Curb rash
 

I have curb rash. I live close to Gaithersburg, MD. Any good shops in the area that can fix this?

brother, you gots to be more careful...:eek:

I agree. I am much more careful and patient now. It was within the first month of ownership. I was aggravated by the morons in the ... dare I say it ... McDonalds drive through and tried to go around in kinda tight quarters. My right front paid dearly for that lack of patience.

Thanks. I'll check these guys out.

ohh man, im sorry bro, that sounds horrifying..

It is what it is. I gained a new perspective of the turning radius for the Z and learned that patience is warranted in some situations.

:shakes head:

The good thing is that it can be fixed.

Or you could look on eBay, and just buy another rim, whatever is more cost efficient.

I have used AWR in the past and they do an excellent job.

I was thinking the same thing

dude, there are 100s of oem rims, do yourself justice and at least take a look.

K

I think Alloy Wheel Repair is a franchise. I went to the one in Darnestown/Gaithersburg after I hit the debris on the highway. They were really friendly and accommodating, charged $125 to repair the wheel, and did it in about an hour. I rolled there on my spare with the damaged wheel in the hatch, and they even put it on for me. I would gladly use them again. Let me know if you want contact info.

Seriously?!? Barring extreme trauma, I can't see how buying a new rim and having a tire mounted on it would be cheaper than a repair to surface damage.

That sucks, i accidentally fell on the ditch while backing up and scratch the front passenger wheel.

The good part it was in the inside part of the wheel so it cant be seen from the outside. But still bit my lip for doing so...

Eh, no one will ever see it and the wheel will work just fine. Chalk it up to a learning experience. :tup:

I feel your paint I'm pretty careful and within the first few months of ownership I scraped along the underside of my sideskirt on a stupid hidden piece of concrete taking a girl to jack in the box, you can't see it but I know it's there

Any sort of damage to the Z is gut wrenching...:p

I have one of these as well. Not sideskirt but front under body. Ah well. It's just a car right? God forbid that BC show up and see that I just actually wrote that.

:rofl2:

i have a full set of 19 inch rims new in box i would let go of...

i work for this company . not this franchise ( im in balt ) but i know the owner and the guys who work for him . they do good work . deff hit them up they will take care of you . the wheels will look like brand new . also if you want to do change the color of the wheels we in balt have a full reman shop and can powder coat your wheel any color you want and fix the damage in the process .. give them a call .. top quality work .

Which rims?

They're the roadster sport rims (same ones as on my car) but in the 19"

I get it. I have a sliver of bumper missing and it killed me to know that for the first couple months. I've settled down about it, though. It's just not worth $1k to fix something so small.

And so invisible.:ugh2:

It's inconspicuous, but not invisible :(

Also, the bit I lost had some attachment points for the under tray and front section of the fender liner. I've already lost one replacement fender liner section because of poor attachment.

Mmmm, bummer. Winter is a good time to resolve that kinda stuff.

I rode over a parking spot curb a little. Can't even see it. So, I'll leave it alone. The wheel is annoying but ... may have to wait until the boy is out of college to fix it.

save a little here and there.

What are you asking for them?

Yeah, a few things are on hold until I'm done stroking tuition checks

hey randy do you have any tires??

275/35/19s??:tup:

Anyone try to repair curb rash themselves? I have a small scrap, about 2" long, that I got this past weekend. Plenty of Youtube videos showing how to do the repair yourself.

My concern is with the silver paint -- does anyone know what brand would match the OEM rims on a 2013 base model?

FYI -- I got a quote from a local place, Wheel Fix It (kinda like the name), for $125, then another $15 to remount the tire. I sent a request to the local "Alloy Wheel Repair" place but have not heard back from them yet.

they do not have tires. i could go pretty low - maybe $1400 without any kind of shipping..

I dug up my old rpf1s pretty bad. Filed down the gash. Filled it with a spackling putty. Smoothed it. Rattle can primed then had a little paint shop color match it. They charged me $45

Heh, I curbed mine in November. Just got them repaired and repowdered. Used "Wheel Doctor" and they did a good job.

Only downside was that they quoted me 2-3 days to do the job and took a full month until I was happy but whatever.

I have not fixed mine yet. Maybe this year.

come on duuude...:icon17:

speaking of having things fixed, I bought another escort passport 9500ix.. my last one was falling to sh1t on me..