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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 04:47 PM
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Curbed my xxr 527:(

So I hate how I can never see even over my hood because these seats are so damn low so I don't always know the perception of things and I curbed my xxr 527. It's about 1 1/2 inches long on the very outer edge of the rim, how could I go about fixing this? Sand it down a little then paint it? If so where could I get flat black touch up paint? If this doesn't work ill eventually take it somewhere to have them resurface it and touch it up just don't wanna for out the $100+ jjust yet. Ill get pictures up soon.

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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 04:54 PM
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If its really jagged you might have to sand a lot and you'll notice it

If it's not too bad, wet sand that sucker and paint it.
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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Why don't you just buy a new wheel? Isn't it like 120 per wheel?
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SpardaVR4
If its really jagged you might have to sand a lot and you'll notice it

If it's not too bad, wet sand that sucker and paint it.
Ima try that.
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:42 PM
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Why don't you just buy a new wheel? Isn't it like 120 per wheel?
Plus shipping, but I didn't even think about that good idea. Or maybe I can find somewhere cheaper.
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:58 PM
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I curbed a wheel once and I used my dremmel with a grinding bit to smoth it out. You can barely see it.
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ZLAYER
I curbed a wheel once and I used my dremmel with a grinding bit to smoth it out. You can barely see it.
Did you paint over it too?
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:33 PM
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I thought the whole point of having XXR's is so when you damage them you don't give a f*ck because they're so cheap to replace
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 07:30 PM
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I thought the whole point of having XXR's is so when you damage them you don't give a f*ck because they're so cheap to replace
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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You can sand it down maybe with 600-800 grit sandpaper and then use a nail polish to touch it up it always works depending on your wheel color.
Old Jan 29, 2013 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Original
You can sand it down maybe with 600-800 grit sandpaper and then use a nail polish to touch it up it always works depending on your wheel color.
thats a good idea too thanks
Old Jan 30, 2013 | 05:58 AM
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if I curbed an xxr wheel, Id buy another, no brainer, they are too cheap to try and fix, just buy a new one lol
Old Jan 30, 2013 | 08:47 AM
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Did you paint over it too?
Yup. It wasn't in my 527s though. I had already painted the wheels, so I already had the matching color.
Old Jan 30, 2013 | 09:11 AM
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since the wheels are flat black you could probably just plasti dip that part and nobody would notice.
Old Jan 30, 2013 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay10Ralliart
since the wheels are flat black you could probably just plasti dip that part and nobody would notice.
Just thought of that today


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