Alloy Wheel Rim Repair

Everyone has seen a Wheel Rim that needs to be repaired. You are driving along through the drive through and you hear a scraping sound and your beautiful rim has been made ugly! Can you fix this yourself or do you have to pay to get it fixed at a wheel rim repair shop.

Just as the repair shop can repair your alloy wheel, so can you in some cases. I found an awesome article that goes through the specific repair of fixing curb rash and it does a thorough job in explaining the repairing of your wheel.

Take a look at Repairing your Scuffed Wheel.

Hope this can save you some money by doing your own alloy wheel rim repair!

Regards, MK
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Windshield Wiper Arm Repair and Removal

On My Acura Integra, my wiper arms were starting to have the Paint peel off revealing the shiny metal underneath in some parts, while other areas were regular OEM Black. I decided to paint them over with a new coat of Flat Black Paint.

Here is the Duplicolor Paint I used:



To take off the wipers on my Integra, there was simply two 14mm nuts holding on the Wiper Arms at the base of the Wiper Arms. Once I removed the two nuts, you simply pry off the wiper arm. They were a little tight, but they come off.

Here are a few pictures of the wipers off the car, and showing the condition they are in.




First steps are to give it a light sanding. Sanding the piece helps promote adhesion for painting so that your Paint job lasts. I used 320 grit sandpaper I had lying around.



Once you complete sanding, make sure to wash and wipe off all loose sanding dust from the wiper arms. Some soapy water works well, and is what I used. Here is a picture after this is done, and the wipers are ready to paint.



Here is a coat of paint on the Wiper Arms:




Here is the Final Coat (I waited 10 minutes between my coats, as was instructed on the can, and applied 3 coats of paint):


After letting it dry for 1 hour (the can said to wait 1 hour), I installed them back onto the car. Here are the results:





A great job indeed, and the Wiper Arms look like new with this paint job.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Painting your Body Kit

Here are the Steps I had taken when painting my own Acura Integra Body Lip Kit:

1. Wet Sanding - Kit Preparation (How to Wet Sand)
2. Primer the Kit - helps promote adhesion of the paint to the surface being painted.
3. Painted Lip Kit - pictures after painted with spray can.
4. Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover - level out the gritty clear coat and bring it to a professional shine.
5. Lip Kit Pictures after Swirl Remover - the results of making the clear coat shine.
6. Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed (Acura Integra OEM Lip Kit Installation Instructions)

Hope this inspires some to try and paint your own body lip kit!

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Instructions to Install Body Kit

Many people seek instructions or a guide to installing a body kit or body lip kit.

Here are the instructions I used to install my OEM Acura Integra Lip Kit.

Integra OEM Kit Install

Have any questions about the install? I would be glad to let you know the steps I took when I installed this kit.

Just leave a comment here and you will get your response.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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