Lease return
Fix the wheels before the inspection, not after the bill
Lease-end wear-and-tear charges on damaged rims routinely run well above what the repair costs. We repair them in your driveway before you hand the car back — and we guarantee the areas we repair pass inspection or we refund the repair.
"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 that covers body damage and evidence of poor care, and gives the returning dealer grounds to charge you for it.
An honest store understands a few dings are normal across three years. Others treat the inspection as a revenue line and will write up a scraped rim or a small dent 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 remove the finding before the inspector ever sees it. Repairing a curbed wheel costs a fraction of a chargeback for the same wheel, and it happens on your schedule instead of theirs.
Commonly written up
- Curb rash and gouges on alloy wheels
- Scraped or scuffed rim lips
- Bent or out-of-round wheels
- Peeling or oxidized wheel finish
- Door dings and cart damage
- Mismatched replacement wheel
Pass inspection on what we repaired, or we refund it
We're confident enough in the work to put money behind it. If the wheels or panels we corrected are written up as excess wear at your lease-return inspection, we refund the cost of that repair.
To be plain about scope: the guarantee covers the areas we worked on. It does not cover damage elsewhere on the vehicle, mileage overage, missing equipment, or interior wear. Keep your invoice — it's the documentation of what we corrected.
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, bent 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. Fix it first and the finding never gets written down.
We come to you, once
Home, office or garage. Wheel repair and paint-free dent removal are handled on the same visit, so the whole turn-in prep is one appointment you didn't take a day off for.
Keep the invoice
It documents what was corrected and it's what activates the guarantee if the store writes up an area we repaired.
What people ask before turn-in
Is repairing the wheels cheaper than paying the wear-and-tear charge?
In most cases it is, and by a wide margin — lease-end chargebacks for damaged alloy wheels are typically set well above the cost of repairing them. Call with 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. Repairing 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. Wheel repair and paint-free dent removal are handled on the same visit.
What exactly does the guarantee cover?
If the areas we repaired are written up as excess wear at your lease-return inspection, we refund the cost of that repair. It covers what we worked on — not other damage, mileage overage, missing equipment or interior wear.
Will the dealer be able to tell the wheel was repaired?
The goal is that they can't. We refinish to the original factory color using over 40 factory-match finishes, so the repaired wheel matches the rest of the set rather than standing out as a corrected one.