F4 Phantom

The scrape is about the size of my thumb nail.

AFVETTE

How about a photo? If it's near the rim's edge I would suggest covering it with these. RIM RINGZ

http://www.rollausa.com/products.html

I'm having my dealer install these before delivery.

Good luck

Kicker

Plasti-dip?

runutzzzzz

Ouch, that sucks! If it's not too bad you can put some clear nail polish on it so it doesn't get worse.

jerryv

No easy fix. Hide it the best way you can ...

HolyRoller

Turn up the radio.

Crawler

Call a couple good used car dealers in your area and see who they use to repair/refinish wheels.

They'll strip them, polish the area (weld if need be and grind down), then re chrome.

z51vett

New wheel maybe cheaper check some vendors Bob's house of wheels I think. buy used painted wheel and have it chromed I found that was the cheaper option.
z51vett
Doug

-CM-

One option is to wait until you get some more scrapes, then have the wheel repaired. I had two repaired through Discount Tire, and they came back looking like new. Cost was $125 each - much less than a new wheel.

Edit: My wheels are silver painted, not chrome. Sorry for the confusion.

TEXHAWK0

Easy fix is to get a new wheel. (though not necessarily the cheapest)

runutzzzzz

That's it to repair a chrome wheel? I would have guessed at least double that!

-CM-

No, sorry, mine are the painted silver. I missed the "chrome" part of the post. I'm sure it would cost more to repair chrome wheels.

F4 Phantom

Thanks, guys, for your help. I think I'll go with one of these suggestions:

Jimbob26

I scraped my painted silver wheel a couple of weeks ago. A good wheel repair place can fix it as good as new. Mine cost $200 - basically that's the cost regardless of the amount of damage. The shop I used also does powder coating (some beautiful options to consider at a later date if/when I get bored with my wheels) and the owner said those also cost $200/wheel. Don't know if chrome is a different cost, but the point is you can get it fixed like new. I am obsessive about my baby and am very satisfied. If you live in the SF Bay area, PM me and I can give you the name of the business.

tunaman

Sounds like yours isn't that bad... Good luck with the decision, and stay away from the curbs!

A lady parked a new C7 vert outside of our bowling center Monday night, still with temp registration in the window, and I noticed severe curb rash covering more than half of the rear right wheel. I spoke with her later and suggested that she not park quite so close to curbs, and she hadn't noticed the extent of the damage. She was pretty mad at herself when she saw it.

F4 Phantom

I'm in the LA area, but thanks.

slief

If you want it perfect, jack the car up, remove the wheel, take it to a tire store to remove the tire and sent it to HiTech Metal Polishing in Santa Fe Springs. They specialize in wheels. There is also California Chrome in Valencia. They will remove the tire and fix the wheel as well. They are pretty expensive though but they are close and they too specialize in wheels. Either of those two will strip the chrome and re-plate the wheel so it looks like new. For a simple fix, you could use some clear nail polish which should keep the chrome from flaking in that area and also prevent rust.

mpuzach

FYI, it costs much more to repair a damaged chrome wheel than a painted or polished one. There's no way you're going to get it made to look like new for $125 as someone suggested.

Glenmcp

Stuff happens. Buy a new wheel.

b4i4getit

Chrome is a plating. There is no way to do a spot repair.