How to repair kerbed and damaged wheels.
In this video I will show you the steps to repair and refurbish your cars damaged alloy wheels.
Whether your Alloy Wheels have kerb rash, or if you just need to Refurbish your cars Alloy Wheels then I will take you through the steps needed to fix them.
First we remove them from the car. The jacking and raising information can be found in your cars owners manual, or online.
Next we need to thoroughly clean the wheel and tire to make sure there is nothing that will contaminate our paint process.
After that we can level the damage using a file or rotary tool (Dremel) and blend the damage using either sand paper or a sander.
The next stage is to use Body Filler or Bondo to fill the damage, which once cured is then sanded to blend the repair in to the wheel.
Using a cheap spray gun from Amazon I applied an Etch Primer to the Alloy Wheel as this gives the best surface for our paint to bond to.
The Primer then needs to be levelled with the original paint and blended to make sure that there are no edges.
When this is done we can apply our paint to the repaired Alloy Wheel. I'm using a 2k Basecoat and Clear. I used Ferrari Argento Nürburgring as it is the original factory colour for modern Ferrari Wheels.
When the base coat dries (this is pretty instantly) I applied 3-4 coats of Clear Coat to the painted wheel. leave around 10 mins per coat. The first coat should be a dry coat then 2-3 wet coats for the best gloss.
The final steps are to polish the wheel using compound and a DA Polisher, then fitting the wheel back on to the car.
This process can be done easily at home. Take your time and you too can achieve quality results.
3M Spray Paint Respirator Half-mask 6002C with Removable Filters:
US PRO Professional Mini Very Low Pressure HVLP Spray Gun 1.0mm:
KKmoon AFR2000 Air Pressure Regulator Water Separator Trap Filter Airbrush Compressor with Fittings MPA Pressure Gauge Combination:
Paint Stirring Ratio Stick:
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Removing the Wheels
0:37 Cleaning the Wheels
1:25 Repairing the Damage
3:27 Priming the First Wheel
6:37 Priming a Full Wheel
7:49 Painting the Wheel
11:33 Painting the Second Wheel
13:13 Polishing the Clearcoat
14:34 Refitting the Wheels
16:49 Outro
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