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Frenchie 08-06-2017 08:33 AM

Scuffed alloy wheel
 
My Wife has managed to put a 2" scruff mark on the edge of on of my alloy wheels. No, I have to be honest it was me. This is on my 2016 Sit. I think the wheel colour is gun metal metallic, but not sure how to confirm this? Also need to buy a little kit to repair, but once again no idea what to buy. Help please.

Ferd 08-06-2017 10:38 AM

Oh no, that's one of my personal nightmares.

On LastHumansGarage's YouTube channel he did a minor scuff repair and got colour-matched paint from a company in HongKong, it seemed to do the job.

This was the video he put up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_onDMoI6F8 there's a link to the site in the description.

nikkinokkinoo 08-06-2017 11:47 AM

I did my new alloys on the Eurostar gangway lip / ridge on the M3 drivers side, return trip. Not bad but did the full rim on both alloys on the edge. I remember thinking what was that sound when I was driving off......

Frenchie 08-06-2017 12:26 PM

Thanks Fernando, so are our wheels gun metal grey?, and would you know the colour code. Looks like it's an order to Hong!

Lucky 08-06-2017 03:10 PM

Hi Terry,

Can Subaru not help?.

I ended up taking the car into Fairlight coachworks and asking them to make me up a pot of a paint to match. Not the cheapest way to do it (about £25 from memory) but it was spot on and lasted forever. After all, if you... sorry, Lorraine is going to keep driving into kerbs, it'll always be handy.:ok:

Hope all is well.


Steve

Ferd 08-06-2017 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenchie (Post 238629)
Thanks Fernando, so are our wheels gun metal grey?, and would you know the colour code. Looks like it's an order to Hong!

Yup, I believe so if you look closely on that site it has pictures of all the stock wheels used by Subaru. They also do a filler for when the damage is a little deeper.

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Frenchie 12-06-2017 06:09 PM

Hi Steve, so your Wife scuffed your alloys too!!! Did Fairlight make you touch up paint in a Spray can? How did you carry out the repair? All good here, if you spent 3 months living here with our pristine roads and zero traffic you would never go back to Sussex.


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