Alloy wheel chip

satnavadays

Hi all,

I got an alloy wheel refurbished back in November and while cleaning at the weekend I noticed a chip on the paint (in red circle).

I was thinking of bringing it back to where I got it done however, I'm assuming as its chipped the whole wheel needs to be redone and a touch up isn't likely to work?

bazz26

The looks like the lacquer and paint underneath has come off which I think will require a complete refurb of the wheel. Had similar on a poorly refurbed rim on my last car, never got it sorted and white worm started setting in.

MetzgerMeister

If you don't want to go down the route of a full refurb you can give it a quick fix:

Clean the area with IPA or pre-paint
Mask up the area but leave a few mm around the outside of the chip
Get a can of lacquer and apply a few thin coats to it
Lightly sand the edges of the new lacquer to blend it in as much as possible. Be sure not to remove it altogether

This might look a bit odd when done but it will at least stop it from getting worse and spreading.

JoeA3

I'd be tempted to just do a small touch up also. It's a small stone chip... if you do something like MetzgerMeister suggests, it won't get any worse. It doesn't look like its a diamond cut wheel either so you won't have that awful whiteworm/corrosion issue.

NBar

Bring it back the paint hasn’t bonded right to the primer and will get worse over time

satnavadays

Thanks all for the replies. I'm reluctant to 'attempt' to touch it up myself as I only got it done approx. 8 weeks ago and don't want it to look mismatched so soon.

I'll bring it back to where I got it done in the next few weeks. I've never got a chip on an alloy before so I was half thinking of the paint not bonding correctly.

MetzgerMeister

Were they sprayed or powdercoated? Powdercoating gives a much stronger finish.

satnavadays

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Were they sprayed or powdercoated? Powdercoating gives a much stronger finish.

I'm fairly sure it was powdercoated as it involved heating etc. and took a few days, not that my knowledge is the best to go by!

MetzgerMeister

satnavadays wrote: »

I'm fairly sure it was powdercoated as it involved heating etc. and took a few days, not that my knowledge is the best to go by!

Sounds like they were powdercoated. Rather odd to see them chip like that.