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Spraying alloy wheels..

  • 28-03-2011 5:11pm
    #1
    Choco2607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Hey guys, i've picked up a lovely set of alloys cheap of a mate whos emigrating, I wanna spray them black, Any suggestions where to go to have them professionally sprayed an lacquered...? Dublin area... or surrounding counties? :D


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  • #2
    Tomebagel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Tomebagel


    Why not do it yourself very easy done,and very rewarding,aswell as only costing a fraction of the price


  • #3
    Choco2607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Choco2607


    Tomebagel wrote: »
    Why not do it yourself very easy done,and very rewarding,aswell as only costing a fraction of the price

    these wheels are very expensive and I wouldn't even know where to start, I'm not messing them up by doing a butch home made job, Money isn't an option, I don't mind paying to have them looking sharp...! :cool:


  • #4
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    Choco2607 wrote: »
    Money isn't an option,

    How will you pay for them?:p


  • #5
    Choco2607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Choco2607


    Wetbench4 wrote: »
    How will you pay for them?:p

    I don't care about saving money by doing them myself, I have money, The cost of the job dosent matter to me once there done right.


  • #6
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Paintdoctor on here does wheels while you wait he's in cork but I'm sure if your willing to pay he'd travel


    Here is his professional guide for ametuers it shows the process and the results he gets

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056112131


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  • #7
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Tigger wrote: »
    Paintdoctor on here does wheels while you wait he's in cork but I'm sure if your willing to pay he'd travel
    Really???

    I must PM him as I always thought it was a bloody expensive job to get done


  • #8
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,720 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    A collegue who used to work in the wheel trade recommended Tallaght Powder Coatings. He'll sand blast the current paint off, re-paint and bake the wheels to get a proper finish.

    Looking around €350 I think.


  • #9
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    R.O.R wrote: »
    A collegue who used to work in the wheel trade recommended Tallaght Powder Coatings. He'll sand blast the current paint off, re-paint and bake the wheels to get a proper finish.

    Looking around €350 I think.
    I was quoted about €400 for mine as he would have to have tyres removed and put back on etc.

    I was expecting around 200 (based on nothing only what I thought it would be) so I decided against it


  • #10
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,891 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I got a quote from Tallaght Powder Coating of €450 to get mine (18") acid bathed, shotblasted and powdercoated. That was before bringing them up and getting the tyres taken off/put back on.

    There's a company in Carlow called Carlow Coatings. I dropped my alloys to them today to get them done. For €250 they'll get the tyres taken off, acid bathe them, shotblast them, powdercoat them lacquer them and get the tyres put back on and the wheels balanced. That's a saving of €200 and they're doing a hell of a lot more for me.

    EDIT: Also, powdercoating is a lot better than paint as it's tougher and doesn't chip as easily if at all.


  • #11
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,720 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    I was quoted about €400 for mine as he would have to have tyres removed and put back on etc.

    I was expecting around 200 (based on nothing only what I thought it would be) so I decided against it

    Yeah - price I got was based on us getting the tyres removed and re-fitted ourselves.

    Have to get a set of wheels from an 11 Superb done as they came Anthracite and should have been silver. No point just getting a re-spray done as that will start to peel when the tyres are changed (according to our expert).


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  • #12
    Choco2607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Choco2607


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    I got a quote from Tallaght Powder Coating of €450 to get mine (18") acid bathed, shotblasted and powdercoated. That was before bringing them up and getting the tyres taken off/put back on.

    There's a company in Carlow called Carlow Coatings. I dropped my alloys to them today to get them done. For €250 they'll get the tyres taken off, acid bathe them, shotblast them, powdercoat them lacquer them and get the tyres put back on and the wheels balanced. That's a saving of €200 and they're doing a hell of a lot more for me.

    EDIT: Also, powdercoating is a lot better than paint as it's tougher and doesn't chip as easily if at all.

    Excellent, I'll call them today, Sounds like the best deal, Powdercoated seems to be by far the best option, Thanks a million...


  • #13
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,891 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Choco2607 wrote: »
    Excellent, I'll call them today, Sounds like the best deal, Powdercoated seems to be by far the best option, Thanks a million...

    Cool, tell them Dave from Thurles sent ya ;)


  • #14
    Choco2607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Choco2607


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Cool, tell them Dave from Thurles sent ya ;)
    Might even try get a "friends 10% Discount from ya Dave!! Lol!! Cheers!! :p


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