Alloy Stone Chip

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selleym
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Alloy Stone Chip

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Long motorway drive yesterday.

A stone has hit the wheel at high speed and looks like it has bounced between two spokes. There are multiple chips one looks quite bad. :cry:
Any tips on how to make it look better without a professional refurb and more importantly to stop the wheel getting worse over time.

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Re: Alloy Stone Chip

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Anyone who try's to fix there wheels without experience normally fails your best getting it painted by someone who does alloy wheels for a living, your looking around £45 a wheel.
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Re: Alloy Stone Chip

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Alloys corrode quicker than steel wheels with salt so need to get any bare metal covered as soon as you can.
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Re: Alloy Stone Chip

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Image of the stone chips :cry:
Cleaning it up and putting a coat of wax help protect it for now?
Not going to be able to get it done for a few weeks.
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