How To: Repair curb rash and paint rims

[Canadianzoom]

I'm definately (<-- ? ) gonna do this ,but it might be a while...it's hard to mod a car when it's a daily driver and you're not the only one driving it

How long would you say this takes to do it RIGHT start to finish?

 

[amsgator]

all day and overnight to let them sit and dry

 

[mazdaspeed777]

I'm definately (<-- ? ) gonna do this ,but it might be a while...it's hard to mod a car when it's a daily driver and you're not the only one driving it

How long would you say this takes to do it RIGHT start to finish?

Yah, I would say set aside a weekend to do this, aspecailly if your car is a daily driver. Mine is a daily driver and I started the project on a friday night and finished it and installed early Sunday morning just in time for a mazda meet.

 

[mazdaspeed777]

what if i used adhesion promoter? will that take place for the sanding? will the sanding take off the stock paint?

Sanding won't totally take off the stock paint unless you sanded that crap out of it.lol(I don't even think that it is a paint, more of a finish) A adhesion promoter would help but I would still recommend doing both sanding and using adhesion promoter. This is not a mod you want to skip steps on, like I said before the more prep time you put into this the better its going to come out and the longer the paint will last without chipping.

 

[mazdaspeed777]

Here is a added note for any of you who will be doing this mod:

**NOTE**
If you do this mod you will have to balance your wheels afterwards, aspecially if you use any bondo to fix your wheels. Even just the added weight of the paint will make your wheels off balance. Balancing your wheels usually costs around $20-40 and can be done at all tire, mechanic shops, and dealerships.

I have had some steering wheel vibration ever since I did this mod and totally forgot that the paint and the bodo would through my wheels off balance so I went and got my wheels balanced today and WALLLA! smooth as can be.

 

[amsgator]

that little bit of weight shouldn't throw it off...everyone else I talked to about it didn't have to get their's done... weird :-\

 

[aMaff]

of course not. Until you remember that wheel weights are measured in grams. Soooo yes, it will throw it off. It doesn't take much. Flat spot a tire a little bit, and just that weight off of 1 part of the tire can screw your balance enough to be a nieusance

 

[mazdaspeed777]

Oh yes! it does! Matter of fact it threw my balance way off. The mechanic came back laughing cause they were so far off balance. He said he hasn't seen one so far off balance in a while. So like I said even if you just paint them it will throw it off.

 

[Bala]

Project wheels FS $100 + shipping : http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3142344#post3142344

 

[mazdaspeed777]

Project wheels FS $100 + shipping : http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3142344#post3142344

You already posted that last page. This isn't a for sale thread! But good luck with the sale. Please limit messages only to the topic of this thread. Thanks, Dan

 

[Bala]

Please limit messages only to the topic of this thread. Thanks, Dan

No prob - it's a great write-up, I apologize. Just trying to supply some raw material so someone can do the same - I figured I'd find the most interest here.

 

[mazdaspeed777]

No prob - it's a great write-up, I apologize. Just trying to supply some raw material so someone can do the same - I figured I'd find the most interest here.

Yah thats fine, I didn't want to sound mad or anything. So yah someone buy these, this would be a great deal for anyone needing newer wheels, going back to stock wheels, or someone looking for some winter wheels. Good luck Bala de Plata

 

[aMaff]

Bala, put a link in your sig. That's a great loophole for 'rules' like these

 

[CulRidr]

Having just finished installing my newly painted rims (very shiny gun metal), I find myself reading this thread...I really should have thought of bondo for the curb rash my rims had because the primer I used didn't completely take care of it, even if I sanded it down. The one thing I am glad about is hearing about the balancing of the wheels. Mine had been painted before and had these tiny weights on them, but couldn't figure out why they were there. Now I know...How long does it normally take to balance the wheels because i will need to do this soon?
Once I gain access to a digicam, I will post up some pix of what they look like...

 

[aMaff]

if it takes them an hour to do all four, they're going REALLY slow lol

 

[CulRidr]

Awesome...any chance of them f***ing up my new paint job with whatever machine they use? I've heard enough horror stories about people getting theirs shredded when changing tires...

if it takes them an hour to do all four, they're going REALLY slow lol

 

[mazdaspeed777]

Awesome...any chance of them f***ing up my new paint job with whatever machine they use? I've heard enough horror stories about people getting theirs shredded when changing tires...

No the machine wont mess you paint up at all unless they chip the paint when they take the wheel off. But the machine just spins the wheel and adjusts the weight on the back of the wheel to align it propperly. So no you shouldn't worry about that, and it usually only takes about a half hour for a mechanic to balance all four wheels but it will take a little extra time to adjust for the extra weight of the paint.

 

[MP3Performance]

I will be painting my MP3 wheels soon and would like to know what you guys do about the spot where the weight goes on the wheels after balancing. I have the flat weights that "stick" on inside portion of the wheel. Would a touch-up job after balancing be fine? Thanks

 

[mazdaspeed777]

I will be painting my MP3 wheels soon and would like to know what you guys do about the spot where the weight goes on the wheels after balancing. I have the flat weights that "stick" on inside portion of the wheel. Would a touch-up job after balancing be fine? Thanks

You deffinately need to balance the wheels after you paint them if thats what your asking. I am not sure about the kind of weights your talking about but I am sure if you take them to a shop they will know how to balance them

 

[MP3Performance]

I am talking about the little lead weights that the shop puts on that actually balance the wheel. They come in different gram weight increments, they might be called "counterweights", but I am not sure.