Advice on how to repair alloy wheel damage, including how to do it yourself using a DIY kit and when to take the wheels to a professional alloy repair centre.

Among the bad noises you can hear in the context of your car, the pain of hearing one of your expensive alloy wheels scrape against a curb because you slightly misjudged a parking maneuver ranks ...

The lacquer has peeled from my alloy wheels in a few places. Is there any suitable touch-up available to protect the areas of bare aluminium? DT, South Shields Try Holts Hycote clear lacquer touch ...

Let’s look more closely at alloy repairs. Plenty of companies have popped up to repair alloy wheels, saying that they take almost any banged-up aluminum rim and return it to an acceptable condition.

Damaged rims is a complete nightmare, not only if it's an eyesore but unbalanced wheels could lead to more problems and even crashes. Fixing them is a painful expense and could cost an arm and leg.

Randall is wondering how easy it is to repair kerb damage done to his alloy wheels.

Is it necessary to fix minor scratch/scuff to alloy wheel happened by rubbing against the kerb? Will it cause log term damage to the wheels or can I leave it?

Damaged rims is a complete nightmare, not only if it's an eyesore but unbalanced wheels could lead to more problems and even crashes. Fixing them is a painful expense and could cost an arm and leg.