[KirkH]

I scuffed up my rims recently. I have the RS 20" silver spokes wheels. The scratches were pretty deep into the metal.

Tools needed:
Dremel tool
Dremel #952 cone shaped aluminum oxide grinding stone
Dremel #413 sanding disc

Materials:
Body filler $12.99
Touch up paint Duplicolor Subaru 262 Quicksilver $9.99 for the Camaro OEM silver rims
sand paper 1500, 2000, 3000 grit $1 sheet
Wheel cleaner, degreaser

First: clean, clean. clean. Clean as you go along as well. The surface must be free of grease and dust.

I will focus on this one spot for the write-up.



I started with the #952 cone shaped aluminum oxide grinding stone and a Dremel tool. Speed set at 5. Grind down the burrs the best you can. It doesn't have to be perfect, just rounded off the best you can.





Change attachments to the #413 sanding disc and try to shape the rim.





Mix up a little bit of body filler.



Spread the body filler evenly over the scratched area and let dry 1-2 hours until hard. Work quickly, the body filler hardens fast.



Use the #413 sanding disk to sand down the body filler as evenly and perfectly as possible. Use the sander to shape the body filler to match the rim.



Sand with 1500 grit, 2000 grit and 3000 grit sand paper wrapped around a pencil. Be careful not to sand outside the repair area. If you do, you will need to polish that area after the paint has cured.



Clean and remove any dust to prepare for paint.

This paint matches great!



Smoothly paint the repaired area.



Apply the clear coat and allow to dry.



I will need to polish out some scratches from the sand paper where I messed up. It's not perfect, but it looks much better!

If anyone has questions I will be glad to answer them.

[Soleil]

Wow, well done my friend looks pretty good.

[EagleRS]

Originally Posted by KirkH

I scuffed up my rims recently. I have the RS 20" silver spokes wheels. The scratches were pretty deep into the metal.

Tools needed:
Dremel tool
Dremel #952 cone shaped aluminum oxide grinding stone
Dremel #413 sanding disc

Materials:
Body filler $12.99
Touch up paint Duplicolor Subaru 262 Quicksilver $9.99 for the Camaro OEM silver rims
sand paper 1500, 2000, 3000 grit $1 sheet
Wheel cleaner, degreaser

First: clean, clean. clean. Clean as you go along as well. The surface must be free of grease and dust.

I will focus on this one spot for the write-up.



I started with the #952 cone shaped aluminum oxide grinding stone and a Dremel tool. Speed set at 5. Grind down the burrs the best you can. It doesn't have to be perfect, just rounded off the best you can.





Change attachments to the #413 sanding disc and try to shape the rim.





Mix up a little bit of body filler.



Spread the body filler evenly over the scratched area and let dry 1-2 hours until hard. Work quickly, the body filler hardens fast.



Use the #413 sanding disk to sand down the body filler as evenly and perfectly as possible. Use the sander to shape the body filler to match the rim.



Sand with 1500 grit, 2000 grit and 3000 grit sand paper wrapped around a pencil. Be careful not to sand outside the repair area. If you do, you will need to polish that area after the paint has cured.



Clean and remove any dust to prepare for paint.

This paint matches great!



Smoothly paint the repaired area.



Apply the clear coat and allow to dry.



I will need to polish out some scratches from the sand paper where I messed up. It's not perfect, but it looks much better!

If anyone has questions I will be glad to answer them.

They look great and kudos on doing it yourself. If I have the grey RS wheels, what color code is that? I know there are the 2 finishes silver and grey split 5 spoke.

Thanks a lot...

[KirkH]

Originally Posted by Soleil

Wow, well done my friend looks pretty good.

Thanks! I think i can get better at this with some practice. I learned a lot.

Originally Posted by EagleRS

They look great and kudos on doing it yourself. If I have the grey RS wheels, what color code is that? I know there are the 2 finishes silver and grey split 5 spoke.

Thanks a lot...

Here's what you do...Autozone will let you return touchup paint that doesn't match if you haven't used much of it. That's how I figured out that the Subaru paint matched the silver wheels so well. Try to find a match at Autozone.

[DirectTo]

Damn, nice job.