RIM fix DIY or professionally ?

You’re only gonna DIY that if you plan on some serious sanding. Just paint will look pretty bad.

I jynxed myself pretty bad and rushed thru a touchless wash and rashed both right wheels pretty bad on my new MY. I opted to sand them down, 3 different grits til it was smooth, but didnt get them touched up yet. Put wheel covers on instead. It’ll inevitably happen again bc now it’s my wife’s car 😆. For the sake of being able to clean them without cutting yourself or your towels, I’d at least sand them down. I started w 800 > 1000 > 1500 Don’t go hard on pressure. Shouldn’t take more than a minute per grit. If you choose to get it done professionally it can be upwards 2-300 per wheel although might be able to find someone for 150ish.

Did you sand them by hand?

Yes, really easy to do. It’s actually hard to notice on my Ys 20s bc the wheels are silver, on black wheels it’ll show just as much as prior to sanding unfortunately

I wouldn’t fix. You or someone else is just going to curb it again right when you get it perfect. Hit with some paint and call it a day in my opinion.

Yep, for a daily just smooth it out and throw some touch up paint on there. It's gonna happen again.

So you have to paint it over then 🫤

It’s ok. It’s a car. Get rid of it in 5 years, it wouldn’t bring you any value

Yea unfortunately bc tesla got cute and gave us primer paint clear coat; my helix wheels are metallic silver. This is pre-sanded, I don’t feel like DIY’ing and will prob get it professionally done one day but the wife is happy w the look of black wheels covers so not worrying about it. Cosmetic doesn’t affect functionality https://preview.redd.it/vka8865k0wlg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=636611f5b55287dc91700b72e2e690996d1de57c

You absolutely can. If you haven't done it before, it'll take some time. It's something worthwhile to learn though if you care about these things and don't mind DIY. But yeah, you'll need to sand it down, use some filler to get back the shape (if you care about that), then just spray over it. Even if it doesn't look perfect, it'll look invisible to anyone other than you. You could also call around and get some quotes from shops. This is one of the cheaper repairs they can do.

There is nothing sharpie cannot fix. If you can’t, you just aren’t using enough:)

I think there are 3 ways of fixing. One place I found will power coat amd build the mixing part, second just paint over it, and third just DIY. The price went from expensive to cheap.