Vette Moto

I just had my wheels re-finished by a mobile curb rash service and the car seems to lost the luster it had before. I could have sworn the factory color and finish were machined. The service claims they have restored the color and finish back to factory.

Can anyone confirm this? Please see the before and after pictures.

Vette Moto

More before and after pictures

Duncan64

Damn they look good

Vette Moto

They do look good, but that is besides the point. I don't think they were machined, although factory wheels were.

insame1

It is hard to tell form the pic but that looks like paint to me. Also if they are factory machined rims they usually have a clear anodize on them.

Vette Moto

Interesting, so factory C55 wheels were not machined?

dsp_tdi

TSW Nurburgring Gun metal face machined, 255/285 setup
Not my best pics

Gramma_Benz

No, OEM are painted, however, what they used could be not as metallic of a paint, or just not as shiny.

Viper98912

this

Vette Moto

Great to hear and somewhat of a relief to know that OEM wheels are painted. Now I can stop worrying about the finish and enjoy the beauty of the actual work. Thanks for the input folks.

EDgineered

How much per wheel for the service?
Wheels look good...

Vette Moto

$100 per wheel

You can find a mobile service near your area in the below link. Better yet, if you have a remanufacturing center near you, then I'd take it there.

http://www.awrswheelrepair.com/locator.html

Some words of advice is if you take it anywhere to fix, I would tell the person to be careful and detailed about not applying too much paint and clearcoat over the AMG logo that's engraved in the wheels.

ghiaguy

Great info! Thanks & congrats on those awesome wheels

Vette Moto

Thanks - those curb rashes were such an eyesore. The car basically looks as new as it can get now.

Here are some random pics and a few more finished pics.

MercedesFTW

Mars Red C55 is drool-worthy!

Sorry for misunderstanding, so they repaired/repainted/matched the curbed damage? They didn't remove the paint all together right?

Vette Moto

I love Mars Red now. It wasn't my 1st choice but it has grown on me.

The service didn't remove/strip the original paint completely. They sanded the entire wheel, then applied some type of adhesion promoter for the paint.

ghiaguy

Looks excellent man! Unfortunately, after getting run into this weekend, I will be having to have my left rear wheel refinished as well. I'll be sure to let them know that all four corners need the treatment so they look good together.

ghiaguy

To follow up, my car is going in for repairs today... Do they have to remove the tire for the refinishing, then install and re-balance?
I will follow up with my wheel repair results.

cotrutsa

Thanks for the pricing info

Vette Moto

No, they don't remove the tire from the wheel. They just pull the tire back & away from the lip of the wheel. Make sure they use enough metallic or whatever it is to give it that factory luster and make sure they don't overspray the AMG engrave on the wheel. Good luck!

Duncan64

i'm def. doing this... the previous owner destroyed these wheels to the point that i wanted to just get new ones... but damn they look good when they are re-finished!