So my S3 lives at my parents place , my dad (who is now in my sin bin ) decided to move it off the drive to do a bit of car juggling and then swung in too tight to the kerb causing damage to the outer circumference of the wheel rim with a total length of 2"( front r/h drivers side) He cleaned up and degreases the damaged area and re-lacquered the area to stop any corrosion. Problem now is what do about it ! Pics attached !
What would you do !
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Looking at the picture it seems an easy repair to do yourself with varying grades of wet and dry, to the point where it wouldn't even be noticeable. Replace the wheel if you really must, but have you seen how much they are? And you wouldn't get anywhere near that price for selling one second hand scuffed or not.
Yes it's annoying - I'm super careful myself (to the point of being anal about scuffed wheels) and my nearside rear just touched the kerb a few weeks back when I was parking (just kissed it dammit) - marks very similar to your own, having rubbed it back and polished back with autosol it doesn't even notice. Worth a try before anything else IMO, but your car, your choice.
Yes it's annoying - I'm super careful myself (to the point of being anal about scuffed wheels) and my nearside rear just touched the kerb a few weeks back when I was parking (just kissed it dammit) - marks very similar to your own, having rubbed it back and polished back with autosol it doesn't even notice. Worth a try before anything else IMO, but your car, your choice.
If that's on the diamond engraved section then it's way more than a little diy polishing. You need to re-engrave the pattern. There are wheel repair shops that specialise in that area.
RichardT
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From that picture it doesn't look like it needs replacing. I would agree that a bit of careful rubbing down should improve it a lot. You could spend money on it now and scuff it again straight away. Just ignore it - no one will notice it and you will forget about it soon.
And don't be hard on your Dad. After all you were cluttering up his drive with your car!!
And don't be hard on your Dad. After all you were cluttering up his drive with your car!!
Pristine Wheels near Milton Keynes are great at fixing this sort of job - I know from personal experience! What I did was to get a new wheel from Audi, get the damaged one repaired and then I've now got a spare for when (not IF!) if happens again. Then I can immediately swap it over and get that one repaired. Pristine charged £85 - and my local wheel company sent it to them (included in the cost).
Pickle1970
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In all honesty I'd just swear under my breath, suck it up and carry on. Enjoy driving the car and not worry about it........it's only a wheel after all.
Leave it, it's not that bad. I guarantee you that if you get it repaired, you will hit the same wheel within a few days. I think you can only repair these wheels once as well as they have to remove metal as part of the repair.
Having seen similar and successfully fixed it as has already been suggested I wouldn't buy a new wheel. The wheel I fixed was worse than this and is completely undetectable.
Various grades of wet and dry after masking up the undamaged portion always work in the direction of the diamond cutting using only very fine grades of wet and dry. Then clean and polish the area, clean again with meths, mask up the area and carefully use spray lacquer to finish. Then use polish to merge the new and old areas.
Will take a while but restores it to new if done properly.
Various grades of wet and dry after masking up the undamaged portion always work in the direction of the diamond cutting using only very fine grades of wet and dry. Then clean and polish the area, clean again with meths, mask up the area and carefully use spray lacquer to finish. Then use polish to merge the new and old areas.
Will take a while but restores it to new if done properly.
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RichardT
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Did your dad not let you drive his car when you had just passed your test? He was probably more worried about that!!No way is that a replacement, repair job for sure.
Oh and thanks for posting @rikia93, my Dad has been dropping subtle hints that he fancies a test drive for weeks now. No friggin way am I gonna let him after seeing this!!
Give the old man a treat.
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I was only kidding Richard! My Dad was one of the main reasons I passed my test in the first place. He took me out in his car whenever he could.
To be honest I think he's more concerned about driving it than I am!!
Maybe a set of these
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...on/rimblades-alloy-wheel-rim-protectors-black
(no idea if any good or not)
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/ca...on/rimblades-alloy-wheel-rim-protectors-black
(no idea if any good or not)
Seems like just a scuff, do you not have a tyre/wheel place around your area? I'd ask for a quote..
