Lease return
Lease return wheel repair
Price the repair before the inspection, not after the bill. Lease-end wear-and-tear charges for scraped rims are often set well above what a cosmetic repair costs. We repair them in your driveway before you hand the car back, so you can compare the two numbers while you still have a choice.
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"Normal wear" and where the line actually sits
Every lease assumes the car depreciates over two to three years of ordinary use. What the contract does not absorb is "excess wear and tear" — a clause covering damage and evidence of poor care, which gives the returning dealer grounds to charge you for it.
An honest store understands a few marks are normal across three years. Others treat the inspection as a revenue line and will write up a scraped rim as excess wear. You don't get to argue the standard at the counter, and you rarely see the charge until the invoice arrives weeks later.
The reliable move is to price the correction before the inspector ever sees it. Get a quote, read your contract's wear-and-tear schedule, and decide with both numbers in front of you.
Two numbers, side by side
This isn't a promise about your inspection — no repair shop controls what a returning dealer writes down. It's a cost comparison you can make before you commit.
What the chargeback would be
Your lease agreement includes a wear-and-tear schedule. Find the wheel and rim line. That's the number the store can bill you per wheel if the damage is written up.
What the repair costs
Text us a photo and we'll price it per wheel, usually without a site visit. Cosmetic curb damage is typically a fraction of the chargeback figure.
Then decide
If the repair is meaningfully cheaper, correcting it before inspection is the better outcome. If it isn't, we'll tell you that too — we'd rather quote honestly than sell you work that doesn't pay for itself.
Timing the repair against your turn-in date
60 to 30 days out — walk the car
Most leases include a pre-inspection window. Walk all four wheels in daylight and photograph anything scraped or peeling. That photo set is all we need to quote.
Call before the pre-inspection, not after
A pre-inspection report that lists wheel damage becomes the reference document for the final bill. Correcting it first means the finding never gets written down.
We come to you, once
Home, office or garage. One appointment, no day off, no shop visit.
Keep the invoice
It documents what was corrected and when, which is useful if any question comes up at turn-in.
What people ask before turn-in
Is repairing the wheels cheaper than paying the wear-and-tear charge?
Often, and sometimes by a wide margin — lease-end chargebacks for damaged wheels are frequently set well above the cost of a cosmetic repair. Send photos and we'll price it so you can compare against your contract's wear-and-tear schedule.
When should I have the wheels repaired?
Before your pre-inspection. Once wheel damage is written into a pre-inspection report it becomes the reference for your final bill. Correcting it first means the finding never appears.
Do I have to take the car anywhere?
No. We are fully mobile and come to your home, office or garage anywhere in Los Angeles County.
Can you guarantee I won't be charged?
No, and be careful of anyone who says otherwise. What gets written up at a lease-return inspection is the returning dealer's call, and no repair shop controls it. What we can do is correct the cosmetic damage and give you an invoice documenting the work.
Will the dealer be able to tell the wheel was repaired?
We refinish to match the factory color as closely as possible so the wheel is consistent with the rest of the set. On some applications an exact match isn't achievable, and we'll tell you that up front.
