Curb Rash Repair Question 2016 Non PP, 30K Mi

[VernP]

Hi All,

Thanks to this forum, I avoided livernois upgrade and have changed my PTU fluid. Next will be changing the RDU and changing out to a lower temperature thermostat.

I did get my Black SHO DYNO Tuned here in Atlanta and now have 347hp at the wheels & 404lbs of torque. With tinted windows, most people believe it's an unmarked police car.

I got a severe curb rash on my 20", 10 Spoke Machined and Low-Gloss Ebony Painted Aluminum Wheels. I was able to sand down the rash but in the process removed the machined lines and Clear Coat. Has anyone attempted to repair these wheels by themselves? How would I ever get the machined lines back in the finish?

I am considering removing all the clear coat and applying a matt finish clear coat by Eastwoods.

Thanks in advance!
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[Irish Pride]

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[Dieselcircuit]

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[Eric Morris]

The only way to get he machine marks back in the wheel face is to re-machine them.

Wheel repair shops have the software with the cutting patterns to do a whole wheel in one pass on a CNC machine.

Clearcoat should be a 2K paint (with a hardener in it) or it will never last.

 

[Michigan-SHO]

It would be a ton of work, but, you could always sand ALL of the machine marks out of all the wheels and then clear coat all the wheels. If you are doing the sanding it would likely be dramatically cheaper than having a machine shop try and match up what is existing.

Also, you may be able to find a single wheel on eBay or a local for sale site.


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[VernP]

It would be a ton of work, but, you could always sand ALL of the machine marks out of all the wheels and then clear coat all the wheels. If you are doing the sanding it would likely be dramatically cheaper than having a machine shop try and match up what is existing.

Also, you may be able to find a single wheel on eBay or a local for sale site.


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Thanks for the tips. I did sand out the curb rash and from several feet away it looks great. I will check out a wheel refinisher that presumably has a CNC machine that could put redo the machine marks.