Before & After Wheel Repair Gallery

Wheel repair is a trade where the proof is visual. These are real customer wheels photographed before and after, not stock images — drag the slider on the homepage to compare them full size.

The work

Every wheel below came in damaged and left repaired by hand in Costa Mesa. Nothing here is a render, a stock photo or a wheel we bought to demonstrate on.

GMC alloy wheel before repair, showing kerb damage — **GMC** — kerb damage along the outer lip, machined back and refinished to match the remaining three.

The same GMC wheel after repair and refinishing — **GMC** — kerb damage along the outer lip, machined back and refinished to match the remaining three.

Lamborghini alloy wheel before repair, showing kerb damage — **Lamborghini** — deep cosmetic damage on a low-profile setup. Profile rebuilt to the original edge line before refinishing.

The same Lamborghini wheel after repair and refinishing — **Lamborghini** — deep cosmetic damage on a low-profile setup. Profile rebuilt to the original edge line before refinishing.

Rivian alloy wheel before repair, showing kerb damage — **Rivian** — EV wheel, scraped face. Heavier vehicles do deeper damage at the same contact speed.

The same Rivian wheel after repair and refinishing — **Rivian** — EV wheel, scraped face. Heavier vehicles do deeper damage at the same contact speed.

What "after" should look like

Judge any repair — ours or anyone's — from about two metres in daylight, which is how people actually see your car:

Sight along the lip. The repaired section should follow the same curve as the rest of the rim, with no flat spot or dip.
Move the car from shade into sun. A close-but-wrong colour match reveals itself the moment the light changes.
Look for a hard edge. A blended repair has no visible boundary.
Check the texture. On a machined face, the fine circular lines must continue across the repair.

More on the method: how scratched alloy wheels are actually restored.

Common questions

Are these real customer wheels?

Yes. Every before-and-after on this page is a wheel that came through the Costa Mesa shop. None are stock photography or demonstration wheels.

Will my repair be invisible?

On cosmetic damage, that is the standard we work to — at normal viewing distance a correct repair should not be findable. Matching one wheel to three originals on a machined or two-tone finish is the hardest version of that, and it is the part we take most seriously.

Can I see more examples?

We post current work on Instagram at @monacowheel. If you want to see a repair on your specific wheel design, ask when you send your photo and we will tell you what we have done on that model.

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Before & after.

The work

What "after" should look like

Common questions

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