cmdace18

Hey All,

Well, after having my car for about a month, she got her first scratch.
I was making a sharp turn and nicked my rim on the curb.

I have searched and searched, and cannot find answers to my questions.

I know the 2008 18" Rims are different than years past - a bit darker than the 18" upgrade on the 06 and 07's. Some articles say you can sand and paint them to match, but I do not think this is the case with the newer rims since they are a different color.

I used to have a BMW with M3 wheels, and I had a company sand and repaint all 4 rims to match - but those were light silver alloys.

Any ideas as to what I can do? Might be cheaper to buy a new rim since they are about $150 per.

Joeb427

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$150?
A '08 rim will be $400+ discounted.


Here's an 18" '07 wheel for $429 + shipping.List $536

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...07&catalogid=2

llamaboiz

Whaa??? 150? where?

cmdace18

really .. I was looking on eBay and saw the cheaper price, but was for the older rims (06/07) .. its the same style, but different coating of course....so maybe youre right, my bad!

edit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-Le...spagenameZWDVW

That's $600 for the set, $150 per rim .... but 2006/2007 style...

$400 on a rim (08') to replace one with curbrash is ridiculous.. not the route i want to take.

in any case, help in how to fix them up??? thanks!

Joeb427

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'08s for $150 ea and I'd buy 4 in a heartbeat.

z4frosik

I know a useful way to eliminate the rash if you own a dremel, once your done with that aspect of the job we can go from there PM me.

slee18

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I have used this place to repaint rims for my Z28

http://www.keystone-auto.com/

See if they have a local warehouse

ExTrEmE99

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I found out, that i have a curb rash on the passenger side front wheel. I was pissed because it doesnt look like i hit the curb but it looks faily old( the chunk that was missing is all dusty and what not) so it doesnt look like it happened recently.

I just had to face there was a nick on the rim already, i bet it was from the dealer when they were prepping the car...

sirCharles

I like my 2006 IS 18'' alloy wheels better and just got a steal on a takeoff set from another member.

I have seen the new ones at the dealer and they seem to look a lot better on lighter colored IS's. The Tungsten and Liquid graphite combo looked great.
the Black 08 IS I saw on the lot looked just plain. But that's how I saw it.

This guy is selling his 08 wheels:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=326802

kickin8

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time to get 19"s

ExTrEmE99

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Curb Rash = excuse to get some new mooncakes right?

sirCharles

always time to get 19''...

But then a drop, 19'' tires and alignment. $$$

Live with rash, fully use stock tires then, 19''

llamaboiz

Yep yep, better to learn the turning angles on the stockers so when you get your mooncakes you'll already know how wide to extend the turn or to drive past and come around for another go.

sinister2c

forget 19's...tooo small. 20's all the way.

cmdace18

well, i tried fixing the wheel ..

bad news ..... when you go to sand the liquid graphite , a black undercoat comes through ..you can sand down through that and get to the silver alloy..... you can easily sand the rash down, but on the edges where you sand and where the oem finish lies, you'll get a thin black line. totally sucks.

i believe the only way to get rid of it is to physically re-paint the area.

anyone know of a spray paint, or regular paint that is exactly like the "liquid graphite"?

Thanks