I scraped my rear wheel on curb, can it be fixed?
 

I not use to driving a car with a sharp turning radius and scraped my rear wheel on the curb. Is there anyway to repair my wheel?

There are wheel places that will do repairs, I think it's around $100-$200 per wheel but it's doable, depending on how deep the gouges are.

Need pics to see how bad it is.

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I've fixed some minor curbs in the past with various grits of sandpaper and some wheel polish. It depends on where it is, what the metal is and if it is the painted part.

Once you to the DIY repair you will need to polish that area to keep it shiny as the other metal.

lol terrible

how are we suppose to determine the extent of damage and if its possible to fix it or not with no anything?

Wheels America does wheel repair; I have no idea if they're on the east coast, though. Also, ask in the cosmetic/styles section or the regionals for wheels shops in your area. Or if you know a good body shop they can recommend a wheels place.

Looking at that you can probably minimize it yourself with wet sanding. Start at like a 100 grit and then work your way up to 2000 and finish with 3000. The use some wheel polish. It will take the clear off in that area so it will dull unless polished.

If done right you can make it almost unnoticeable.

If you don't wan't to do that there should be someone who can professionally refinish the wheel.

Google has lots of results for "diy curb rash repair", here's one detailed one:

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/auto...ix-it-now.html

eBay... you can probably find a replacement wheel for the same price as a repair job.

That's not bad curbage. It can be buffed out in less than 20 minutes by any aluminum repair shop. I know cuz I've had it does on previous vehichles. I've also gone the other route and went to custom repair wheel shops and spent $150 to $200 in the past for the same type of damage.

Save your money and go to any aluminum repair shop that specializes in polishing etc.

Cost me $20 to do a repair very similar to yours. No lie :thumbsup:

yes that's not too bad. diy curb rash fix and some paint no problem

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that's not even bad, save the money and save it up on for nice set of aftermarket wheels