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A while back, I parked a little too close to a curb and very slightly scratched my front wheel. The sctratches are minimal, but I want to have the scratches removed and then repaint the wheel.
I found a company in Cleveland that specializes in repairing aluminum wheels and they feel confident that the wheel can be repaired and the color matched (using the GM code number) without any trouble. I have my doubts.
This company told me that they will strip the coating off, sand the light scratches out and apply powder coating that will be matched to the light gray metalic.
My concern is that the wheel was probably spray coated originally and the coating may be somewhat transparent. I don't know if a powder coating will have the same effect???
I don't want to have this wheel re-painted if the color match will not be perfectly matched to the original color. Before I go forward, I thought someone might have some insight to avoid me making a serious mistake!
Mark
I found a company in Cleveland that specializes in repairing aluminum wheels and they feel confident that the wheel can be repaired and the color matched (using the GM code number) without any trouble. I have my doubts.
This company told me that they will strip the coating off, sand the light scratches out and apply powder coating that will be matched to the light gray metalic.
My concern is that the wheel was probably spray coated originally and the coating may be somewhat transparent. I don't know if a powder coating will have the same effect???
I don't want to have this wheel re-painted if the color match will not be perfectly matched to the original color. Before I go forward, I thought someone might have some insight to avoid me making a serious mistake!
Mark