That grinding scrape of alloy against concrete is a sound every GTA driver knows. Whether it happened while parallel parking on a narrow street in downtown Toronto or squeezing past a raised curb in a Vaughan plaza, curb rash repair is the single most common job our technicians handle, and it accounts for roughly half of our service calls.
The Rim Guy brings the entire repair to your driveway, workplace, or dealership lot anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area. Most wheels are restored to a factory quality finish in about an hour, and every job is backed by our one year warranty.
Text a photo of your worst wheel to 416-876-6549 for a free quote, usually within a few hours.
Text a photo of your damaged wheel to 416-876-6549 or use the quote form on this page. You will receive an honest assessment and a firm quote, usually within a few hours. A fully equipped mobile unit arrives at your home, office, or dealership with onboard compressors, professional spray equipment, spectrophotometer color matching, and infrared curing lights.
The technician grades the damage and confirms the wheel is structurally sound before any cosmetic work begins. If we find a bend or a crack, we tell you before we start, not after. Jagged aluminum edges are sanded smooth through progressively finer grits, and deeper gouges are rebuilt with aluminum-compatible filler sculpted to the original contour of the wheel.
We mix the base coat to your manufacturer code, from Tesla Satin Black to BMW Ferric Grey, then seal it with a UV-resistant 2K clear coat. The finish is cured on site, so the wheel is ready to drive the same day, even in Canadian conditions where air drying would fail.
Curb rash is the scraping, scuffing, and gouging that appears on the outer face and lip of a wheel after contact with a curb or raised edge. On alloy wheels, the damage cuts through the clear coat and paint, exposing raw aluminum underneath.
In our climate, that exposure matters more than most drivers realize. The brine and calcium chloride spread on the QEW, Highway 401, and the Gardiner Expressway are aggressive oxidizers. A scuff that looks harmless in December often turns into bubbling, spreading corrosion by March, because water seeps into the scratches during the day and expands as it freezes overnight. Early curbed rim repair is always cheaper than restoring a corroded wheel later.
If you are weighing a do-it-yourself attempt first, our guide on how to fix curb rash on rims walks through it honestly, including where the store-bought kits fall short.
Pricing depends almost entirely on damage severity and wheel finish. Here is what drivers across the GTA can expect per wheel in 2026:
Damage level | What it looks like | Typical price per wheel |
|---|---|---|
Light scuffs | Clear coat and paint scratched, metal not deeply gouged | $80 to $130 |
Standard curb rash | Visible scrapes along the lip, edge feels rough | $120 to $180 |
Deep gouges | Chunks of alloy missing, filler rebuild required | $150 to $225 |
Machined and two-tone faces | Diamond cut or polished faces needing CNC restoration | $250 to $350 |
Repairing two or four wheels in one visit lowers the per-wheel price, since you only pay the mobilization cost once. For a full breakdown of every factor that moves the number, see our 2026 curb rash repair cost guide
A hard hit against a curb does not always stop at the surface. If you feel a vibration in the steering wheel after the impact, the wheel is likely bent, and cosmetic work has to wait until the structure is corrected.
Our rim straightening service returns the barrel and lip to manufacturer runout tolerance using a hydraulic press, measured with a dial indicator before and after. Once the wheel is true, we complete the cosmetic wheel curb repair in the same visit, so you are not booking twice.
If a wheel is losing air pressure after an impact, stop driving on it and send us a photo. Slow leaks after curb or pothole strikes often point to a hairline crack rather than a tire problem, and cracks are a structural repair, not a cosmetic one.
Curb rash does not look the same on every wheel, and the correct fix depends on the finish. Painted and gloss wheels are repaired and resprayed on site.
Wheels with widespread damage or heavy corrosion across the face are better served by our full rim refinishing service, which restores the entire wheel rather than a single spot.
Machined two-tone faces need a lathe pass, which our diamond cut restoration handles with a CNC finish that matches the factory look.
If you are interested in powder coating services or a new chrome look, we will strip down your old paint and give it a brand new shine with your chosen color.
Every technician, including the owner, is a trained painter, which is why dealerships across the GTA rely on us for curb rash rim repair before trade-ins reach the sales lot.
Most jobs take 45 to 60 minutes per wheel, cured on site with infrared equipment, and if a wheel is not a safe or lasting repair candidate, we tell you at the inspection and walk away from the job rather than take your money.
We are committed to our quality. Every cosmetic repair we complete is covered, in writing. Just reach out to us and inform us of what happened. For more information, click here.
The Rim Guy repair wheels at your home, workplace, or dealership across Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Brampton, Markham, Oakville, Hamilton, and out to Guelph, Kitchener, and Cambridge.
Most single-wheel repairs take 45 to 60 minutes from setup to cured finish. A full set of four is usually complete within half a day.
Only when the damage runs to the very edge of the lip. In those cases, the technician breaks the bead on-site with portable equipment so the repair reaches all the way to the edge, then reseats and inflates the tire.
Yes. We match the manufacturer's paint code and verify with spectrophotometer equipment, including metallic and pearl finishes that generic spray paint cannot replicate.
Yes, though machined faces need a CNC lathe pass rather than a spot respray, which typically takes 4 to 5 business days rather than the same day.
A professional repair with 2K clear coat and infrared curing typically lasts for years under normal driving, and every job carries our one year warranty.
Yes. Our infrared curing equipment lets us work through most GTA weather. During extreme cold snaps or freezing rain we will be honest if conditions would compromise the finish and offer to reschedule.
Mobile Alloy Rim Repair specializes in the repair of curb rash, scuffs, and scratches, plus repainting and refinishing rims in the GTA Area.
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