Subject: M-Par wheel crub rash repair DYI questions and recommendations Author: rg0115 : member since May, 2007 : 2454 posts Posted on: 2009-10-13 14:39:08

I have wanted to fix the curb scratches on my wheels for quite some time now, but have never been willing to cough up the cash. The scratches where on the wheel when I bought the car, I promise it wasn’t me.. Instead of getting someone to do the repair for about $100-125 per wheel I was thinking of doing the job myself. I am patient enough to tackle a job like that, but also want to make sure it will looks and matches good.

A while back someone posted the following DYI Instructions and I figured I could do this myself. I ordered the Wurth wheel paint and clear but now that I look at my M-pars closers noticed that the lip itself seems to be polished more so than painted. If you look at the Mpars closely it seems that only the inside of the spokes are painted with the standard euro wheel paint and the lip and face of the wheel it looks like it is polished with a coat of clear.

My concern is that if I use the Wurth paint on the outside of the rim won’t match to the actual polished look, or is only in the inside of the lip polished and outside is painted.. Am I seeing this wrong? Have any of you guys fixed their curb scratch themselves and have been able to match the polish look? Is their a technique I could use to get the polish look, or do I need to look at potentially using a different paint? Any suggestion of what others have done would be great. I will probably only paint the outer edge of the rim, so the Wurth paint might do the trick.

Here are few pictures of the wheel.. Notice the polished lip and painted inside of the spokes. Maybe the outer rim just looks polished from wear and cleaning the so much.







I know what you are thinking. Holly cow that wheels look bad. I know I am embarrassed to drive around with these.

• M-Par wheel crub rash repair DYI questions and recommendations (pic) (url) - rg0115 2009-10-13 14:39:08 (175 views)
  • i know a place. - IBHenry® 2009-10-14 01:25:20 (26 views)
    • What's happening Henry, how have you been. Love to hear your recommendation (nt) - rg0115 2009-10-14 17:35:13 (24 views)
      • did you go? (nt) - sdmike 2009-10-14 17:37:26 (20 views)
        • Yes, I stopped by. No go on the group buy. They seem to know what they are talki - rg0115 2009-10-14 20:14:03 (35 views)
          • They refinished a set of replicas for me and they came out PERFECT! - 740isport 2009-10-14 22:06:34 (21 views)
    • tease (nt) - sdmike 2009-10-14 01:57:50 (18 views)
  • Polish and clear coat (pic) (url) - M.Wong 2009-10-13 22:17:36 (134 views)
    • Nice results. Looks great (nt) - rg0115 2009-10-14 14:48:22 (19 views)
  • I can understand fixing reg rims but arent Mpars alloy finish? How would - Snitch740i 2009-10-13 19:10:40 (39 views)
    • I think they polish them down to smooth metal - sdmike 2009-10-13 23:38:53 (35 views)
      • This is how they explained to me how they would repair it - rg0115 2009-10-14 15:17:32 (32 views)
      • The M-par with machine finish might be a problem since there's no way to - bmw635 2009-10-13 23:45:51 (27 views)
  • Re: M-Par wheel crub rash repair DYI questions and recommendations (url) - cogic740 2009-10-13 16:12:00 (54 views)
    • I SO need these guys. My wheels are a mess - sdmike 2009-10-13 17:27:36 (30 views)
      • Re: I SO need these guys. My wheels are a mess - cogic740 2009-10-13 19:33:19 (24 views)
    • I just called them, they quoted 85 to 95 a wheel. Which isn't bad. I might - rg0115 2009-10-13 16:34:51 (24 views)
      • Ask about a group buy (nt) - sdmike 2009-10-13 17:29:08 (28 views)
        • Mike, I am thinking about swinging by there this afternoon. I will ask if we can - rg0115 2009-10-13 18:26:39 (24 views)
          • yessir. Two worse than the others. (nt) - sdmike 2009-10-13 23:35:34 (16 views)
        • There's a good idea. (nt) - cogic740 2009-10-13 18:02:24 (27 views)
      • Re: I just called them, they quoted 85 to 95 a wheel. Which isn't bad. I might - cogic740 2009-10-13 17:01:27 (38 views)
  • I'd leave it, matching the existing finish is difficult unless you want to redo - bmw635 2009-10-13 14:48:41 (28 views)
    • Where are you getting yours done and what are you paying per wheel if I may ask. (nt) - rg0115 2009-10-13 14:57:35 (23 views)
      • A local shop here in Santa Ana ( don't have info handy). They charge about (pic) - bmw635 2009-10-13 16:19:07 (77 views)
        • Opps,wrong pics- MODS, can you replace with these. (pic) - bmw635 2009-10-13 16:20:01 (96 views)