Mercedes Wheel Repair-Repaint

Thanks for the sharing this thread. It looks like a very solid repair and a great job done. It also seems like this would be a valuable up charge for those detailers who can offer the service.

So here comes my questions, peaked by my curiosity.

  1. - Are factory wheels painted or powdercoated?
  2. - It looks like you refinished the damaged area by sanding, but did you respray the whole wheel or just blend the damaged area in the rest of the factory finish? Same with the clear? Did you blend the clear over the factory wheel or the whole wheel?
  3. - How do you insure that you have the factory wheel color?
  4. - If you blended the area, what type of spray gun did you use? An airbrush or a paint gun?

Thanks in advance and great job.
 
Great thread. This is something that you don't normally see here, and it is very interesting. I know a lot of customers ask about this, and if it is something that you can do, it makes you that much more valuable to the customer.

Thanks for posting it here.

Also, the wheels came out great!!:hurray:
 
th0001 said:
Thanks for the sharing this thread. It looks like a very solid repair and a great job done. It also seems like this would be a valuable up charge for those detailers who can offer the service.

So here comes my questions, peaked by my curiosity.

  1. - Are factory wheels painted or powdercoated?
    As far as i know the wheel are painted, but i could be wrong. the wheels had actually been repaired once before and it looked to me as if they had not cleared the wheels
  2. - It looks like you refinished the damaged area by sanding, but did you respray the whole wheel or just blend the damaged area in the rest of the factory finish? Same with the clear? Did you blend the clear over the factory wheel or the whole wheel?
    I sanded all 4 wheels back, this was because they had already been painted once before and i wasnt happy with the paint on there. even if they hadnt been painted i would always sand the whole wheel down. i primed all the wheels and cleared the same way.
  3. - How do you insure that you have the factory wheel color?
    i have a manufacture paint guide that i take with me to the customer and ask them if they want the same colour or a different shade. it is very difficult to match 100%
  4. - If you blended the area, what type of spray gun did you use? An airbrush or a paint gun?
    I use a HVLP normal spray gun, it is alot quicker than using a airbrush gun.

I believe this service can easily be added to your services, ths job took me 8 hrs, masking takes extra time and drying them is the biggest thing. if i took the wheels of the tire you would have to wait till the nxt day to put the tires back on to avoid scraping off the paint on the rim when putting the tire back on. if your good with a gun and add anything to a wheel.

Thanks in advance and great job.
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I have a few more jobs lined up and ill show my progress
 
juliom2 said:
Thanks for sharing!!!!
Great results!!
what paint system was used?
:wizard:
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Thanks the guy was really happy with the results, im just counting the days until he curbs them again hahah, i used quicksand for the primer but i wasnt thinking when i sprayed them, it takes 2 hrs to harden so ill used etching primer next time, and then BC/CC i acutally sprayed the wheels with the GM wheel colour

bmw5541 said:
Great thread. This is something that you don't normally see here, and it is very interesting. I know a lot of customers ask about this, and if it is something that you can do, it makes you that much more valuable to the customer.

Thanks for posting it here.

Also, the wheels came out great!!:hurray:
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since i posted the thread on a local forum ive had 5 people or so wanting a quote, i can really see this service taking off casue theres always wheels needing repairing
 
Great work!! Those wheels look brand new!

Did I read right that you didn't have to put any filler on the wheels? I'm by no means saying it did it wrong, just asking. Thats awesome if all you have to do to fix curbage like that is sand and not worry about any sort of fillers...
 
twistedframe said:
Great work!! Those wheels look brand new!

Did I read right that you didn't have to put any filler on the wheels? I'm by no means saying it did it wrong, just asking. Thats awesome if all you have to do to fix curbage like that is sand and not worry about any sort of fillers...
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No filler was used alloy is extremely soft and you can work most of the damage out, i dont really like to use bondo.....
 
uniquedetailing said:
No filler was used alloy is extremely soft and you can work most of the damage out, i dont really like to use bondo.....
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Thank you for sharing! I am actually going to give this a shot on a couple old wheels I have in the garage. I always stayed away from it because I just assumed you needed to use filler.

BTW did you do all the sanding by hand, or machine? Thanks again!
 
twistedframe said:
Thank you for sharing! I am actually going to give this a shot on a couple old wheels I have in the garage. I always stayed away from it because I just assumed you needed to use filler.

BTW did you do all the sanding by hand, or machine? Thanks again!
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I did it all by hand, you can use a machine but i didnt take the tires off so didnt want to damage the tires. as alloy is really soft 320 paper will take most of it out, i did use a little file to take some bits out
 
This method only work for alloy wheels and Chrome as well???


Does anyone have an idea how to prep and how to paint chrome rims???




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ExoticAutodetail said:
This method only work for alloy wheels and Chrome as well???


Does anyone have an idea how to prep and how to paint chrome rims???






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NOT the same method.......even if you rough the chrome up it wont be enough for the primer to stick. you need to sandblast the chrome off first, prime, paint etc
 
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Great post. I always wondered how they did it. I had a wheel repaired a while back and it looked perfect but I sure didn't know how they did it.

I also didn't know the manufacture had wheel paint.

Thanks,

JG
 
uniquedetailing said:
NOT the same method.......even if you rough the chrome up it wont be enough for the primer to stick. you need to sandblast the chrome off first, prime, paint etc
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I see now thanks!!

So this method you did to fix the curbed damage works on alloy wheels only then?

I have a friend she has a 2004 infiniti g35. She has her wheels curbed damage. They are stock wheels so I'm pretty sure they are alloy.

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Any idea what brand of primer I need? Where can I get the paint? How do I know what's the correct paint?


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Chrome is a plating, not a paint. You would have to get the wheels stripped of the original chrome and then re-plated.

Is this the primary method for doing this? Do some repair services use aluminum filler (not bondo)? Does this create a noticeable imbalance in the wheel?
 
CH.Detailing said:
Chrome is a plating, not a paint. You would have to get the wheels stripped of the original chrome and then re-plated.

Is this the primary method for doing this? Do some repair services use aluminum filler (not bondo)? Does this create a noticeable imbalance in the wheel?
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Well apart from using bondo which i dont like to do, you always face the problem or shrinking which will crack the paint or adhesive problems. if the damage is bad, the most skillful welders can weld alloy but thats a hard skill. after you have any work on the wheels i recommend having them rebalanced
 
ExoticAutodetail said:
I see now thanks!!

So this method you did to fix the curbed damage works on alloy wheels only then?

I have a friend she has a 2004 infiniti g35. She has her wheels curbed damage. They are stock wheels so I'm pretty sure they are alloy.

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Any idea what brand of primer I need? Where can I get the paint? How do I know what's the correct paint?


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Yes this will alloy work for alloy, steel wheels, if you have polished alloy that is a different process too. those wheels there are alloy, i recommend if you were to fix then take 320 paper and you should be able to get most of the damage out. you can use 2k primer, self etching primer, you would neeed to go to a paint store. if you go to a paint store they will have a paint book, they will have most of the likes of Audi, BMW, mercedes they will not name the paint for the wheels
 
uniquedetailing said:
Yes this will alloy work for alloy, steel wheels, if you have polished alloy that is a different process too. those wheels there are alloy, i recommend if you were to fix then take 320 paper and you should be able to get most of the damage out. you can use 2k primer, self etching primer, you would neeed to go to a paint store. if you go to a paint store they will have a paint book, they will have most of the likes of Audi, BMW, mercedes they will not name the paint for the wheels
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