When I came home from work earlier this week, I noticed this on the RF wheel of my wife's Fit





So this morning, I cleaned it off so I could see the magnitude of the damage.





The lips on these wheels are stainless steel, so I decided to try Mother's Billet Metal Polish. Because the weather was nice, I decided to work outside. Since I was going to work in the driveway, I used a trick I picked up from my best friend's dad: Keep a couple of pieces of carpet in the garage. They are a lot more comfortable to kneel on than the floor mats. You can get pieces for a few bucks at a capet store. I had extra left over from when my house was built that I cut into squares.





After about 45 minutes of polishing, I was able to get the wheel looking a lot better. This stuff works really well.

 

You can also sand with progessively finer grit and then use polish, and it will look like nothing ever happened. The only times that doesnt really work is when the rim is colored or has a factory texture or the material loss is such that there is a noticable "dent" or "chunks" (yikes!) missing.


Thanks for the post and congrats on making it look better

 

WOW. that looks amazing. hmmm diy!

 

good job.

i would probably do 800grit wetsand, 1500grit wet sand followed by 2000grit wet sand
and finish with polish.

 

i would prolly just rub the whole rim against the curb- that spot will blend right in-- you will never notice the original rash


(do not attempt)

 

hey markymark i love those sportmax wheels...where did you get them at?

 

Actually, the owner of the company is a close friend of mine, and sent me a set. The brand name is changing to XXR this year because of trademark conflicts with Dunlop Tires' Sport Maxx line.

You can purchase these wheels from many different retailers, just search the web a bit. The ones on my wife's car are Style 502 in the chromium black finish, 17x7. Each wheel box includes both chrome and black center caps.

 

Rub the whole rim against the curb....
Brilliant!

 

hey, hook a brother up!

 

ya y not? if the whole thing is scraped up - it will look like its supposed to be that way ...
no actually i f-in HATE when this happens very aggravating
so i now know (thank you) that is may be hope

 

MarkyMark
great job on the repair, hope your wife realize she owns you big those are nice wheels

 

Wow that looks as good as new. Hope your wife appreciates your great repair job.

Cat :x

 

have you got any pics of your car so i can see what they look like on there...im haveing a hard time finding fits on here with these wheels....thanks,

 

Here you go

 

thanks that looks great...have you lowered it? i thought i saw in one of your posts where you said it was rubbing...was that before or after being lowered> if so what kind of springs did you use?

 

Not lowered at all, suspension is stock. Rolling the rear fenders and shaving down the rear mounting tab fixes the rubbing.