Feeling gutted, have damaged almost one half of my vrs wheel rims today ! :(.. went round a corner too sharply, and scrapped along a curb !.. from the sound you just knew it was bad.. only had car 6 weeks. I feel sick ! Annoying that the tyres fitted didn't have rim protection which may have helped a little. What's my options ?

Depends on the wheel and how bad it is. If diamond cut there expensive and time consuming to fix. I got my alloys done on my old car for 50 quid a wheel and they did a cracking job, looked like new. Any wheel referb place will do them, dimond cut ones is a bit more specialist and you end up in the same place if you bought a new wheel.

how to say if they are diamond cut,laser cut, etc. Can you post an example?

They're Gemini ones which I believe are diamond cut :(

how to say if they are diamond cut,laser cut, etc. Can you post an example?

Not sure i have ever heard the term laser cut, being an engineer im at a loss to under stand how you cut surface finish with a laser, then again im not an expert in wheels. Diamond cut is basicaly stick the the in a lathe with the correct profile tool. There are no dimonds involved alloy is soft bog standard high carbon steel is enough. I think the reason its costly is time consuming, and if there to damaged there's not enough material to work with so it can be difficult to fix dimond cut wheels.

Diamond cut is expensive to fix but not impossible.

Cost depends on extent of damage

If you live near newcastle these guys are ok i have used them before.

https://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/locations/newcastle/

Edited 5 November, 20169 yr by Alpha2110

Mine were already refurbed to a high standard ( perfect but covered all over anthracite ) but then I had an experience very similar to yours on one side of the car - I was gutted but just refurbed myself ( you can get the alloy fill stuff really cheap, which is part epoxy part steel mix and just push into to reprofile, shape and sand down if necessary then obviously acid etch and spray the wheel ).

 

You wouldn't really notice now and I was gutted as you - although the first time they were refurbed before I even had the car lost the diamond cut aspect.

 

I wouldn't worry, its a car for driving, not admiring your reflection in anyway. At some point after enough of those kind of encounters I think enough must be enough and you decide actually just get them cheaply refurbed and sod the stupid bit of mirror finish anyway.

 

Plus I think Skoda ads have got it all a bit wrong with that kind of detail - instead of trying to show off on the outside ( which is a bit chavvy), best to improve the inside ( the interior seats thread anyone! )

Edited 5 November, 20169 yr by vRSAnt

Mine were already refurbed to a high standard ( perfect but covered all over anthracite ) but then I had an experience very similar to yours on one side of the car - I was gutted but just refurbed myself ( you can get the alloy fill stuff really cheap, which is part epoxy part steel mix and just push into to reprofile, shape and sand down if necessary then obviously acid etch and spray the wheel ).

You wouldn't really notice now and I was gutted as you - although the first time they were refurbed before I even had the car lost the diamond cut aspect.

I wouldn't worry, its a car for driving, not admiring your reflection in anyway. At some point after enough of those kind of encounters I think enough must be enough and you decide actually just get them cheaply refurbed and sod the stupid bit of mirror finish anyway.

Plus I think Skoda ads have got it all a bit wrong with that kind of detail - instead of trying to show off on the outside ( which is a bit chavvy), best to improve the inside ( the interior seats thread anyone! )

I agree its only a matter of time before some other damage no matter how small. It is sickning when you damage a new car but the first scrape is the worst, i always think after this you enjoy the car more.

Edited 5 November, 20169 yr by Alpha2110

Best thing I have done to diamond cut alloys is get them refurbed to get rid of the diamond cut! If it is a silver wheel, you don't even notice. On darker wheels it may be more obvious but it is surprising how few (if any) ever notice the difference

 

Often the edge of a diamond cut is so sharp the lacquer pulls away at the edge and it is the first place the covering fails and the corrosion sets in.

 

If they are winter wheels and I am keeping them a bit I get the diamond cut edges eased and painted/powder coated all over. They last longer and are easier to both clean and patch/blend-in when the inevitable happens.

I agree with the diamond lacquer coming off, it looks awful when this happens, like white worm on the skoda hub badges.

Thanks everyone, I had the family in the car at the time, and the Mrs told me to calm down, it's only a wheel ! Lol.. which to be honest is true.. I may try and rub it down a bit to make other less obvious, and may even try a diy touch up ! .. though never down the acid clean bit

Edited 5 November, 20169 yr by Leeboy22001

I've touched up very minor damage a couple of times on mine and its hard to spot.  My damage was minor, half an inch and only just through the lacquer and slightly in the alloy, just a scratch.  i started with aluminium oxide paper round a straight edge to take off what ws needed to smooth things out but no more, then 600 grit wet and dry, 3000 grit, then t-cut, then wipe with IPA.  i then rattle can lacquered, half a dozen light dustings over the space of an hour.  repairs have held for over a year.

 

I'll be at it again in a week or two after a run in with the very last curb on the way out of a multi-storey..ffs I was being so careful all the way in, all the way out..or ALMOST all the way out.  felt the whack and was convinced i'd utterly mullered the rim.  was fuming all the way home.  checked it when on my drive and it is less than 10mm long and only lacquer deep, what a relief!

Same thing happened to me last week, 1 week old!! Was absolutely gutted. I had my wheel repaired by a mobile chap from Weel Wizard. You would never even know it was damaged, I couldn't even tell where it was now.

I'm having to investigate getting a Gemini repaired after my good lady had an encounter with a kerb this morning. I shall post up my experiences.

Thankfully ours have only a few marks that have been touched in, but at some point I'm having them refurbished to a shadow chrome finish and do away with the diamond cut