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Old 08-13-2007, 07:50 PM
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Default Curbed Rim... What now!?

Ok, so today I was driving in a wonderful Charleston parking garage and curbed my passengers front trying to pull into a tight spot. I was able to keep the damage minimal but it still got ruffed up. I found the post regarding repairing painted wheels but mine are polished (just real dirty). So, does anyone know how I can repair it?
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Old 08-13-2007, 07:59 PM
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I think yours would be even easier, just smooth it out &amp; polish it.
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What just sand the heck out of it?
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Yellow pages search for a shop near you that repairs scuffed rims.
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Default looks like a polished lip...you can't use the NASA wheel repair with bondo, etc...

like MaxHedrm says...sand smooth and polish. that's what a rim repair place would do...although they would use larger machines to do the sanding and polishing and take down more material overall.<ul><li><a href="http://wheelcollision.com/">http://wheelcollision.com/</a</li></ul>
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What kind of sandpaper and polish do you guys recommend using for this type of damage?
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Default You can always send it to our local wheel gawd Skip. But what you prolly want

to do is find a local wheel repair guy. If you can't.... box that bad boy up, and send it to Skip. He can fix damn near anything. Incredibly talented.<ul><li><a href="http://www.skipswheelwerks.com/index.html">http://www.skipswheelwerks.com/index.html</a</li></ul>
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Default Looks like this is what I'm going to have to go with.

I'd rather make sure it looks good than me mess it up even more.
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Default get a sandpaper block and 400 thru 2500 grit

the block is a rubber pad so you have a nice edge to push from on the rim. it's pretty easy, just time consuming
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