Can these really not be refurbished?

DRZ · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:41

Hi,

Took the alloys I plan to put on the mx-5 to a locally well regarded alloy wheel refurbishers today and was told that they cannot be done

The reason they gave for refusing them was that the lip between the rim and the centre would trap the sand from the shotblasting and would be impossible to remove, ruining the finish.

I've emailed a couple of other places just to see, but does anyone know if this can be done and/or who would take on a job like this?

Pics:

Cheers!

-westy- · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:43

What's wrong with acid dipping them? :confused:

Clarkey · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:49

Try Lepsons.

loltim · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:53

might be my eyes but the one in the first pic looks buckled?

were they mega cheap?

Skeeter · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:16

-westy- said:
What's wrong with acid dipping them?

If the place doesn't do acid dips and only sand blasts, then its a fair point.

It might be a case that these cannot be refurbed by that place, not that they cannot be refurbed at all.

How you getting them done? 2 colours?

Hxc · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:30

What wheels are they? I like the look of them for my 5... if I can't get some watanabes for a decent price

DRZ · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:32

Mazdaspeed MS-01

Skeeter, I want the centres done in white with the rim polished.

The place said categorically that they couldn't be done at all (and suggested I found somewhere that would cut the centres out and weld them back in once refurbished! :Eek

, but yeah maybe they didn't know about acid dipping.

GT3 · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:43

I thought you were supposed to bead blast rather than shot blast alloys anyway?

Try a different place.

mrk · 30 Mar 2011 at 19:43

Impressive wheel neglect from the previous owner!

griffo_001 · 31 Mar 2011 at 02:51

Khaaan! said:
Impressive wheel neglect from the previous owner!

I bet it was "rat look y0!" :rolleyes:

tigerstyle · 31 Mar 2011 at 03:24

freshly imported?

...http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ja...source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=2304&bih=1174

MikeHiow · 31 Mar 2011 at 03:40

as already said, try acid dipping or aqua blasting them?

Of course, if worse came to worse, you could always have them sandblasted and then have the gap filled?

Mikeyboy · 31 Mar 2011 at 06:39

Could try emailing Rimfurbish with a photo and see what they say.

Spamalot · 31 Mar 2011 at 12:29

tigerstyle said:
freshly imported?

...http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ja...source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=2304&bih=1174

Brookert · 31 Mar 2011 at 12:33

I know it shouldn't be funny but I did lol, fresh import

tigerstyle · 31 Mar 2011 at 12:50

Spamalot said:

wheel neglect = tsunami damage. Sick joke tbh...

on the upside though, nice wheels

Spamalot · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:33

tigerstyle said:
wheel neglect = tsunami damage. Sick joke tbh...

on the upside though, nice wheels

As I thought then, to close to the bone and far to soon!

tigerstyle · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:38

Spamalot said:
As I thought then, to close to the bone and far to soon!

You can never be to soon.

hurfdurf · 31 Mar 2011 at 15:12

Spamalot said:
As I thought then, to close to the bone and far to soon!

Dogbreath · 31 Mar 2011 at 15:21

Acid dipping isn't going to remove the pitting from all that corrosion. I can understand their reluctance to touch them, it seems like those wheel could have been purposely designed to trap grit and water etc.