VZ3 Wheel Repair - Or Any Copper Copper Coloured Wheel

[Gb330vz3]

My localised repair is this Thursday coming. I'll report back on the result!

Be surprised if they can match the colour mate. Apparently even if you get a new wheel the shade could be different. With the colour shade in the laquer even 1/2 coat heavier will change the colour finish.
They might look at it and just ask you to go and get it done professionally.

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Sounds like great service from DWV.

It is good in the end but would have been better and less hassle should they have sent it for professional repair in the first place. The amount the fitter took off will make it more difficult for the wheel repair guy to match them all. And all the running around to get it sorted was at my expense

 

[Loadmaster748]

Be surprised if they can match the colour mate. Apparently even if you get a new wheel the shade could be different. With the colour shade in the laquer even 1/2 coat heavier will change the colour finish.
They might look at it and just ask you to go and get it done professionally.

Be surprised if they can match the colour mate. Apparently even if you get a new wheel the shade could be different. With the colour shade in the laquer even 1/2 coat heavier will change the colour finish.
They might look at it and just ask you to go and get it done professionally.

It is good in the end but would have been better and less hassle should they have sent it for professional repair in the first place. The amount the fitter took off will make it more difficult for the wheel repair guy to match them all. And all the running around to get it sorted was at my expense

I accept that a repair won't be perfect, but I'm looking at the fact that any toning down of the scuff is better than nothing.

 

[Gb330vz3]

My localised repair is this Thursday coming. I'll report back on the result!

Be surprised if they can match the colour mate. Apparently even if you get a new wheel the shade could be different. With the colour shade in the laquer even 1/2 coat heavier will change the colour finish.
They might look at it and just ask you to go and get it done professionally.

That

Sounds like great service from DWV.

It is good in the end but would have been better and less hassle should they have sent it for professional repair in the first place. The amount the fitter took off will make it more difficult for the wheel repair guy to match them all. And all the running around to get it sorted was at my expense

I accept that a repair won't be perfect, but I'm looking at the fact that any toning down of the scuff is better than nothing.

id have been happier if the colour matched somewhere near. Even the black wasn’t anywhere near haha.

 

[Loadmaster748]

I'm very happy to report that the wheel repair went exceedingly well and beyond my expectations.

I was expecting a 'toning down' of the scuff at best due to the seemingly legendary difficulty of matching the copper colour, but Ricky at RMO Alloys in Sutton, Surrey, did a superb job. You'd need to look quite hard to see that any repair has been done.

Find him on Facebook and Messenger at RMO Alloys. He operates within a 70 mile radius of Sutton, so quite a wide area.

Highly recommended to sort out our copper wheels!

 

[Oldbutswift]

As the owner of a VZ3 with these wheels it’s interesting to read the above.
As yet they remain undamaged,so obviously now I’m going to be extra careful…..but there are no guarantees !!
When I bought the car the dealership offered wheel insurance,which I took…interesting,I’ll read the terms and conditions.
I have always had in mind getting a set of winter wheels and tyres and I will definitely take this route now having read this thread.
I would like a set in bronze (car is black) but finding a set with design appeal to me, the correct offset and that clear the big front brakes and don’t cost a fortune…not easy.

 

[Veedub]

As soon as I picked up my V3 I went straight to an alloygator fitting garage and got gators put on.... Looks ok too!

 

[Loadmaster748]

As soon as I picked up my V3 I went straight to an alloygator fitting garage and got gators put on.... Looks ok too!

Are both photos with the gators fitted? The close up shot looks different.

By the way, where did you get the CUPRA decal on your door(s)?

 

[Veedub]

Are both photos with the gators fitted? The close up shot looks different.

By the way, where did you get the CUPRA decal on your door(s)?

Yes they are all with the gators fitted. The Cupra Decal came from Germany. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235746327523

 

[Loadmaster748]

Yes they are all with the gators fitted. The Cupra Decal came from Germany. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235746327523

Thanks for the link - just tried it but it doesn't go anywhere!

I didn't realise that your wheel style was carried forward from the Mk4 on to the facelift 4.5 - I had assumed that the Hailstorm (on my VZ3) superseded it.

 

[Veedub]

Thanks for the link - just tried it but it doesn't go anywhere!

I didn't realise that your wheel style was carried forward from the Mk4 on to the facelift 4.5 - I had assumed that the Hailstorm (on my VZ3) superseded it.

No worries, I've had to look into it and the decal came from Etsy..... Here we are https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/439...85642e7fbef6152ae5310db6af40847a00:4394146157 I love the wheels as they are I wish that my replacement Shadow edition came with the same wheels TBH

 

[Wicked]

Same problem here but I dodged it I will do a complete recolor of the entire wheel to RED

 

[Veedub]

Just a thought, I like the copper and got myself a set of these alloygators, inexpensive when you compare it with kerbing a wheel, and I quite like them on my Leon 3

 

[Madkaz]

Thinking about those Alloygators, but looks pretty risky on trackday

Any option to do a quick and simple repair on those wheel? I have a very small scratch on the edge between copper and black part

I don't need a perfect repair, it's just that since the scratch is white, I see it from far So I think a simple solution by covering it in black would be sufficiant, are those repair pen worth it ?

 

[Rob66]

Thinking about those Alloygators, but looks pretty risky on trackday

Any option to do a quick and simple repair on those wheel? I have a very small scratch on the edge between copper and black part

I don't need a perfect repair, it's just that since the scratch is white, I see it from far So I think a simple solution by covering it in black would be sufficiant, are those repair pen worth it ?

You could even try a permanent marker pen. It wont be permanent as the wheel will see all sorts of road grim and cleaning etc but will do the job for a couple of months I suspect. i tried one on our previous Black Ibiza's stone chips and from 10 metres your couldn't see it.

I would personally by hesitant to go for Alloy gators as I understand, (only from hear say on a detailing site) that they can mark the Alloy underneath - not sure if thats the case.

 

[SRGTD]

You could even try a permanent marker pen. It wont be permanent as the wheel will see all sorts of road grim and cleaning etc but will do the job for a couple of months I suspect. i tried one on our previous Black Ibiza's stone chips and from 10 metres your couldn't see it.

I would personally by hesitant to go for Alloy gators as I understand, (only from hear say on a detailing site) that they can mark the Alloy underneath - not sure if thats the case.

That’s my understanding too. Also hearsay on a detailing site from some years ago, if small particles of grit get lodged between the face of a diamond cut alloy and the reverse side of the Alloygator, the lacquered surface of the alloy can become damaged, allowing the ingress of moisture, road salt and oxygen and the formation of white worm corrosion which ‘creeps’ over the surface of the alloy under the lacquer. White worm can only really be successfully removed with a full refurb, and a good quality professional refurb doesn’t come cheap these days, especially if all four wheels need doing.

There can also be issues with the stick on type of rim protectors (I think Rimblades are stuck to the rim of the alloy with 3M type tape). There’ve been cases discussed on some forums in the past where the Rimblade becomes detached from the alloy at the point where the two ends are joined. The loose end of a Rimblade hitting adjacent body panels with each revolution of the wheel can cause significant damage to paintwork and the body panels; see picture below;