Refurbishing My Wheels

PrettyBoy

Well lads, has anyone ever done this?

My wheels are a little worse for wear, one in particular is very badly curbed and scraped so I'm going to refurbish them myself over the next few weeks, haven't got €400 to spend on a specialist! I looked at a couple of step by step tutorials and I know the basic procedure but can anyone give me any tips or maybe post a link that shows the best way to do it. Some of the tutorials I've looked at seem very basic, would prefer something more detailed with a lot of pics to be honest.

Any advice appreciated.

PaulKK

You can get wheels refurbished for about 40 or 50 quid a corner last time I checked.

Not sure where you are but Tom Tallon in Carlow has a good name.
http://www.tallonwheels.com/tw2/

Here is another crowd:
http://www.wefixalloywheels.com/

No experience of above site though.

I would imagine by the time you have finished sanding, prepping, painting and lacquering you may feel like 200e may have been worth it to do it professionally, especially after factoring in the cost of the materials you need.

Don't want to put you off, and not saying you would not do a good job, but just my 2c.

PrettyBoy

PaulKK wrote: »

You can get wheels refurbished for about 40 or 50 quid a corner last time I checked.

Not sure where you are but Tom Tallon in Carlow has a good name.
http://www.tallonwheels.com/tw2/

Here is another crowd:
http://www.wefixalloywheels.com/

No experience of above site though.

I would imagine by the time you have finished sanding, prepping, painting and lacquering you may feel like 200e may have been worth it to do it professionally, especially after factoring in the cost of the materials you need.

Don't want to put you off, and not saying you would not do a good job, but just my 2c.

Wow, I've gotten quotes of €370-€400 :mad: I would prefer to have them done professionally and €200 is more than reasonable. I'm not sure if I would do a good job myself to be honest but I have a set of steelies coming next week so I just said I'd give it a shot before getting new tires on.

The wheels are 16 inch off a mk4 Golf, not sure if that affects the price but I will definitely give the guy in Carlow a shout.

Anyone know a decent place in Dublin that refurbs wheels for €40-50 a corner?

PaulKK

400e is outrageous to be honest. I bought a perfect set of second hand genuine 18 inch mv2 alloys with goodyear eagle f1s on them for 380. Those recon prices are madness. You could always look into buying a secondhand set yourself, i know someone that got genuine mk4 alloys for about 200e recently. Check adverts and donedeal.

jaffa20

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=41033

I've done it myself before and i'm happy with the results. If you make a mistake. It's easy to start again.

bmstuff

jaffa20 wrote: »

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=41033

I've done it myself before and i'm happy with the results. If you make a mistake. It's easy to start again.

Yeah ok but seriously, you do not refurb a wheel with the tire on, come on...

jaffa20

bmstuff wrote: »

Yeah ok but seriously, you do not refurb a wheel with the tire on, come on...

Well that's not my refurb but it's a good example of one. I don't see a need to remove the tyre or even defate it much. You can very easily get at the whole alloy without doing so. Just make sure it's masked completely and there shouldn't be a problem.

Here's another good guide.

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/realwhda.html

bmstuff

jaffa20 wrote: »

Well that's not my refurb but it's a good example of one. I don't see a need to remove the tyre or even defate it much. You can very easily get at the whole alloy without doing so. Just make sure it's masked completely and there shouldn't be a problem.

Here's another good guide.

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/realwhda.html

No it is a good write up and all, this is just that you can't fully restore a wheel without having the tire on.
Of course if the damage it only on the surface and outside, not around the edge of the wheels ok, but still.

And I think this is not gonna last anyway, it should be heated and all for long lasting, here there is no such thing. Anyway, nothing as good as a powder coating me saying...

kildare.17hmr

you have a pm, €200 euro tops and they'll be brand new:D

sean1141

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=219747

Voodoomelon

Slight hi-jack, does anyone know if the pros can refurb absolutely *ANY* wheel to its original factory finish?

I haven't seem the BMW M-Parallel finish on any other wheel and i'm dying to get mine done but it scares me shítless that they'll make a botch of it.



The M-Par finish isn't chrome and it isn't matt, its somewhere in between. They shine at night and in direct sunlight, but not in a chrome way, more of a polished metal way. And in dull weather they look matted, but still with a super clean metallic look.

Is it possible to replicate this finish, or are the alloys even painted, are they just lacquered?
That's the best rim btw, the rears are not good!

tossy

I've seen wheels refurbed by the 40/50 euro a wheel places and i've seen wheels refurbed by the 400 euro places and i know where i'd be spending my money.

Al depends how 'refurbed' you want your wheels to be i guess,do you want some one to spray paint over the exisiting defects and blemishes and wheel weights (as i seen in one place - dont even think they took the tyres off) ro do you want a full tyres off strip the wheel back to bare metal refurb that will leave the wheels looking like new?

If you want the last one then go to a reputable place like Nu-luk if you want the first one then do them yourself and make a pigs ear out of them rather than paying someone 40 euro a wheel to do it

PrettyBoy

Fook it anyway I'm gonna do it myself. One of my tires is damaged and it's off the car anyway so I'll do that one first and see how it turns out, might paint it black or dark grey for a new look. Will be doing them over a few weeks anyway so I'll be taking my time rather than rushing.