The Dreaded S-Line Scuff...

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So coming out a car park today and heard a crunch which turned out to be the front and rear drivers side alloys grinding against a jutting out bit of concrete/kerb. Absolutely gutted!

Any recommendations for S-Line wheel repair in Burton-on-Trent/Derby area as I'd like to get them sorted sooner rather than later and have seen a few posts about having to be careful who does the repairs due to the diamond cut on them.

Not quite sure what to do about the slight cut on the tyre either, tempted to get it replaced for peace of mind.

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I feel for you. Mine got damaged last month. I'm going to wait to get mine refurbished, in the meantime I'm getting some touch up paint mixed.
 
If it's only the diamond cut outer edges of the car you could do it yourself quite easily. Honestly I've done it on my previous car. Wet sanding is the answer mate, followed by some polish and then obviously a decent seal afterwards.

If you're not up to it then most decent wheel repairers can skim the outer edge, just remember to reseal after.
 
doing yourself wont work as you will loose the " cd " effect and when you sand if will be polished which is not diamond cut
 
Yes you're right, but better than road rash, and like I said only at the edges.
 
Phil-1 said:
I feel for you. Mine got damaged last month. I'm going to wait to get mine refurbished, in the meantime I'm getting some touch up paint mixed.
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I slightly kerbed mine last week. I just carefully filed/sanded the damaged spot. Then went to Halfords and they had a little thing of silver touch up paint (in their generic section) and it was a pretty exact match. Carefully touched up and it's a fairly good job really. You wouldn't see it unless you knew it was there.
 
ds7090 said:
doing yourself wont work as you will loose the " cd " effect and when you sand if will be polished which is not diamond cut
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Worked for me on my S3. Used 1600 Wet & Dry (wet with some washing up liquid) followed by 2500 wet and dry (wet), then some autosol and you can't see it, took about 10 mins (admitedly it wasn't too bad a scuff, I had just "touched" the kerb by the car rolling back slightly).
 
Yeah not confident on doing it myself, rather get someone else to do it. Probably wait a bit before getting it done as from reading around seems you can only get the diamond cut wheels done a couple of times maximum.
Not sure whether the tyre needs replacing (there's a nick you can see in the first picture). I've got the conti 5s on the car. Would they be the audi homogolated ones or the standard ones?
 
That's good to hear.

The wheel specialist quoted over £150 per wheel to restore the diamond cut finish with no guarantee of the work done and could take up to 7 days. Also said that I might struggle with a smart repair on them as well which is a bit annoying.

Think I'll leave it for now and get them sorted when it comes to selling the car.
 
Personally, I'd buy another alloy off eBay and use the damaged one as a spare.
 
I've just paid out another 149£ for alloy wheel insurance through my Audi dealers I had 30 days to decide so I went ahead before it expired , I no for sure I will kerb my alloys so it's worth it , there diamond cut
 
Come to think of it, I do have another one of those alloys in my garage I think. PM me if interested.
 
That alloy insurance malarkey is a load of trash. Or if its anything like the VW one which my friend paid for when he bought is mk6 GTi with the Monza wheels (black centres and diamond cut faces) He curbed his and rung them up and they said they only repair wheel damage that has happened with something stupid like 48hours and require proof?!? He sent them a picture of his curb marks and they declined it and said it was not within the specified time in small print haha!

Anyway back to the refurb advise up there^ I re-furbed outer edge on my previous rotor alloys, yes when you flat it back and polish up you loose that "CD affect" as it goes dead flat and smooth no lines... simply re furb the full wheel, that way then it is in keeping and doesn't stand owt.

It is such an easy task to do just time consuming, but if you want to save some brass I would deffo recommend atleast having ago before sending it/them to a specialist or forking out for a new wheel. Whats the worst that can happen? the wheel is already damaged lol.

Good luck with repair/fix. And I do hope that your wheel/alloy insurance isn't as poor as my friends.


Jonny.
 
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