Before you go and attack me as well, this is not meant to be a bash on you, this is meant to help you understand the hostility coming your way.
Oh, okay...so this was planned hostility -- confirmed by your description of "coming your way" as if this was all justified...okay.
I think the problem here is that first you posted your title in all capital letters as if this is the most important topic that needs to be answered in the entire forum
Absolutely untrue and was not my intention. Only did that because it was a desperate measure for me, personally, period. Please don't assume that's what was intended when I'm the one who wrote it originally and know that it's not what was intended. At all.
and then when people go ahead and tell you what needs to happen, you don't want to believe them, so instead you ask for confirmation on what you want to believe
What are you talking about? Where did I indicate that I don't want to believe anyone?? Are we in the same forum here?? Are we reading the same English language?? The problem is this: some people say "no problem...any wheel shop can fix that right up for you..." while some say it's completely a waste of time because it needs to be rechromed...can't you see the polarizing dilemmas I face then with all the confusion? I'll get to the rest of your post now...
Nobody is on here to try and scam you.
I never said anyone was trying to scam me -- calm down. I merely replied to a rude, aggressive, obnoxious comment about "ruining" my TRD wheels by chroming them -- which no one had anything to say about that "flaming" -- and in another thread, commented about the same member's aggressive tendencies by attacking me in the discussion about yellow TRD badges...and his comments came completely out of nowhere if you read back...I never had any hostility with this "Sexy Asian" until his comments to me from completely out of nowhere...I'm sorry, but his attack on me was uncalled for.
You asked a question about how to repair your chromed wheel, and we are telling you that you are SOL and the rim will have to be removed to be polished and rechromed. Sorry that this is not what you want to hear, but when you continue to argue like a petulant child with everyone that is trying to be helpful, you are then going to get some backlash like this.
A CHILD??? Are you for real?? You think that's how I'm acting? That is absolutely ridiculous, man. I never said nor typed that's not what I want to hear -- AGAIN: I AM MERELY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHICH IS THE CORRECT ANALYSIS OF THIS DILEMMA...WHETHER THOSE WHO SAY "DON'T WORRY, A RIM SHOP CAN FIX THAT UP FOR YOU" ARE RIGHT, OR WHETHER THE RIM HAS TO BE RECHROMED.
But back to the topic, if the scuff is not too bad, then hopefully the shop can just sandblast and rechrome. But if it's a deeper gouge, then make sure you get a quote on the polishing/repair, because metal work could be some significant labor cost. I hope you find a repair shop that is satisfactory to your needs. When you own nice stuff, then you need to be prepared to pony up the bucks when it's time to get the nice stuff fixed.
THIS is more the tone you should be taking with honest, polite, kindhearted human beings like myself (if you knew me, of course) who are trying to get some answers to a heartbreaking situation; I'm not saying that I am not prepared to pony up the bucks for the rim -- the issue is whether or not this could be fixed by a shop without having to send the wheel out because I waited months for this chroming to get done as it was and couldn't pick up the vehicle until they were ready...
In terms of the damage, the gouge is not so severe that I think it needs a labor quote or anything like that; the outer lip was skimmed and chipped a bit, that's all. I called my dealer again and dealt with the department that sold me my extended wheel/tire coverage plan, and they recommended going down to the service department and telling them I hit a pothole which caused the scrape, and see if they will repair or replace the TRD rim, which the woman in this department claimed they need to under these circumstances. I'm going to try and get in tomorrow.
So -- are you saying that a scraped lip MAY -- just MAY -- be able to be sanded down a bit without having the rim rechromed? Is there an outside slim chance?