HELP!! Curbed My Rim!!!
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HELP!! Curbed My Rim!!!
Hey guys, I need some help. When I got to work this morning, I lightly curbed my passenger side front rim. The damage is minimal, but the appearance is shot. Can you tell of some places that might be able to polish it out? Thanks.
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Rep Power: 0 Sorry it happened but consider yourself lucky for two reasons:
1. First your lip on your rims is not painted
2. Second, I've fixed many rims as a DIY repair, so I'm going to try and help you do it yourself, then decide whether you can tackle the "TASK"
"THE FIX"
1. Although I haven't seen the rim and maybe you can take a picture for me the better analize, here are som things you can do..."GIVEN THE RIGHT TOOLS", and some artistic ability...and damage!!
2. What kinda damage...if it's not bent..which you probably didn't do..then you've scarred, scrapped, scuffed or all the above.
3. Drimmel set to grind down the scuffs or ripples in the rim's lip...if no drimmel set then I've used many times and "nice" set a metal files using a round, triangle, and flay file to accomplish the reshaping of the lip...this is your only saving grace, is to really re-shape and file down smooth then tapper out to the original undamaged lip or the rim
4. WORK SLOWLY and in small sections..working from the center of the damaged area outward to tapper properly.
5. This is slow and artistically pain staking...but if done right you'll have a hard time telling the difference!!!
6. From your memeber's ride pictures...your lip looks polished...NO PROBLEM....use a 800-1000 grit sand paper, then medium silk wool...then fine silk wool to perfect the reshaping(smoothing feature) and contour of your lip.....then use if necessary a drill, angle grinder, or pneumatic tool with cotton buffing wheel and brown colored rouge with emory bits to polish back...if you don't have these tools..then just try MOTHERS ALUMINUM polish...great product and see if that will bring the luster back!!!
7. I know it seems like a lot ...but to have a shop do it may be costly...I really don't know...but I've scarred many rims"that were painted"...which you don't have to do.......and it turned out great ...although I've had losts of practice......! If you still don't feel comfortable with this DIY then....well, shop around and see...Peace and good luck!
1. First your lip on your rims is not painted
2. Second, I've fixed many rims as a DIY repair, so I'm going to try and help you do it yourself, then decide whether you can tackle the "TASK"
"THE FIX"
1. Although I haven't seen the rim and maybe you can take a picture for me the better analize, here are som things you can do..."GIVEN THE RIGHT TOOLS", and some artistic ability...and damage!!
2. What kinda damage...if it's not bent..which you probably didn't do..then you've scarred, scrapped, scuffed or all the above.
3. Drimmel set to grind down the scuffs or ripples in the rim's lip...if no drimmel set then I've used many times and "nice" set a metal files using a round, triangle, and flay file to accomplish the reshaping of the lip...this is your only saving grace, is to really re-shape and file down smooth then tapper out to the original undamaged lip or the rim
4. WORK SLOWLY and in small sections..working from the center of the damaged area outward to tapper properly.
5. This is slow and artistically pain staking...but if done right you'll have a hard time telling the difference!!!
6. From your memeber's ride pictures...your lip looks polished...NO PROBLEM....use a 800-1000 grit sand paper, then medium silk wool...then fine silk wool to perfect the reshaping(smoothing feature) and contour of your lip.....then use if necessary a drill, angle grinder, or pneumatic tool with cotton buffing wheel and brown colored rouge with emory bits to polish back...if you don't have these tools..then just try MOTHERS ALUMINUM polish...great product and see if that will bring the luster back!!!
7. I know it seems like a lot ...but to have a shop do it may be costly...I really don't know...but I've scarred many rims"that were painted"...which you don't have to do.......and it turned out great ...although I've had losts of practice......! If you still don't feel comfortable with this DIY then....well, shop around and see...Peace and good luck!
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Rep Power: 0 Wow!! Thanks Allman. I didn't expect such an awesome response. I didn't bend/dent the lip. It just looks like I took a medium grit piece of sandpaper and made one 3 inch scratch and another 2 inch scratch on the lip. Thank god the lip is only about 1/4 in tall. I don't have a dremmel, but I'll try everything you said. Thanks again for the help... [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]
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