# fixing light curb rash?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 4, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142 "2006-07-04T10:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/1 "2006-07-04T10:18:01Z")

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got owned last night by a sewer drain ☹  
now i have some really light rash on the edge of the lip on the rim. it polished, so i would think that would almost make it easier to fix. am i right in assuming i should be able to sand it down and then polish it again?

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**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/2 "2006-07-04T13:12:53Z")

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that should work but it will be alot of time to bring the lip to the same “shine” as the rest.

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**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/3 "2006-07-04T14:03:51Z")

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def can sand it down and re-polish… depends how deep it is though, may need to dremel it first

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**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/4 "2006-07-04T14:08:19Z")

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if it is super minor, sanding and polishing will work. If it is more major, you can actually get a filler to fill it back in, sand it down, and then blend paint that area to match the polish finish.

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**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/5 "2006-07-04T14:10:45Z")

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hmm, i never thought of paint matching to the polish, figured that’d be pretty hard to do. I usually would just blend the deep rash in with the dremel, usually makes it un-noticable unless you have a micrometer 🙂

forces you to dremel and polish a lot of the wheel though to blend it…

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**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/6 "2006-07-04T21:44:27Z")

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i have polished all four of my wheels, 2 outta 4 had serious curb rash so i grinded/sanded/polished. Its not 100% perfect but you wouldnt know unless i told you.

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**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-light-curb-rash/14142/7 "2006-07-05T07:05:20Z")

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i looked at it again yesterday, and noticed that the edge of all the lips has little grooves in them. so i would need to sand and polish all the wheels. ☹

guess that gives me something to do one of these weekends.