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Scuffed wheels? No problem!

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Postby RDKamikaze » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:55 pm

I stumbled upon this tutorial on accident while I was looking for lunar mist spray for my car. It's a pretty good-looking tutorial to fix those silver rims that just got curb rash!

Wheel scuff repair

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Postby unbalancedwood » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:07 pm

Looks very nice, put this in the tutorial sections...
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Postby PXLpainter » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:10 pm

Kewl - pretty much what I've done in the past as well - can't really tell unless you're up close. :up:

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Postby RDKamikaze » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:11 pm

Thanks for the move. This time I did a search before posting PXL, aren't you happy :)?
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Postby kingkakyle » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:55 pm

looks good
i should do that to my old stockies
i remember when i scraped them
first one it was like arg
then i got my wheels rotated and that very day i did it again -_-
at least i know those two rims go on the passenger side of my car
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Postby Island Solara » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:21 pm

Wouldn't it be more logical to remove the wheel of the car so that you don't accidentally spray the car?

Anyone know how to get the correct color for any particular rim?

I need to do some rim fixing myself.
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Postby Biggi_e » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:24 pm

not bad at all, those look like porche wheels
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Postby woa_its_j3ff » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:27 pm

great find. dont know how itd work on my polished lip though
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Postby PXLpainter » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:25 am

RDKamikaze wrote:Thanks for the move. This time I did a search before posting PXL, aren't you happy :)?


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Postby RDKamikaze » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:49 pm

Biggi_e wrote:not bad at all, those look like porche wheels


They don't just look like Porsche wheels, they ARE Porsche wheels. That's half the reason I trusted that the guy knew what he was doing (who wants to ruin one of those rims :o ?).

I have yet to find a tut for fixing chrome rims, but I'll be sure to post it if I do :).
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Postby know1uno » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:10 pm

Actually, I think those are BMW wheels, as it was posted on BMWTips.com website.

Great article, I don't know if I'd have the patience to do all of that.
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Postby fzzyrn » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:19 pm

Wouldn't it be more logical to remove the wheel of the car so that you don't accidentally spray the car?


just mask off everything around the wheel that might get sprayed.
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Take it off!

Postby ridetopless83 » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:27 pm

Why would you even risk the over spray, when it is so easy to remove the wheel. It is not like you are going anywhere while repairing. Plus you could work where you are not bent over and can lay the tire flat. No drips then and even drying. Other than that I am definatley doing this to at least two of my rims. Thats city life for you.

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