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Rim damage

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It's was bound to happen. Was pulling into a parking garage and the turn was pretty tight, I didn't notice the high curb to my right and damaged a rim. My wife said, "thank God it wasn't me". Got a quote for $135 to strip to bare metal, repair the damage, powder coat with a gloss black. Is that the best option or only option? I'd really hate to have one rim look different then the others. Guess it could have been much worse.


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Peterfor

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Wife did the same thing but worse. Believe it or not I took a black Sharpie to it and only I was able to notice unless you really look for it, marker fades after a couple months but it worked great. Eventually I plan to buy some touch up paint for a more permanent solution but it has been a wonderful temporary solution.
 

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That really is minor damage. I would probably just do some sanding and use touch up primer then paint.
 

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sounds funny but my last few black wheels with stone chips, black nailpolish worked well, had to look for it once dried and cleaned

not sure on curb rash but i found it filled in the grooves and set flush once dry
 

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