1niceLS

Okay so heres the deal went to get new tires put on the balt today and when I got them back I took a look at them and two ofthem have fine scratches on them which really pisses me off because the service sucked ***** and now my cars ridin funny (long story please don't ask). So my question is whats good for taking scratches out of painted rims. As far as I can remember theyre aluminum rims w polished lips and the face of the rimis painted hypersilver and its scratched on the painted part so would a typical rubbing compound work or is there something special that works wonders that I should know about? Please let me know of anything good that will make these look brand new again. Thanks

edit: rims are Kazera KZ-A Dual PCD (Hypersilver) since I cant host pics

"DREAMS"

well, let me think.... u said fine scratches like surface only or they all the way deep to the metal?

1niceLS

Yes most are surface scratches where they're sill white in color I have a couple that are a little deeper but I don't expect to get those out.

"DREAMS"

IF U DO HAVE A BUFFER OR POLISHER U CAN CUT THE PAINT A LIL AND MAKE SOME FINE SCRATCHES DISSAPEAR USE A LIGHT CUT COMPOUND, THEN A FINISHING WAX WITH A FINISHING BUFFING PAD AS WELL, "OR" just go to the autoparts like autozone and get the mothers ball with a scratch remover from there, polish or buff the scratches and get a spray wax from mothers or eagle1 and spray/wipe u will c the diference.... deep scratch wont be off all the way but it will look a lot better...

fjordbosun

If there is a clear coat on the paint or polished part and then it's not into the metal
take a close look use a magnifying glass if you have to , then wet sand and polish,
otherwise it's f@#ked.
If your car is riding fun have the balance checked and make sure your lug nuts are torqued to spec.

"DREAMS"

good one 2 BUT HOW FINE THE SAND PAPER NEED 2 BE?

09turbo

same thing happened to me today also, cept with fresh powdercoating on them, and have to get one of the rims re-done...
sorry to thread jack

"DREAMS"

l heard powder coat is like 10 times stronger than paint

YaKkO

whered you take it to?

09turbo

messed up the clear coat... thats it.

talk about it im my thread
dont wanna thread jack

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/lounge-42/i-need-vent-crossthreading-sractched-brand-new-rims-183703/

"DREAMS"

here where i live is a place call PARKER TRAILERS and they do powdercoating but where u live i really dnt know, i guess a similar place.. if u look for parker trailers texas,on google u can read on the web site how POWDER C works

fjordbosun

Powder coat is a whole different story, pretty much call a wheel guy.
You ask above about wet sanding. Start with 1000 keep it very wet with water.
step up to 1500 keep it wet! go to 2000. Work it untill it appears level . A very
common defect of painting is Orange Peel. Look at an orange you'll know what I mean.
You need to make that dissapear along with the scratch. If it does not and the texture has changed your screwed becauuse you went into the color. Perform you work in steps, always checking how much surface you are cutting off, because that's what sandpaper does it cuts. Next rubbing compound by hand or machine, then polishing compound.
If you still have enough in you the I recomend glazing compound.
Wet sanding is a kind of an art I do it but am no artist.
Good luck I've FU'ed plenty.

09turbo

yea its an easy comcept. powder, bake, done.
haha thats about it.

FRQ FLYR

iTrader: (1)

The Maguiars scratch remover worked well for me; wasn't wheels but should help your situation.

1niceLS

Thanks for the help so far guy keep it comin. Oh and about the car riding funny know why its just a long stoy I don't feel like explaining and I know of a way to fix it myself later when I have time.

Staged07SS

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the last time i had tires put on my car, i made the mistake of going to a dealership filled with moron tech's. when i looked at my rims, i had a ring of scratches around my lug nuts on each wheel. we faught with them for over a month trying to get my wheels fixed or replaced, but they kept saying the marks were normal wear and tear. i almost knocked the manager out when he said that since my car was only 1 year old, and is never driven in the winter. thankfully i have the polished wheels and i was able to buff the marks out. if they were the gunmetal rims they would have been ruined for sure.

i have since learned from my mistake, and now go to jackwilliams tire, and they did a fantastic job mounting my new goodyear eagle gt's.

on a real good note, that dealership that almost runined my rims closed do to poor customer service and complaints about damaged parts on cars.

1niceLS

bump for more answers!

1niceLS

Bump

Mindrot

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Pictures

1niceLS

I don't know how to host pics no ones ever told me so if you could tellme how I ll be more than happy to

Fischer

Set up a free account with Photobucket and upload your pics to there. Finally throw the image up on here.

Mindrot

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that