18" Limited wheel paint

[rossk35]

One of my 18's got damaged from my brother changing the tires, and he took a small nick out of the spoke face. I wanna fix and repaint the rim, and was wondering if anyone knows the paint code for these wheels? These rims were in perfect condition with no marks.

 

[ALLEGRO]

I thought they were just clear-coated?

Aren't they just polished and then cleared?

 

[rossk35]

I thought they were just clear-coated?

Aren't they just polished and then cleared?

No your thinking of the 17" rims. I have the same wheels that are in your signature of your 4r limited.

 

[JMST4R]

You're really worried about that? In the next year, your wheels will end up more damaged, scratched, curbed, and faded than you would like. And that's IF you're able to fix that wheel to where it would look new (you probably can't). It's not that I don't have faith, it's that wheel work is super tricky, and results are far from guaranteed. It's usually only easiest to have even results when you do all 4. If I were you, I'd make your brother buy you a six-pack of brewski's, and forget that ever happened. Maybe put it on the back passenger side so you don't see it very much.

 

[touring]

You're really worried about that? In the next year, your wheels will end up more damaged, scratched, curbed, and faded than you would like. And that's IF you're able to fix that wheel to where it would look new (you probably can't). It's not that I don't have faith, it's that wheel work is super tricky, and results are far from guaranteed. It's usually only easiest to have even results when you do all 4. If I were you, I'd make your brother buy you a six-pack of brewski's, and forget that ever happened. Maybe put it on the back passenger side so you don't see it very much.

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Either that or do you have a full size spare you could swap out and use? I know mine came with a spare 17" full size wheel

 

[rossk35]

You're really worried about that? In the next year, your wheels will end up more damaged, scratched, curbed, and faded than you would like. And that's IF you're able to fix that wheel to where it would look new (you probably can't). It's not that I don't have faith, it's that wheel work is super tricky, and results are far from guaranteed. It's usually only easiest to have even results when you do all 4. If I were you, I'd make your brother buy you a six-pack of brewski's, and forget that ever happened. Maybe put it on the back passenger side so you don't see it very much.

I like my stuff perfect and take care of my wheels. I bought them new 2 years ago, and up until he took them they had no damage anywhere . He ended up screwing up all 4 rims because the machine at his work is crap. Two of them have a minor scratch (which I can live with), but the other two have nicks like the above pic. It happened while breaking the bead of the old tires apparently and figured out why after he was all done. I'm gonna looking into finding a way to match or just repaint all the rims. I'd almost buy a new set.

 

[rook]

You'll probably have to contact an auto paint supplier, like a local ppg or dupont store. They have databases with lots of paint codes. I know that someone here had their wheels refinished by a mobile repair service. That may be the way to go.

 

[ags1984]

here in Seattle we have a mobile company called "Alloy Wheel Repair".

They come to you, pull the wheel off the truck, take it into their van/truck, dismount the tire, work their magic, re-mount the tire and get it all put back together. Cost...somewhere around $75-$150 (depending on damage). Something small like that should be cheaper.

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists
See if you have a franchise in HI. Maybe something similar not that you know who to look for!

 

[galactic_04]

Yeah, Wheel Works by us is big and will refinish a wheel for about $50