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Repairing curb rash requires removing the wheel from the car, the tire from the rim, removing the clear coating from the rim, sanding the scraped and applying a fill putty, sanding more, repainting at least that portion of the rim if not the entire rim, re-clear coating the rim, remounting the tire, and then remounting the wheel. This process takes a few hours at specialized shops that have large specialized equipment to accelerate the work (in particular the curing of the paint and clear coat); it'd take several hours to do in the field with minimal equipment.
In short: Yeah, it'd be nice, but it's not going to happen.
Repairing curb rash requires removing the wheel from the car, the tire from the rim, removing the clear coating from the rim, sanding the scraped and applying a fill putty, sanding more, repainting at least that portion of the rim if not the entire rim, re-clear coating the rim, remounting the tire, and then remounting the wheel. This process takes a few hours at specialized shops that have large specialized equipment to accelerate the work (in particular the curing of the paint and clear coat); it'd take several hours to do in the field with minimal equipment.
In short: Yeah, it'd be nice, but it's not going to happen.
Tire doesn't have to be removed from the rim. And fixing them takes 30 min to an hour.Repairing curb rash requires removing the wheel from the car, the tire from the rim, removing the clear coating from the rim, sanding the scraped and applying a fill putty, sanding more, repainting at least that portion of the rim if not the entire rim, re-clear coating the rim, remounting the tire, and then remounting the wheel. This process takes a few hours at specialized shops that have large specialized equipment to accelerate the work (in particular the curing of the paint and clear coat); it'd take several hours to do in the field with minimal equipment.
In short: Yeah, it'd be nice, but it's not going to happen.
They have a small paint booth and curing station. they can also straighten rims.Hmmm, there are several threads on TMC about mobile wheel repair guys that fix curb rash in a jiffy. $100-$150. Do they really have specialized equipment in their van?
How are the Tesla rims more vulnerable to rash than any other rim? I have never seen any rim win the battle against the curb.
There are plenty of mobile rim repair services (especially in SoCal), I would rather have Tesla focus their resources on repairing Teslas.
How are the Tesla rims more vulnerable to rash than any other rim? I have never seen any rim win the battle against the curb.
There are plenty of mobile rim repair services (especially in SoCal), I would rather have Tesla focus their resources on repairing Teslas.
At least with the 19" the rim sticks out a little more than the tire - and the tires are low profile so yes, compared to say my wife's Honda SUV which has big tires w/ plenty of sidewall, so if anything scrapes it would be the tire itself not the rim, on my old Mitsubishi which has more regular sized tires, still more sidewall and the edges of the rims didn't stick out past the rubber so again harder to scratch.
We didn't notice until we got home but one of our sets of referral Arachnids got scratched when Tesla balanced them. Instead of swapping them out, Tesla sent a mobile wheel repair company out to fix things and covered the bill. The mobile repair company did a great job and the wheels looked like new again.Hmmm, there are several threads on TMC about mobile wheel repair guys that fix curb rash in a jiffy. $100-$150. Do they really have specialized equipment in their van?
Honestly, if you don't know what you are talking about, you shouldn't post.curb rash does not equal curb rash.
cheap mobile repair is likely not as thorough and not done on as severe a damaged rim.
An OEM like Tesla is going to want remove the tire and inspect the rim more thoroughly for cracks or the like. Jiffylube is not equal to dealer service.
Honestly, if you don't know what you are talking about, you shouldn't post.
Every dealer I have worked at (4 different high line manufacturers) had a mobile wheel company that came once or twice a week to do wheel repairs/straighten bent wheels. Both for Customer pay work and for front line used cars. Charge the dealer 75-100 a wheel, dealer sells it for 150-175, and the SA makes a spiff (usually) on each wheel repair sold.
They don't remove the tire and they don't "inspect the wheel more thoroughly".
You can have curb rash all the way around the wheel and on the face and the mobile guys will remove it and repaint it without issue.
No tech "inspects" the wheel.Really none of what you said disagreed with me.
With at dealer service someone has looked at it and made a preliminary judgement on damage level.
With mobile service you will have ignorant people scheduling mobile rim repair for smashed rims and bitching when the tech who's time they wasted says it needs work beyond what he can do.