Alloy wheels refurb shop?

Anyone know of a place in Lancashire that refurbs wheels (cant be bothered doin all that work of strippin and stuff myself. Wish you look tall pete)? I've got 5 pirelli p's to do, 2 of a mk1 and 3 of a mk2. There all in pretty bad condition but i'm prepared to swap the mk 2's for some mk 1's if anyone as an odd pair lying about.

Ev, I used a company in Prescott, Merseyside to do my 9 spokes. ?160 for the 5 which I didn't think was too bad. They took 2 days to complete.

The number is in the back of Auto Trader.

Dan

Dj Ev / Dano

Was the one in Prescott called Proclean - ive used them before to polish a set of zender alloys on a mk2 - they offered a same day drive in service and did them while I waited !

Chris

Cheers Chris,

Thats them!!

I couldn't remember the name..cash sale…no receipt   :wink:

They did a good job on mine.

Dan

I'll give em a call next week. Thanks lads
 

shame your not round my way, i could of done em for ya! :wink:

Thats very nice of you g60ge  :y: . Do you refurbish wheels for a job or hobby?

Proclean in Prescot RUINED a set of Corrado 16V alloys I had on my old Mk3 !!!  When I got them back they looked really heavily shotblasted (pitted), there was some runs in the lacquer, and the lacquer hadn't fully dried (so one ended up with 'carpet pattern effect' from being put face down in the boot). Was told 'well that's what we do' when I complained

Was about 3 and a half years back, so may be better now (but once bitten and all that ………)

'well that's what we do'

 8O what ruin customers wheels - good grief :tlc:

I'm not gettin much help here.  :dontknow:
So do you lot down south do a mobile wheel refurb? Only jokin so where do I go from here? If they do a bad job you just tell them your not happy dont ya, or is it not that simple with alloys?

must admit  - never had any wheels painted by them but they did do a good polishing job.

Also had a set re-furbed by Pristine - expensive but good !!!

If you contact pristine they will tell you a local tyre place that acts as agent and sends them away for you.

I use Pristine for my wheels and they do a really good job.

Dj Ev said

Thats very nice of you g60ge  :y: . Do you refurbish wheels for a job or hobby?

hobby, turned job, turning self employed kinda thing…

just looking for a premesis at the moment… i do more scuff repair jobs but refurbs can also be done to the face of the wheel. i also will be outsourcing the polishing to a local who i worked for till i have enough for the machine!

Well, I cannot say enough bad things about hammerite Smooth spray.

After all my prep the paint formed tiny bubbles all along the ridges of the rims, these do not disappear as the paint drys.

I will be returning my unused cans this PM and getting some proper Hycote paint.

I will never get back time wasted in having to sand back off the piggin hammerite.

It doesn't seem to dry properly which doesn't help.

I do know the right words to use but I am expressing restraint!

Peter.

Blast and darn it I'd say pete old chap.

Chin up hey what!

tallpete said

Well, I cannot say enough bad things about hammerite Smooth spray.

After all my prep the paint formed tiny bubbles all along the ridges of the rims, these do not disappear as the paint drys.

I will be returning my unused cans this PM and getting some proper Hycote paint.

I will never get back time wasted in having to sand back off the piggin hammerite.

It doesn't seem to dry properly which doesn't help.

I do know the right words to use but I am expressing restraint!

Peter.

did you use primer?

Did I use Primer?

Do I look like Frank Spencer? of course I did.

The hammerite even did me the disservice of going on perfectly on the test patch I did on the inside of the wheels!

Then, as soon as I sprayed the lightest coat on the rims, a lovely little line of bubbles appeared along all the 90 degrees edges which refused to go away.

Oooh Betty.

Peter.

sorry to hear that mate, cant understand why that happened to yours... i used halfords primer, could be the temp of the paint when u applied it... i dunno, hope u get ur money back!

Swapped it for good old hycote.

Probably not as tough but should be easier to maintain.

Peter.

Bad luck, never used hammerite spray only brush-on, but heard number of people say its not great either in application or durablity .