Fixing Fuchs

Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

I was driving a bit too aggressively.... and took a corner too sharply rubbing my nice Fuchs (rear passenger side) against the curb.

(The Yokohama "curb protection lip" did not do its job as advertised)

Can this be buffed out?

There is that type of damage on three different edges of the rim.

SilverPoly · 02-27-2004, 05:11 PM

I couldn't access the picture site you posted. If your scuff is on the edge of the rim and not too bad I would take them to someone like Al Reed and have them buffed out and polished. I had a baby scuff on one of my 8s and Al took one look at it and said 'that's nothing, I can fix that'. What a nice guy.

Again, hard to say without a pic.

Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

Steve, Im surprised that you cant open the pic. It opens fine on mine. Yes, its a scuff...kinda large. Id like to buff it out myself because it is my daily driver and I cant take the wheel off to send it to Al Reed. But if he can do it, the I can too.... thanks!

SilverPoly · 02-27-2004, 05:32 PM

I'm getting an error.

If you're gonna DIY then you'd probably need to sand out the scratch and then polish just as long as is isn't so far into the metal.

I'd definitely think about getting them rebalanced. My .02

don911 · don911's Garage

I can't open the pix either. If they still have anodizing on the lips, it might be a harder repair. If they are already down to polished AL, you should be able sand out the rash and repolish. Without the pix it's hard to know but I've taken sanded some large scratches out without a problem.

911mike · 911mike's Garage

Can't get the pic either. If it is really bad it can be welded and polished/chromed by a good wheel shop. Good luck.

82SC · 02-27-2004, 09:43 PM

al reed did mine, I had a small chunk bitten out by the curb

a welder friend of his does it with metal that when polished, blends in perfectly

MJ

GeorgeM · GeorgeM's Garage

Harvey Weidman does this as well. If it's too bad to buff out, he'll weld it up and it will look perfect. You can't anodize after welding, though. The welds will look like permanent water spots. You'll have to keep them bare polished.

alf · 02-27-2004, 10:42 PM

I had a local place fix mine when i bought someone's track fuchs. Sanded off anodizing on the rim with a 90% sander, finished with some 600 grit paper and blends in to the factory anodizing just fine.

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89911 · 06:50 AM

You can buff out almost any rash/scratch but you will have to lose the anodization and then polish the lip. This opens up much more work. If not prepared to do this (read the 1000+ post on fuch polishing) send them out.

scottb · 02-28-2004, 06:36 AM

AL REED!

89911 · 02-28-2004, 06:51 AM

Scottb, do you have some kind of software program that recognises any word with "fuchs" in it and it will automatically responds with "Al Reed"?.

scottb · 11:41 AM

How did you know?

Actually, I'm just a VERY satisfied customer. He and his wife Diane are good people, and I'd like to see folks like them get as much business as possible.

singpilot · 02-28-2004, 10:43 AM

Sonic, there is a place here in Redondo that does all of mine. The name escapes me right now, but it is on Manhattan Beach Blvd, east of Inglewood, just BEFORE you go under the 405 going east on MB Blvd. Is on the right hand side. Let them take a look at it, and he'll tell you honestly what he thinks.