My lovely tire guy scuffed up my rims when he took off the Goodyears and installed my Michelins. How can I touch up these scuffs? Is there a paint I should use or a certain rubbing compound? Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

Good question fotodad, I would be very interseted in the answer to this also, even though my stock rims are still unused. Little boo boos do happen and it would be nice to know the best diy solution to fix up these boo boos in the best manner.

 

This is the biggest mystery in all G history
I d on't know why the factory will not make touch up for it. Your best bet is to find someone who does rim repair. It is normally $70 per rim regardless of the damage.

 

Go back to whoever did the tire swap and raise hell with them. It may be too late at this point, but in the future, any time you have tire work done, make a point to show someone at the shop that there are NO blemishes on the rims (or if there are point them out) and tell him that you will be looking them over once the job is done and they will be expected to repair any chips / gouges / scratches that are there when the job is done.

I think a lot of times they have untrained tire jockeys just pushing things thru getting them done ASAP rather than taking the time to be careful.

If they know up front you are watching for any damage, they will be more likely to be careful. If they aren't, it's the shop who will be footing the $70 / wheel repairs and not you.