Refurbish or replace alloy?

PiKe · 30 Sep 2020 at 16:57

I have diamond cut wheels that have issues with corrosion on one of the wheels under the lacquer

To get it refurbished locally (on a cnc) it'll cost me £120

On ebay I can buy a refurbished wheel (which states its had one weld) thats straight and true for £120.

What should I do? Stick with my known good wheel and get it refurbished, or potentially save money by getting the one off ebay and selling my other wheel on?

PiKe · 30 Sep 2020 at 17:57

Squidward said:
What wheel is it?

Why not have all four powder coated. Diamond cut wheels are crap and corrosion is always a issue. Should be able to have all 4 refurbished for 200 ish.

They look crap all one colour, I'd want the inners to stay black which none of the places said they will do. They're Drenalic Renault wheels.

PiKe · 30 Sep 2020 at 19:58

[TW]Fox said:
I bet they won't look as crap as they do with black inners to be fair

I like them

PiKe · 1 Oct 2020 at 10:27

Why can't they do two tone allows in powder coat? Everywhere that I've asked says it needs to be a solid colour.

PiKe · 1 Oct 2020 at 10:53

paradigm said:
Well, because the way powder coating works I guess. Shot blast the wheel back to bare metal, connect the wheel up to a charge, spray the opposite charge dry paint (powder) onto the wheel, attracted by the opposing electrical charge, bake.

If you were using actual paint then you could mask off and paint each section separately, but I can't see how it would work with powder coating, I guess it might be technically possible, but I've never seen it done.

OK that makes sense.