Fixing curb rash on wheels???

strokin'_tatsch · Apr 5, 2014

Does anyone know whether or not one would be able to fix curb rash? I'm looking at a set of 20x10 Weld Cheyennes. I can get them uber cheap, but every single one of them have curb rash pretty bad. Any ideas??

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swinky · Apr 5, 2014

Lots of time and sanding. Start with 1000 grit then work your way up. 3m has a green 3000 grit. It's kinda like a spongey paper. Use the 3000 as a final before polish and you're golden.
1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 then polish.

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strokin'_tatsch · Apr 6, 2014

Some of the gouges are pretty deep. I have my doubts about being able to sand it all out and have them look right afterwards.. I think I should find a set in better shape.

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zilla68 · Apr 6, 2014

we have a wheel repair place here in okc that did an awesome job on my old school welds, and some of the wheels he showed me that were effed up came out like new, its amazing what they can do to a damaged wheel.
complete cut and rebuff, fixing the spots where the PO had wheel weights cost me 40.00 each, and they turned out better than new.

zilla68 · Apr 6, 2014

it was wheel works of Oklahoma and they have a website

strokin'_tatsch · Apr 6, 2014

Thanks for the tip. I hadn't even thought about finding a shop that specializes in this. I found some places local to Austin that I'm gonna check out this week.

Njjeep, if you're reading this, your PM box is full. I couldn't reply to your PM.

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mustube · Apr 7, 2014

If you pass on them do you mind giving me the info?

strokin'_tatsch · Apr 7, 2014

Sure, if I decide not to get them I will let you know. I believe Njjeep was also interested in them as well. I have a feeling that I'm not really going to like the 20" look on my truck. I've always been a little more drawn to 17-18" wheels. My main reason for even considering these was if I could get them cheap enough to make my money back or even make a small profit on them if I ended up not liking them. I like 20's on some trucks and on others I really don't like them, so I don't know how I'd feel about them on my truck..

As of right now, I've talked to a few companies today about getting them fixed and I'm looking at anywhere from $500-$620 to have the gouges fixed and get them polished back up. At the current price that I can get them for, I would be in them for about $1300 after repairs were made. So I could probably get close to breaking even on them if I needed to or I could just say screw it and get 17x10s now instead of messing around with the 20s and let one of y'all have a chance at fixing them. Decisions decisions...