Cars: My DIY Curbed Alloy Wheel Repair (1st Attempt) - Part 1 

Just to be clear, this is NOT a How To video and I am NOT a professional. This video is about me sharing my experience of doing this for the first time 😊 Watch me finish this in PART 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rS2m9vCgZy8.html

Out of all the videos I've watched tonight, this is the one I should have watched first - it's made me realise what a mammoth task I have ahead of me and how little I knew! I'm sure you won't take offence at me but watching someone do it and it not turning out well is more educational than watching all the know-it-alls - thanks for sharing!

Cheers mate, saved me a tenner on an alloy chip repair kit

How not to videos are actually very helpful too!

When he said it’s “ not too far what it looked like originally” I fuckn fell out 😂😂😂

I admired your integrity, it's a great video for others to learn from. Thank you

Looks like it was sanded with a hedgehog! you needs to spend a lot more time on prep before you paint!

Inspiring. Takes me back a few years on how I use to kit out and add some sparkle to my car.

Respect, John. Others can learn from seeing how much prep is really needed, as much as from seeing a pro do a perfect job. You said yourself you could have re-tried but the car didn't warrant it. I try to park well way away from kerbs. Nearly cried when I saw a lady this week scrape _both_ nearside ali wheels along the pavement (2016 car). Loud graunching noise-ouch!-but she got out and seemed unaware.

Think the reason why everyone likes your video is because its realistic. Good effort.

Great attempt. I'm going to try and recondition my alloys soon.

Keep going, bro! Great Job and you will improve. Don't listen to the haters!

Good job thank you for sharing with us, we all learn as we go

You identified what you did wrong when you did something wrong and from it you've learned. Trial and error is the best way to learn anything and I respect you for uploading this and pointing out what not to do haha. All these people hating drive their parent's car and any damage is paid for with daddys money lol, Awesome video man, I learned from this and am now pretty much ready to do mine :D

keep up the good work John, we learn by trying and doing... God Bless : )

You identified what you did wrong when you did something wrong and from it you've learned. Trial and error is the best way to learn anything and I respect you for uploading this and pointing out what not to do haha. All these people hating drive their parent's car and any damage is paid for with daddys money lol, Awesome video man, I learned from this and am now pretty much ready to do mine :D

Well done bro

this is a real life video probably something I would have done

Well explained and not too bad a first attempt.

Good attempt keep up the hard work

Thank you for your experience. I haven't driven in 3 years since I passes my driving test. Finally got my car and started to practice. One thing I noticed when I came back was scratches on my rim and I can't even remember if it was there before. I think I must of scratched it when I was parking. Bummed out since they were new rims. I seen some of ChrisFix video and planning to do the rims. Not now since it's winter, rather wait till Jan to do it but in the mean time, learning how to do it properly. I glad I watched you video and nice insight. Professional makes it so easy but I think this is a valuable experience to have. The material doesn't cost much, only your time but if you learn this skill, then you can carry it with you. It cost in the hundreds to get it done by a professional. Anyway, question, how did you decide your alloy color, I was thinking of going to Halfords and buy the paid from there or did you buy from a garage?

I have to say good effort. rushed job but I like how you explained everything

I don't know if I'm too late, but what was the equipment you used in the video

This was a good honest video for a first time try at repairing curb rash. Looks like more filler and then sanding with some glazing putty for the pin holes in the filler. Nice try though.

Not a bad first attempt. Must always remember that prep is key.

lol at your caption. nice

Flap disc or drum sander would have been so helpful. Good first try.

Nice first try.

Yeah ok well...i gave it a thumbs up. I also tried to remove some rust on my car last year, sanding down, putting on rust remover, filler, base code and clear code and it came out shit but not as bad as looked like with the rust. The rust was gone, that counted for me so yeah, its cool if you try those things on your own, you save money and you'll get better and better...DIY repairs are not known for replacing the work of professionals but at least some money can be saved until you can pay a professional for the job

got a lot of time for this video dunno why lol good effort

What can I say, you should have used a lot more of sanding paper to make it more smooth...

Be much easy if you use grinder instead off sanding block. Should spend more on prep wheel mate.

you needed to sand more then sand with fine and use spay filler,wet n dry it.well thats my guess lol.

Which sprays you used ?

After watching this I attempted to bash my own head in with an alloy wheel.

Degrease than sand! You risk driving crap into the surface to haunt you later. Before painting use a prepaint wash.. not a degreaser which is common but wrong.

Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do this John! You're a diamond!

👍👍😭😭😂😂😂

If ppl have that much gutter rash on there rims they seriously need to learn distance judgment when parking 😂

Rim was junk to begin with u gave it a try lol

you should have not put the brake cleaner on after you wet it, the brake clean just sits on top of the water and doesnt penetrate the brake dust

No locking wheels nuts shit boy, you must be trippin!

This is how to half do them 😈😈😈

😂😂😂

Alla fine sono rigati come prima e con una bombolettata di colore😧

Alot of work for the same result lol, i guess thanks for showing the world what NOT to do.

Looks terrible 😩

Not sure what to say about this..well done for trying but i think its fair to say the end result is somewhat of a disaster. can i give you some advice, alloy wheel refurbishment is about patience and attention to detail and quality products. Its often more cost effective to replace the rim.

You do need to spend a lot more time on your prep work but for DIY work it could be a lot worse.

paper mache wheel :(

szar lett

They look shit sorry

my 5 year old could have done better