Been looking for decent set of 17s for bloody ages in the end I have given up looking , booked my wheels in next week for a full strip down and powder coat refurb, I will be using a tried and tested wheel refurber so you guys can make your judgement on the work done, my wheels are standard st170 alloys with laquer peel and decay and will take some before and after pics just so you all know

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

 

i need my rims looking at too, but at £110 a wheel locally i'm prepared to not bother.
would be good to see how these turn out and at what cost too.

 

its £192, round here for a full powder coat refurb and they collect too

 

Them prices are crazy, can have them done for as little as £20 a wheel here, in fact i picked mine up today, 4 for £60 as i use him often.

 

what dipped stripped repaired and powder coated for £20

 

Thats right, city powder coaters do that for £20 a wheel.

 

I need to get my winter wheels refurbed. They're peeling badly, which didn't bother me really as I bought them cheap because of it, and they're winter wheels, but I'd still like them to look decent. Local place is £300 for strip, filler and paint for a set of four 17's! So to me, £192 is good, but I doubt they'd come out from HP3 to CM18 to collect and drop them off...

If I could find a local small business to drop them too and collect later, for say £35/40 a wheel, that'd suit me fine.

 

Dodge - where is this "City Powder Coaters"?

 

Birmingham city centre

 

Gonna cost me a bit more than £20 a wheel then by the time I courier the wheels up there and back from London/Essex...

 

Yeah dont get me wrong its only decent if your local, i was just shocked to see what prices were elsewhere in the country. There are 4 places local to me, the most expensive being £35 a wheel upto 18".

 

That's what I need. A cheap, local, £35 a wheel place to just blast them bare, bit of filler to fix the gouges and then powder them.

 

wow thats impressive wish they were closer

 

gotta be worth a call as you never know as they deal with all the big car dealerships

 

You cant use filler then powder coat , the heat will blow the filler out,

Damage has to be welded then machined back.

Paintit uk in Billericay are a decent outfit, all done in house and they have their own computer controlled lathe for diamond cutting.

 

Have a few bits done there Steve.....did a good job and are reasonabley priced for round here.

 

used to use them a fair bit back in the day, not many companys collect from your home and deliver back in a few days for FREE, was just sick of seeing flaking ford coatings and bubbling so booked mine in for tuesday as nobody had any in decent nick, will post pics up once done

 

My quote from spit and polish was £80 for one wheel but that it with tyre off and tyre refit and balance included

 

thats steep big time

 

The only good thing is they do come back perfect and I mean perfect

 

I guess if you can afford to use companys like that then expectations should be high so at least they deliver on quality , I will stick with the chaps in kings langley

 

Shows what I know about powder coating then! What do Paintit charge per wheel then? By the sounds of it, more than £30-£40 a wheel I'm guessing....

 

well heres the before and after shots as promised

as you can see it was pretty rough and this was the best one out of the 4 too







after

 

they look ace, well worth the money


now, city powder coating - google their reviews and you'll be surprised on how pants they are!£20 a wheel isn't bad if your selling the car ...if you get the wheels back of course!

 

Looks like a good job

 

Place in canvey island does it for £50 per wheel

 

Can anyone recommend anywhere in south Somerset area that does wheel refurbishing at a fair price?

 

yes they did a good job inside and out and condsidering the picked up the wheels complete with tyres took them away refurbed them and refitted tyres with new valves and balance then delivered them back to me for £192 its a cracking service

very pleased thanks Si

 

I can highly recomend rim rescure in welling kent. Friendly good prices also does hydro dipping too