Curb rash on my 2015 WRX stock wheels...

[turbotype]

How does one actually hit a curb anyway? I've been driving for 18 years, and I have still never seen a curb jump in front me.

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[Matt_Sharkey]

Originally Posted by turbotype

How does one actually hit a curb anyway? I've been driving for 18 years, and I have still never seen a curb jump in front me.

Do you parallel park every day? Then you probably won't have a problem.

Do you parallel park once a year? Guaranteed you're hitting that curb, and taking 15 minutes to park, and holding up traffic, and....

[ManuelG]

I made the mistake of buying snow tires without a rim protector built into the tire. With the heavy winters and terrible roads we get up here, my wheels look like I went off roading with no air in my tires. Not that I care though, I use the stock wheels for my winter setup.

[subiegirl1011]

Originally Posted by dchu92

if anyone has serious curb rash and want it looking like original i can recommend a guy in socal (orange county). about 30 bucks per wheel, but he makes it look like it's never been damaged

Wouldb you please give me this guy's info? I scraped my 15 wrx wheel and really like to get it fixed. Thank you.

[walterv]

I had the same problem - my wife brushed a curb

I used these people http://www.quiktouch.com/ , I just filled in my car & year info, and said I wanted the gray wheel paint.

About two weeks later I got this for $10:



800 grit wet/dry sandpaper:


Finished product:


Not bad, you can see it if you look for it, but not real easy. Ultimately I may wet sand and clear coat it, but it did a good job for touch up paint with a brush.

[Andys_15_WRX]

The body shop at the BMW dealership here charges $75 for fixing curbed wheels. Pretty good deal

[blkstar15]

Originally Posted by walterv

I had the same problem - my wife brushed a curb

I used these people http://www.quiktouch.com/ , I just filled in my car & year info, and said I wanted the gray wheel paint.

About two weeks later I got this for $10:



800 grit wet/dry sandpaper:


Finished product:


Not bad, you can see it if you look for it, but not real easy. Ultimately I may wet sand and clear coat it, but it did a good job for touch up paint with a brush.

doesn't look too bad, but then again your pics are potato quality...

[psyclobe]

Originally Posted by turbotype

How does one actually hit a curb anyway? I've been driving for 18 years, and I have still never seen a curb jump in front me.

women, god bless them.

[Ecentrix]

better off investing in a better quality set of wheels

[Achan030]

Originally Posted by dchu92

if anyone has serious curb rash and want it looking like original i can recommend a guy in socal (orange county). about 30 bucks per wheel, but he makes it look like it's never been damaged

Hi,
I'm from Orange county and I need to get mine repaired. Would you mind sharing the referral please?

[sk8boy204]

You can definitely make them look brand new again if you sand really steadily and across a wide area around the scrapes. ChrisFix has an awesome video about it.

[slevdawg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W9jn90VEAY

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to match paint! I have the same rimsand similar scatches!!

[asindhidude]

Any hints on what paint to use?

[n2oiroc]

Toyota magnetic gray is pretty close.

[Pwersha]

Originally Posted by n2oiroc

Toyota magnetic gray is pretty close.

I am going to give that a shot. I ordered a touch up pen for Magnetic Gray and also ordered the Quik Touch paint for Subaru wheels, I'll see which looks closer.

I didn't get curb rash but thanks to the Indiana's crumbling roads I somehow managed to get a sizeable chip taken out of my wheel. I figure either color will be less noticeable than a big white/silver spot.

[F1EA]

I went off roading a couple of weeks ago and scratched one of the OEM 18".... used bondo plastic metal and dupli-color Gun metallic.... made it less bad, but not quite a color match.

The color in the cap looks a great match, but once applied the G Metallic is a bit of a lighter grey than the wheels...

I want to dip them in gloss gold or bronze anyways before winter... but I'll do it once i mount the winter rubber.

[Pwersha]

Toyota Magnetic Gray is a little on the dark side, still looks better than before.

[zwades613]

I have a sport limited with 17 graphite wheels- I had an area I touched up two or three times and couldn't get it to look right with spray (overspray). I also used the dupicolor graphite wheel paint- best option was to sand it- then use a model paintbrush- this helped to fill imperfection. Then go back and hit it with clear coat spray can. This was much quicker and cleaner.

Just spray paint onto a piece of paper- swipe model brush size that fits your scratch- I bought a kit with like 5 brushes. Easy touchup- I did it a couple of times to build up the area- then sprayed clear. For deeper rash use some bondo to fill and sand- I have done this on mazdaspeed wheels and work good for short term. Finding a good wheel repair place helps but my mazdaspeed wheels never completely matched- hard of others to notice but I always noticed.

[awoodby]

Lol. I keep my car very clean and shiny, but consider wheels and tires sort of a wear item. Mine look sort of like chainsaw teeth, but will be going on the winter tires anyway and get chewed up more.

[lempira07]

Originally Posted by walterv

I had the same problem - my wife brushed a curb

I used these people http://www.quiktouch.com/ , I just filled in my car & year info, and said I wanted the gray wheel paint.

About two weeks later I got this for $10:



800 grit wet/dry sandpaper:


Finished product:


Not bad, you can see it if you look for it, but not real easy. Ultimately I may wet sand and clear coat it, but it did a good job for touch up paint with a brush.

I got the paint today in the mail, but it looks darker than my gunmatel rims,
2013 wrx

[SLegacy99]

I hate to have to revive this thread....had an issue with a school bus that ran a stop sign.

Is this the paint that I need?

https://www.amazon.com/SUBARU-J361SF...s%2C155&sr=8-5