today, and pulled up onto the driveway of his house, which curves slightly to the left. Was backing the car out in neutral with my foot on the brake when i hear a scrape. I stopped immediately and pulled forward with another agonizing scrape, but the damage had been already done - about 1/5 of the outer lip of the rims is curbed. Problem is, their not just scratches but tiny "pieces" of the rims have been gouged.



Aside from shooting myself for my stupidity, and killing the guy who designed a freakin DRIVEWAY with a tall curb on one side, what steps can I take to get this wheel refinished to new.

So far I've looked up the wheel collision center in bath, pa - anybody else know of a good place? It looks like it'll cost around $150 at the wheel collision center - however, they come highly recommended so it may be worth it. I've also looked on ebay, and it looks like one rear wheel for an 06 S2000 will cost around $150 used (but in good shape).

Any input would be great.

cliff notes:
right rear wheel travelling at <1 mph vs. A STUPID curb .... the wheel lost. Any solutions to refinish?

 

i would pick up a used one rather than get it refinished IMO

 

Go for the cheapest option. With a used wheel as well as a refinished wheel, you run into the possibility of the color being off.

 

get all four refinished and powdercoated something new

 

I just knicked my first rim. We've got a service out here that will come out to your house and then fix the wheel in your driveway. i haven't used them yet but have seen many cars they have done. they do a great job.


Get it refurbished, it will look brand new if they guy is competent.



BTW, i hear you ons tupidity, the curb i hit was the same color as the asphalt. didn't even see it.

 

I got one fixed through Wheels America about a year ago. They did a pretty good job. No difference in color or appearance.

 

Wheels America did a good job? I have two rashes, one from me and one from my boyfriend. Its just the chrome lip that needs to be fixed, pretty minor

 

You too, eh? I came out of my driveway and pulled too close to the curb, which was only a few inches tall, got my first dose of curb rash after only a week of ownership. Since then, I always tilt the mirrors down when parallel parking the S2k..

 

There's a service by me that claims to do the same (www.mobilewheelrepair.com), but I think if the wheel is painted or has clearcoat, they have to take the wheel and bring it back the next day, because that's what he told me when I told him what kind of car the wheel was off of. They wanted $125 to refinish the wheel that I skimmed. I left it alone for now, maybe I'll give it to them during the winter time when I'm not driving it as much.

 

My mom has destroyed all 4 wheels so I have given up. One of these days I am going to see if I can smooth em down with a dremel, and possibly make it a bit less obvious.

Mike

 

I think my biggest problem was that stuff like this is preventable. I don't care too much for rock chips and so forth since that comes with the territory, but curb rash...