Curbed my rim

[Miked218]

^ yeah i seen those around a lot these days. while i've never been a fan, they do look halfway decent if the colour matches the rim - or at least they are subtle so as not to offend. some clowns like to use contrasting colours - like a bright red protector on a silver rim, etc. not cool, especially once they get damaged.

usually these protectors wind up beat to hell so they look like crap or become partially dislodged, but i suppose the wheel is spared the damage and the protector is easier/cheaper to replace than fixing a wheel.

I agree, not a fan especially contrasting colors. As long as they don't fly off the wheel at high speeds and damage my car or cause an accident and hurt someone they might work.I ordered black Nylon ones ( hopefully blend in with the tire and be wide enough to cover the scuffs without looking goofy, could be better or could be worse than just leaving the wheels scuffed ) off eBay for $50 for a set of four and if not then just return them before even installing them.

 

[Toddasaurus]

^Let us know how it turns out and what your thoughts are...

 

[Dai Uy Ted]

...i suppose the wheel is spared the damage and the protector is easier/cheaper to replace than fixing a wheel.

At $160, plus cost of the recommended "authorized trained install center" (in my location, the local Lexus dealer - minimum $70/hour?), the minor blemishes these may prevent, would likely be corrected more economically.

 

[Miked218]

At $160, plus cost of the recommended "authorized trained install center" (in my location, the local Lexus dealer - minimum $70/hour?), the minor blemishes these may prevent, would likely be corrected more economically.

I watched the install videos of that specific offering and doesn't look like anyone would need any kind of special authorized training to install it yourself. If they are recommending that it be installed by an "authorized trained install center" but yet provide installation instructions to the general public, they are just trying to give support to dealers as payback for them buying into their product. I think most people on this forum are smart enough and capable enough to perform much more complex installations and nobody, unless they have more money than brains and/or are lazy would never take something like wheel protection guards to a secret special Area 51 location and pay them to do something they themselves can easily do on their own. Again, however I agree that even just the $160 for a set of four (specifying just one company's product) is opportunistic. It's not wrong, in fact, if people are willing to buy something at a certain price and a company makes a killin' that's capitalisim. I, for one, prefer to learn and do things myself and know there is always something better and/or less expensive which is why I bought a $49 solution and will do the install myself. Seems like the most economical way to go.....however I did purchase a paint pen for wheels that is supposed to "cover" up the damage after a little bit of prep. I received the paint pen yesterday. Haven't used it yet, that was even more "economical" since it was less than $5 from Korea but if something doesn't work then whether it's $1 or $1MM it's junk. I'll try out both and update my experience with each option.

 

[Miked218]

^Let us know how it turns out and what your thoughts are...

Here's the update. I bought the no name brand heavy duty nylon wheel protectors. Received them last week. Today I only had time to install it on one tire. At first, I thought they sent the wrong size because it took me awhile to get it on the wheel. It's the correct size just very ridged but now I have it figured out the other 3 should be much quicker and easier. The pictures are the before and after straight on view and top side view. My tires are 255/35r19 all the way around. It does make the profile look wider as it blends well with the tire. It's been raining lately so it's pretty dirty. Well see how it looks when both wheels and tires are fully cleaned and shined. I actually think they look really good and not enen noticeable in my opinion. $49 well spent.

 

[joschneider]

IMO a curbed rim looks better than these

 

[FastEddie]

Well I joined the curbed rim club. At Trader Joe’s pulling into a spot and a Mercedes in the spot to my left guy driving and the gal in the passenger side. Looked like they were leaving as the car was running and he just got in. The she opens her door and instinct I jerked to the right and biff (insert expletive here).

It’s not too bad but still will have Dent Wizard Wheel Repair fix it.

 

[FastEddie]

Ok it’s not Fixed 100% but probably 80% had a Black Furniture Repair Marker laying around and it’s not a bad match.
It will hold me over till I can get it fixed perfect.

 

[CannonballRun]

Yeah I would look into repair also but here is another option. I think the dealer would be double

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Good link. At that price, I may just drop my 18" and go for the 19", but same size 19" for all 4 so I can have them rotated.

 

[Toddasaurus]

Ok it’s not Fixed 100% but probably 80% had a Black Furniture Repair Marker laying around and it’s not a bad match.
It will hold me over till I can get it fixed perfect.

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That actually looks pretty good. I wouldn't have even thought of that. I'm interested to see how the full repair goes .- hopefully they don't take as long as my rim repair did.

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[surprisinguy]

Your OEM wheels are probably powder coated. The wheel listed above is painted. It's will be a close match but you'll prob be able to tell the difference unless you have 2 painted on same side of the car. The touchup you did looks passable to me. The wheel repair places will be a closer match though and they'll blend the repair and not paint the whole wheel. We have a local one "RGX Rim Repair" that I've used twice (not my car) that did an excellent job and you couldnt tell the repair.
edit: I was reading the info on the wheel adv again and it states in the title "painted" but in the lower description it says "powder coated". Bet it's painted though

 

[FastEddie]

OMG. There was actually two spots.

The touchup actually doesn’t look very bad at all in the sunshine but my anal retentive self will have to have it fixed

 

[Starflyer]

OMG. There was actually two spots.

The touchup actually doesn’t look very bad at all in the sunshine but my anal retentive self will have to have it fixed

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Waste of money IMHO. Wait until you get a really bad curb scrape.

 

[FastEddie]

Waste of money IMHO. Wait until you get a really bad curb scrape.

Think I may do that. Wish Genesis would get us the paint code for the wheels.
Dent Wizard wants $159 to fix it

 

[danygenesis]

Think I may do that. Wish Genesis would get us the paint code for the wheels.
Dent Wizard wants $159 to fix it

That's too much for such small damage. Look at other wheel repair shops or go to a paint shop and let them replicate your wheel paint.

 

[trdehmer]

Do you have an Ebay link of the ones you used/purchased? How are they holding up?

I agree, not a fan especially contrasting colors. As long as they don't fly off the wheel at high speeds and damage my car or cause an accident and hurt someone they might work.I ordered black Nylon ones ( hopefully blend in with the tire and be wide enough to cover the scuffs without looking goofy, could be better or could be worse than just leaving the wheels scuffed ) off eBay for $50 for a set of four and if not then just return them before even installing them.

 

[Miked218]

Do you have an Ebay link of the ones you used/purchased? How are they holding up?

I bought them from Amazon. Out of the four, only one is acceptable. The issue I experienced was that taking highway ramps or fast turns and even on the highway at over 100mph driving straight, I noticed the rim protector started coming off and I would constantly keep my rubber mallet in the car and when I arrived at my destination, first thing was to walk around the car checking each one and using the mallet to pound them back into place and sometimes were so far off, I had to deflate the tires, remove the tires, remove the protector and put it back on again. I would not recommend purchasing the ones I bought. There are so many to choose from but this experience of trying them out has helped me (hopefully) narrow it down and know which ones are likely crap and ones that might actually work. When I have time, I'll research some others and test them out and let you know with a product review post. If all four stayed on as perfectly as the one I'd give it high marks but 1 out of four and having to go through multiple tire removals and reinstalls, it's been more of a pain in the ass than anything else so based on that, I give what I bought 1 and 1/2 stars out of five.

 

[Patent1]

Want to recommend Dent Wizard for minor wheel curb repair. Wife managed to curb front passenger wheel the one day I needed her car. Damage was limited to 1/4 of the wheel rim, with almost no spoke damage. Mobile Dent Wizard fellow came to my house, quoted the work, and did it right then and there. Sorry I don't have before and after pictures, but you can't tell the difference unless you know where to look and you stare pretty hard. Cost was $170; new wheel is over $650. Works for me!

 

[Miked218]

Want to recommend Dent Wizard for minor wheel curb repair. Wife managed to curb front passenger wheel the one day I needed her car. Damage was limited to 1/4 of the wheel rim, with almost no spoke damage. Mobile Dent Wizard fellow came to my house, quoted the work, and did it right then and there. Sorry I don't have before and after pictures, but you can't tell the difference unless you know where to look and you stare pretty hard. Cost was $170; new wheel is over $650. Works for me!

That's not bad as long as it doesn't happen 3 more times after that you start losing money by comparison. I just know no matter how careful I am I'm certain to have it happen again especially with Chicagoland potholes everywhere.

 

[Patent1]

I can't speak to Chicagoland potholes., but DC is certainly tough on cars. We take my wife's daily driver whenever we cross the Potomac for just that reason.