The wheels on SE not powder coat they are paint in order to powder coat a wheel you have to Streep a wheel chemically and do a powder coat different process
I’m going to show a pictures what I did and my jack points permanently installed in a car to prevent a dealers to screw up battery or metal trim of a car is no clearance there once factory jack points are flat with undercarriage of a car . You can buy them on Amazon they look good but install them permanently like I did I did extra step on BMWI 3 in 2016 using hockey pads router them to a shape of factory points and once I sold I 3 I reinstall them on SE permanently .They stick out about 1 “ and if you use a jack to raise a car or dealer work on a SE you can t go wrong they are there .
That first photo is my nightmare. I'm so paranoid that I mount my Power Spokes only for Drive Electric Week events. It's great to see there are expert craftspeople who can repair that damage so well. Is his business primarily repairing scuffed up MINI Power Spoke rims (just kidding) and that's why he had Energetic Yellow paint?
That’s why I only posted it after it was repaired, to suppress the nightmares. They spent 90 minutes in a mobile spray booth to repair it and I think they did a good job. The paint is from here. https://colorndrive.com/gb/touch-up-paint/mini-cooper-se-energetic-yellow-met-c4n,293454/details
Having had a close encounter of the nasty kind (fortunately only the tire got rubbed), has anyone found a set of rim protectors that fit these wheels?
I'm obviously interested in this too and have looked at these... https://alloygator.com/ https://wheelbands.com/ https://rimbladesamerica.com/ Alloygator seems nice but I'm unsure how they'll fit or if they'll color match. I also understand it makes tire-changing a pain. However I see they have a "free sample" so I'll try that.
The yellow doesn't match very well, but even if it did I'm not sure it would look very seamless. gray/black shown here too. I don't think the wheelbands.com or rimbladesamerica.com products would work, since they just stick on and the wheel surface isn't flat. Going to the dealer next week, maybe they'll have a suggestion. Most likely I'll just try to be more careful and use my new repair friends if needed.