why do wheel refurbish places shy away from actually doing these?

what do they do or dont do that could damage them?

i got talking to someone who says they can do them who are very local and nice and cheap

they use a non acidic solution to strip the wheels
(i thought that any moisture was bad)

my wheels are quite rare and i dont wanna run a risk of wrecking them

then they will powder coat (also something i thought you couldnt do)

what your thoughts on this

 

arent they powdercoated from new?

 

i dont know the answer Gus, but i am really looking forward to seeing them when they are done

 

you and me both sir


i need to pull me finger out a bit with them, been sat doing nothing for a while now

 

just had a thought, i presume you will be dismantling them, if so at work we use a company called AMFIN who paint the magnessium gearboxes that we manufacture, its all aircraft stuff so i am sure they do it right

 

yep they are in bits already

alll stacked up

where abouts are they? are they expensive?


i got some one to polish the outers up for me

 

i would say they are reasonably cheap but they do loads of work for us.

http://www.amfin.co.uk/processes.htm

think there is an online quote thingie on there too

 

these the chaps?

http://www.amfin.co.uk/

 

yep

 

its ok, dont answer my question

as if they are powdercoated already then powdercoating them cant be a problem to the wheel with regards to the temperatures used during the powdercoating process

if you google powdercoating mag wheels it brings up quite a lot of forums with info

 

pm marco

 

i dont think that powder coating is a problem, but ideally you want some kind of chromate coating to prevent corrosion and premote adhesion

 

sorry i know nothing about it so cant answer your question

just spoke to http://www.amfin.co.uk/ and got passed about a bit

the chaps i need to speak to are out, they dont deal with the public so need to wait for them to return my call

thanks for the info sir

 

nope no joy with that firm


just got an email back saying 'no cant help'


so back to the above, this method ok?

 

no probs mate, is it Peter Bagley that they have told you to speak to?

 

yes i was told to speak to either him or mike parsons (apparently he restores cars)


got email back from mike

 

Gus get a quote from dymag, they are the daddies when it comes to mag wheels

 

I sent dymag an email asking if they could refurb my rl7's, but they said they only refurb dymag wheels. (unless you have dymags, i thought you had rl7's, correct me if im wrong!)

 

i do have some rl7's but the wheels im on about are actually comps (datapost style)