Wheel damage - I'm pissed!! Stock offsets??
 

So the wife and I went out for a ride this morning and as I was passing a pickup pulling a trailer he came over on me and I had no choice but to head toward a curb. The front wheel scraped the curb and scraped off the paint about half way around. I found out (unfortunately) that the wheel color is black underneath the paint, which I discovered while trying to remove the black scrapes. I am very very angry at the moron in the truck and at myself for doing more damage than was originally done by trying to "fix" the wheel.:mad:

This could be the classic "good news/bad news" scenario however, as it may "force" me in to having to get some aftermaket wheels. Speaking of that, what are the stock offsets for our Sports package wheels?

AZ Roadster

That sucks, but it could have been worse...you could have gotten curbside body damage, or the guy could have collided with you.

This thread has stock offset info (first post) and other useful info.
http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...can-we-go.html

There are a lot more threads here regarding aggressive offsets +/- pictures.

In case you go with aftermarket wheels, I'm looking for one rear 19" Rays sport wheel and would be willing to buy at a good price. ;-)

mine had wheel damage....i had them powdercoated and you cant tell they were scraped

You could try to get someone in your local area to refinish your damaged rim. It might be cheaper than to buy a new set of rims. What are you going to do if it happens again with your new aftermarket rims? Buy another new set of aftermarket rims? You get my point.

Fan,

I hear ya, but using that logic, no one should ever repair anything with cosmetic damage because it "might get damanged again". I always assume that I am not going to have anymore issues. I guess i'm just the eternal optimist.

I am now leaning toward getting my wheels powdercoated this winter. Other than the pain in the a$$ it will be to remove them, have the tires dismounted, get them coated, have the tires remounted, etc. it seems like a good alternative to very expensive wheels. I have a Chicane Yellow and I a thinking that a nice gunmetal color may be interesting.

AZ Roadster

Sorry to hear man, It stinks b/c that bad driver will now never know how stupid he truly is. Please these days man, if you need help let me know, but best option to save some money would be to powdercoat your wheels. I dont know him personally, but I am pretty sure their is a member on here that does that stuff, and seems to be real good if you cant find someone local.

Chris,

I will definitley keep you in mind. Winter is coming so I can let the Z sit in the garage for a while. A set of gunmetal TE 37's would look pretty good, however. I would want to keep the stock offsets, so if you get some time please PM me with a ballpark price for those bad boys. I may just say the hell with it and buy some wheels.:happydance:

AZ Roadster

that's great logic.

might as well sell your car when it runs out of gas, you'll just have to put more gas in anyway.

:facepalm::facepalm:

I am currently doing a DIY wheel repair on a set of BMW style 189 wheels that I got for the wifes 06 325xi .. Got a set from someone on Craig's list for very, very cheap.. They were curbed up pretty badly... I got the tires removed and spoke to my body shop as a backup who agreed to take care of me if I failed in my attempt of re-painting, but I want to tackle this myself if possible..

So far after getting various grits of sand paper and sanding the taped off damaged areas with 220-600 grit paper, I can tell as long as my spray can skills are okay, these wheels that looked awful, will look good as new.. Just by sanding , filling, and re spraying the damaged area... I have all 4 sanded, got rid of about 95% of the marks and the few deeper gashes will get filler, making sure you clean between all steps is key, afterwards I will spray them with a fill type primer very lightly, than the color in only the designated area, and than clear it... Sounds hard, but I have enjoyed doing it so far and I am pretty sure the end result will be great... I went with bondo but you can get aluminum welding stuff on the internet that would be a more permanent filler if you wanted...


I'm not sure if Nissan sells a paint that exactly matches out wheels but for German cars the company Wurth, makes a color and clear that is pretty much spot on with the silver alloy wheels of BMW, Porshe, Mercedes, etc and many people over on their forums have successfully re-finished there wheels and you can not even notice..

If I fail, my body shop has agreed to take care of me at the cost of under $40 a wheel, as long as the prep work is all done. Which is what I have been doing. If I fail re spraying , I will simply have to scuff the whole wheel up with red scotch bright or 600 grit paper and bring to them to re-spray and clear.. Powder coating is a better alternative but my route I am taking... worst case scenario will end up costing me $160 + my materials ( which have been various sandpapers, a paint mixer to wrap paper in, masking tape, paint thinner ( to clean area and whip off over spray ), red bondo, and primer paint and clear... about $50 total. )

New te37s would cost you 4,000 with tires... Also a ton of powder-coaters will do it under $200 a wheel.. I was quoted 85 a wheel from a local guy to repair what I am doing and as much as 175 from another place.

here is the DIY site I have followed Wheel Scuff Repair on Alloy Wheels | How-to Guide

If these come out good, I plan to get the paint of our wheels and tackle the few spots of curb rash on my OEM 19's ... I purchased them used having 1 wheel with some rash, and one early morning where I was half-asleep and not paying attention I curbed my rear drivers side rim on my driveway blocks. My driveway narrows down to a 1 car from a 2 car so there is a curve at the bottom. That curb mark is relatively bad and has been annoying me so hopefully the BMW wheels come out good..

Cant hurt to try this yourself!

stock RAYS 19's size/offsets:
19x9 +47
19x10 +30

Putting gas into your car to run it is normal operation. Is it normal operation to scratch your rims? The issue of scratched rims is about maintenance not normal operation. You have three options when it comes to scratched rims: 1. leave as is and not think about it 2. take it to a local shop to refinish them 3. buy a new set of rims. Your choice.

or just buy one new wheel, reuse your tires and TPMS. sell or repair the damaged wheel.

im sure there are others that have damaged wheels and someone can make a set of damaged wheels, repair/paint them.