Aluminum wheel repair company

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Originally Posted by Mr70

Virtually unnoticeable.
Did you watch them do this? What exactly did they do?
Did they fix it while the tire was still on?
Did they re-plate the rim?

He has a trailer that is a mobile shop. Workbench/spray booth. I removed the wheel/tire from my wife's car last night and he came to my office this morning. He left the tire on the wheel. Whole thing took about 30 minutes. He progressively grinds/polishes the damaged area with normal looking body shop tools then re-sprays the clear and/or color. On these he was going to use a colored clear process that I felt would look worse than leaving it natural after the repair was made. I can notice a slight line where the repair was done and the factory clear coat starts/stops but to me this was much better than adding un-natural color to the wheel. These wheels don't see winter use so I'm not worried about oxidation, plus the repair area is relatively small so if it does oxidize a little it won't be a lot of work to polish it out.