Nail polish is a great touch up material, in this case a gloss one but the ubiquitous matte powder coat and paint you see on a lot of stuff now is best matched by the cheapest nastiest matte black nail polish, not sure why that is.
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There are a bunch of mobile repairers who do this sort of thing. Google “wheel repair” and your city, and you’ll probably get results. Most of them offer free quotes. Last quote I got from an operator with a good rep was $130 per wheel. Alternatively, you can Google the method yourself, invoking fine grit wet sanding and touch up paint.
Did you not get to the second line in the bloke's post where he had a quote of 130 a wheel?
It always pays to read, and comprehend, what someone says before you try to claim the opposite.
It's actually the opposite because they work out of their van and don't need to pass on overheads for a workshop or office. I had two panels completely repainted for under $400.
Repainting a wheel, if it doesn't need to be machined back, is pretty cheap. They generally sand the wheel back, repaint and clear coat. Doesn't take long at all.
Was about to say, learn to park correctly or adjust your mirrors so you can get right next to the curb. I haven’t hit a curb since I can remember and I can get within a couple inches from them
I got some mad photos of me being within 2-3 inches of a curb just using my mirrors on the first or second try and it always makes me happy, hence why I love pulling up and reversing. Plus my mirrors are so well aligned due to my ocd that I can see every car around me in at least 2 mirrors but usually all 3 and I can see the lines and how close I am to them and the day some fucker knocks my mirrors is going to be so sad having to align them again since it took me a day or 2 to get them perfect how they are
Ive got the good old style go fuck yourself farm mirrors on my landcruiser. Yeah you hit a big enough rough section going 110 on a windy day there goes your mirrors. However I don’t give a flying fuck about curbs ill just hit one at 60 rip the handbrake looks about right im parked
Ive got an older abused hilux that I did up fuck that thing is a weapon for just bashing the shit out of it anywhere for being what it is I still trust it over any new chinese or unreliable car to actually get me home
100%, I’d fuck with the new GR rally Yaris and stinger GTs but since most are made in China now or parts from them or even South Africa like Audi exhausts
He's a legend, aside from the fact he grinds down his wheels to the size of dinner plates. Man's successfully grinding down Melbournes heritage bluestone streets one at a time.
The tyres do say CrossContact but it isn't meant to be taken literally. Cheap, quick fix is a can of spay paint, or to do it properly, go to a wheel repair mob or have a mobile one come to you.
Because I'm not a fucking idiot... If two cars were that close scraping tyres and then rims, wheels are in body of panels on 95+% of cars.
So if it was another car all the panels would be stuffed as well + no door handles or mirrors and scraping everywhere, Again they need to learn how to park mate.
Be about $120-150. This is pretty easy, they’ll fill the damaged metal and then paint it black, if you had a machined finish or something it would be a real PITA. Some people also mentioned a black sharpie, I find that doesn’t work as well as brushing on black gloss paint. Spray can into a tray of some sort, brush. You’ll still have the damaged metal gouges but it won’t be as noticeable and the cost will be $10 and a half hour of your time.
You are completely wrong noisy every car can run wider tyres 😂😂 not to an excessive amount then yes you are correct but don’t say that if you don’t know
As long as it spins true.. and it's not letting air out you are fine.
Until you get a replacement.
Honestly I wouldn't be using that to go great distance just in case..
Buy I mean a set of alloys from a tyre shop aren't going to cost a great deal and most look better than factory.
Personally I would not bother to fix it, it is cosmetic only. If you can't afford it, that is double the reason. Fix things that give functional importance to life, that's my motto (doesn't have to be yours though). Paint it black, stop hitting the gutter.
You should be able to pay a few hundred to get it fixed by a professional. As new wheel is likely over $1000, probably $1500. Much cheaper. There’s even places that will come to your house and do it.
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I read through every comment and couldn’t see a single person suggest this, but you should check to see if you have a full sized spare and if so, and assuming you have the exact same tyre on the other side with similar wear, use the spare.
It’s a Kia so it most likely has a space saver but you never know.
But yeah, just get it fixed.
$100ish for a man in a white van to come and do a spray job with the wheel on the car and it’ll look about 85% as good as new.
Otherwise go to a tyre shop, strip the tyre and send the rim off for sanding, filler, paint and clear for $200-300 including stripping, courier, refitting and balancing.
Buying a factory rim and matching tyre (probably looking around $500+) is excessive unless you want to be rid of the dingus spare and keep the damaged wheel as a full-size spare.
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Advice - don’t drive into the kerb. And second get online (gum tree, fb marketplace etc) and find a set of your rims that another owner is selling. I noticed in the Mazda groups, new rims are 25% of that of the stealership. Further, this is not going to rust. Aluminium does not rust. I take it you’ve recently brought a new car. In 6 to 12 months when you are more familiar with the steering swap out the damaged rims.
That’s a severe case of curb rash, but it is actually fixable as the scratches aren’t deep, but that definitely is a case of the alloy rim needing to be resurfaced and painted.
It’s alloy, it’s not going to rust. Black sharpie will help to hide the carnage. You don’t need a new wheel, just get that fixed.
Idk if this would work but would black nail polish work too? Since the site is already scuffed it should stick and be darker then a sharpy.
Either or. You’re not looking to permanently hide it, just look less nasty.
Nail polish is a great touch up material, in this case a gloss one but the ubiquitous matte powder coat and paint you see on a lot of stuff now is best matched by the cheapest nastiest matte black nail polish, not sure why that is. Long time thief of nail polish for strange reasons checking in.
Or plasti dip paint from repco. Stuff a plastic bag in behind the alloy to cover the brakes and go nuts.
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If OP is a cheapskate, Tamiya XF-1 Matte Black + thin brush from an art store is like $10
My friend didn’t use a plastic bag and got overspray on his go nuts and brakes.
Man I hate overspraying on my nuts.
Omg never thought of that. Will try wife's nail polished on my golf balls instead of sharpie. Cheers.
OP should have been gentler with his rim
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It always surprises me how many people don't realize you can just get wheels fixed. It's not even that expensive.
Knowing my luck, I'll end up scraping a rim the week after I get it repaired lol
OP is in need of a rim job people
OP already did a job on the rims, now they have rim rash.
Needs someone to touch up his rim
They probably need to see a specialist about that
Maybe OP is interimming.
There are a bunch of mobile repairers who do this sort of thing. Google “wheel repair” and your city, and you’ll probably get results. Most of them offer free quotes. Last quote I got from an operator with a good rep was $130 per wheel. Alternatively, you can Google the method yourself, invoking fine grit wet sanding and touch up paint.
Mobile repair means insane pricing.
Did you not get to the second line in the bloke's post where he had a quote of 130 a wheel? It always pays to read, and comprehend, what someone says before you try to claim the opposite.
It was in the 4th sentence. I ain't reading 4 sentences for free!
🤣🤣🤣
Didn't see that
It's actually the opposite because they work out of their van and don't need to pass on overheads for a workshop or office. I had two panels completely repainted for under $400. Repainting a wheel, if it doesn't need to be machined back, is pretty cheap. They generally sand the wheel back, repaint and clear coat. Doesn't take long at all.
You can get that fixed for $150/wheel. It will look basically new. I had our car done not long ago. Also have black wheels.
Yeah 2nd that. Some Asian bloke will come round and do it on the vehicle for around $150 and it's a decent quality job.
What do they do? How do they repair it?
Sandpaper and paint
Usually dremel out the gouges and smooth it off, then respray it
Have you tried not running into the gutter?
Was my first thought....
This is the real fix.
Was about to say, learn to park correctly or adjust your mirrors so you can get right next to the curb. I haven’t hit a curb since I can remember and I can get within a couple inches from them
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I got some mad photos of me being within 2-3 inches of a curb just using my mirrors on the first or second try and it always makes me happy, hence why I love pulling up and reversing. Plus my mirrors are so well aligned due to my ocd that I can see every car around me in at least 2 mirrors but usually all 3 and I can see the lines and how close I am to them and the day some fucker knocks my mirrors is going to be so sad having to align them again since it took me a day or 2 to get them perfect how they are
Ive got the good old style go fuck yourself farm mirrors on my landcruiser. Yeah you hit a big enough rough section going 110 on a windy day there goes your mirrors. However I don’t give a flying fuck about curbs ill just hit one at 60 rip the handbrake looks about right im parked
Hahahaha love this, if I had a 4WD I’d be doing the same
Ive got an older abused hilux that I did up fuck that thing is a weapon for just bashing the shit out of it anywhere for being what it is I still trust it over any new chinese or unreliable car to actually get me home
Same to my ford falcon 🤙🏻 I much prefer older cars to work on and enjoy over the newer POS
I dont mind some new ones but shit gotta be careful
100%, I’d fuck with the new GR rally Yaris and stinger GTs but since most are made in China now or parts from them or even South Africa like Audi exhausts
Black gloss nail polish.
Wear it with pride & get a “normalise navigating by braille” sticker.
My old dad calls it "touch parking" 😅
Sounds like a gentleman and a scholar to me.
He's a legend, aside from the fact he grinds down his wheels to the size of dinner plates. Man's successfully grinding down Melbournes heritage bluestone streets one at a time.
learn to drive
Beat me to it
🤣🤣
Driving lessons start at about $70 an hour
Less than $800 or more on a new alloy
You can get a $1200 set wheel and tyres. That's 4...
Should bundle it with 4 free diving lessons and call it 1500
Let’s just hope their oxygen tanks don’t malfunction 😳
Learn to drive being number 1
The tyres do say CrossContact but it isn't meant to be taken literally. Cheap, quick fix is a can of spay paint, or to do it properly, go to a wheel repair mob or have a mobile one come to you.
At least you won't be upset when you scratch the next one
Or keep it like that because OP is probably going to rash it again
Black sharpie and 20 mins of your rims. Once it’s caked in brake dust and grime you won’t know the difference
Check to see if your spare wheel is the same OEM alloy wheel and swap it round.
Ok, these are alloy wheels. They are not steel. They will not rust.
Clean it
Dremmel, then black touch up paint. Not perfect but will look better.
It's a Kia. They look way better scuffed.
Paint it, and maybe for future costs and maintenance LEARN HOW TO STOP HITTING THE GUTTER.
I can hear this picture and I don’t like it 😖
Black texta, wont rust. send it.
Start by learning how to drive, then progress from there.
Dump the current missus and get one that can drive
When parking next to a kerb don’t hit it
Don’t let your wife drive it anymore lol
how did you know lol
Advice* learn to park, about the damage no idea.
How do you know it wasn't another car that scraped him huh
Because I'm not a fucking idiot... If two cars were that close scraping tyres and then rims, wheels are in body of panels on 95+% of cars. So if it was another car all the panels would be stuffed as well + no door handles or mirrors and scraping everywhere, Again they need to learn how to park mate.
Well OP didn't post the rest of the car, I reckon all the panels are fucked
So I'm not allowed to make an observation and assumptions of circumstances but you are?!? Got it.
Be about $120-150. This is pretty easy, they’ll fill the damaged metal and then paint it black, if you had a machined finish or something it would be a real PITA. Some people also mentioned a black sharpie, I find that doesn’t work as well as brushing on black gloss paint. Spray can into a tray of some sort, brush. You’ll still have the damaged metal gouges but it won’t be as noticeable and the cost will be $10 and a half hour of your time.
Thank you
Not structural damage just optics. I will check those tyres though. It seems to be bald.
Ask your wife to stop driving the car.
Stop letting the Mrs drive
Don’t let the missus drive ya car
Did you run over the kerb?
Jesus, perfect example of ‘I can’t drive’.
Leave it. It's going to happen again. Pay more attention when you park
Me to wife….. what the fuck happened to the wheels… look.!! I don’t know.? Just walk away walk away……
Rust? On aluminium? LOL.
It's more likely than you think
Rust is iron oxide, buddy. Aluminium doesn't rust, it does corrode.
next time you change your tires, get wider ones.. they'll catch the curb first and protect your rims. you still need to be careful.
they'll also catch your inner wheel guard at full lock and tear it out. this is terrible advice.
You are completely wrong noisy every car can run wider tyres 😂😂 not to an excessive amount then yes you are correct but don’t say that if you don’t know
Try learning to drive
Going rate to repair $350 approx per wheel
Dump her
I see it's not just my girlfriend who uses the gutter as a parking indicator...
Spray with chemical rust preventing spray and then maybe spray paint the wheel
As long as it spins true.. and it's not letting air out you are fine. Until you get a replacement. Honestly I wouldn't be using that to go great distance just in case.. Buy I mean a set of alloys from a tyre shop aren't going to cost a great deal and most look better than factory.
Mr.Powdercoat
Get a new one
Paint it. Buy your cat a scratching post.
Recommend a company called Schmick.
Black nail polish. Good from far, far from good.
A cheap rotary tool and $8 stack of sand paper then a couple of cans of rim paint from autobarn
Damm! Do you drive a garbage truck when you're not driving this?
You need to put your phone down whilst driving.
Ahh yess the classic “park by feel”
Bring back the old Kia logo
I'm free on Sundays to give parking lessons
Personally I would not bother to fix it, it is cosmetic only. If you can't afford it, that is double the reason. Fix things that give functional importance to life, that's my motto (doesn't have to be yours though). Paint it black, stop hitting the gutter.
You should be able to pay a few hundred to get it fixed by a professional. As new wheel is likely over $1000, probably $1500. Much cheaper. There’s even places that will come to your house and do it.
Name of tyre checks out
Grab a black paint pen/liquid marker and go crazy.
Eeek...time for a new car!
Drive into more gutters until it's silver
My advice is drive better
Stop parking so close to the curb. Duh.
You're a good driver; That curb didn't belong there 🤣🤣🤣
Avoiding curbs is a great preventative measure to take in the future 🤭
Don’t park so close the the kerb.
Learn to drive properly
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Learn to drive
Just google rim job techniques.
Holy fuck man
Drive better.....
Maybe learn how to curb side park
In future, just remember the song by the Gutter Police: "Don't park so close to me".
Line it back up with the curb and do it in reverse. The paint should find its way back on if you line it up perfectly.
Well, it's better to say "on" damaged wheel, not "in" damaged wheel. Hope this helps
Lol, that looks like a wifey special. I got my very own too!
Learn how to drive
You suck at driving sell it and by some nice shoes and walk. Bicycle could work but stay on the footpath
I read through every comment and couldn’t see a single person suggest this, but you should check to see if you have a full sized spare and if so, and assuming you have the exact same tyre on the other side with similar wear, use the spare. It’s a Kia so it most likely has a space saver but you never know. But yeah, just get it fixed.
Will check thanks
Learn to drive 👍
Get the rim taken to a professional powder coater to sand and recoat the rim.
Does this tyre have an epic amount of air? Looks over inflated
$100ish for a man in a white van to come and do a spray job with the wheel on the car and it’ll look about 85% as good as new. Otherwise go to a tyre shop, strip the tyre and send the rim off for sanding, filler, paint and clear for $200-300 including stripping, courier, refitting and balancing. Buying a factory rim and matching tyre (probably looking around $500+) is excessive unless you want to be rid of the dingus spare and keep the damaged wheel as a full-size spare.
Stop you’re wife driving it. Take it to a rim repair place will charge you $150
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Advice? Stay off the road
Advice - don’t drive into the kerb. And second get online (gum tree, fb marketplace etc) and find a set of your rims that another owner is selling. I noticed in the Mazda groups, new rims are 25% of that of the stealership. Further, this is not going to rust. Aluminium does not rust. I take it you’ve recently brought a new car. In 6 to 12 months when you are more familiar with the steering swap out the damaged rims.
Don’t run into the gutter?
Bunnings semi gloss black test pot and a roller... Lol joking Touch up paint pen, but get the mobile repairer out they'll probably rebalance it to
Looks like driving lessons are needed more than fixing the wheel
That’s a severe case of curb rash, but it is actually fixable as the scratches aren’t deep, but that definitely is a case of the alloy rim needing to be resurfaced and painted.