Curb Rash
 

Can anyone point me out to a good place in Socal that can do a good job on curb rash for a decent price? I have a polish lip so no painting needs to be done. I 'm just really really pissed that this happen, It's about 2 inch long scratch. Do you guys have any idea on what this will cost me to get it fixed?

$150ish

try fixing it yourself.

this can help... http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/w...uff-repair.htm

if you clean it up with paint thinner its barely noticeable.

I looked at this technique and it seems to make sense that it would work. Has anyone on the forum tried it? And if they have what kind of paint did you use since the article suggests only for matching German cars. (Maybe i'll go test this on my dads BMW 540i's Deep Dishes that he curbed ;) )
I'm sure i'm bound to curb at least one more time but i might as well try to fix it and hope it'll be awhile before it happens again.
So any suggestions on paint?

If you need a match for the stock silver wheels, Duplicolor TY 01602, Toyota "Lunar Mist Metallic" 1C8 is a perfect match. There are a couple of curb rash posts here that cite it. One of the RX-8 silver colors matches, but the folks who cited the Toyota paint say that it's a little thicker than Mazda touch-up and works better for this.

One of the posts citing the Toyota color describes a "poor man's" fix. Just clean the rash, sand it with fine sandpaper, and paint.

I curbed a wheel a few weeks ago. Gouges were on the lip, and were pretty much radial. I cleaned the area, then sanded with #400 wetordry across the gouges. Not enough to take them all the way down; just enough to get the sharp edges off and reduce the depth a tad. Then four coats of the Toyota Duplicolor paint, brushing parallel to the gouges to fill to the bottom. Sanded between coats. After a week I polished lightly with white compound and waxed.

Not perfect, but quality is about 10-0. I need to look, and know where to look, to see it.

Ken

Hey thanks for taking the time to tell me what the color match was. Hopefully within a few weeks when i have the time and gathered up all the parts i'll give this a try. And post some before and after pics maybe.

Thanks again

Josh

Do you have a picture of your fixed wheels?
I have some curbed wheels too that I need to fix, but I'm not sure if I'm going to put some bondo putty down first (rather than just layer a few coats of paint).

I second the picture too^? Very intersted on how it looks? thanks

I'll make sure if i do it to post pics, but in the mean time Ken can we see pictures of your fix to see how it turned out?

Guys - sorry it took me a while to get to it, but here are some after pics. No befores. First time posting pics. Sorry if they're a little dark - just realized I last used flash for fill and it's still dialed down -2/3.

Curb rash is about 2:00 to 4:00 in the first image, around the tire valve at 3:00. You can see a little scuffing inboard from the lip, where I was careless with the sandpaper and scuffed the good paint. Rash isn't really apparent. The second is closer (and camera turned), and you can see the remnants of the rash. The third is too close (zoomed in), and the rash is pretty obvious.

Like I said, good to about 10-0. (10 feet away, 0 mph.) A few more coats would have been better. I think that a little filler would have helped, even if not done to the full 0-0 effort in the BMW forum. But I don't see it unless I know where to look and stoop toward the wheel.

Ken

Good job but you can do better.

At least you covered it up and it's not noticable.

You get marks like that and worse sometines when they replace the tires.

My first scraped wheel was pretty bad. I bought a new wheel and since I know how to do bodywork, repaired and repainted the scuffed one. Now I have a good one that can be put on the car if/when I repair the next instance. I find it much easier to do off the car, with the tire removed as well. Having a fifth rim lets me get away with it.
BTW, I was an idiot and spent $490 for a brand-new one. Of course as soon as I did, a friend located a used one in perfect condition for $219. Grrrr....

I've just curbed my wheels doing a sharp right turn out of a parking spot!! and.....toothpaste did wonders!!! if its only small...
It cleans and polishes at the sametime!

Don't forget 800 sand paper and water.

It works too.

if i was you i would get them painted black, good time to do it