alloy wheel refurbs

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:34

just looking for some advise re this

would like to get mine done , they are not that bad but have some light curbing ( hardly ever seen 19's that haven't ) but also there are scratches in the finish ( probably due to heavy handed cleaning ) which are really annoying me as the rest of the car looks like new

anyone recommend anyone ? quality is the real issue not cost

also anyone know how these places generally work , obviously I can't have my car without wheels for a week

another option would be to get a set of CSL replicas and use those day to day and get mine refurbed and then leave them in storage till I sell , any opinions ?

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:45

eidolon said:
You're in luck, I just found these people

http://www.wheelrefurbishing.co.uk/index.htm

They're by far the cheapest around. No idea on quality but I imagine that they're all pretty much the same really (the pics on the web look good anyway)

cheers , have you ( or anyone you know of ) used them ?

I would rather pay 400 quid for a good job than 200 for a crap one

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 10:54

eidolon said:
Fraid not but I would expect refurb places to be fairly similar. As long as they have the right equipment (which these seem to have) then I can't see there being any noticable quality difference.

Spit and Polish come recommended by various car clubs and if I recall correctly Lowe has used Laptab several times

cheers , apparantly the 19inch M3 wheels are notoriously hard to do properly , mant places won't even do them

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 11:21

Have heard of Lepsons but as you say looks like they are a bit far

not keen on the mobile van types as I would expect that they do noy have the facilities to do a top class job

http://www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk

look good and they do an exchange service

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:21

gurdas said:
Get some CSL rims!

not sure how keen I am on them , can get some replicas ( top quality ) for about £850

also I could run into issues with my insurers trying to charge me more

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:51

re the CSL's this place seems to do a good quality replica

http://ssdd-motorsport.com/show_prod.php?prod_id=243

I am looking at the Ebay option at the moment

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 17:39

saw those , absolutely disgusuing

Rotty · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:05

eidolon said:
I was looking around the detailing forums and found these guys Rotty.
http://www.juswheels.co.uk (they're local to you too)

Have a read of http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4038 for examples of what they can achieve, looks good to me

thanks mate , looks great