refurbishing alloys

[soupersurfer]

Hi all i've bought a 3rd gen a couple of weeks ago and i'm very pleased with it, far better motor than i had thought!!!
The alloys unfortunatly are a little tatty and i would like to refurb or replace them with a better cond set (must be standard 3rd gen!).
Anyone no of a good company that refurb alloys and any idea on prices??
Once i sort the alloys i'm thinking of getting some bfg tyres fitted alll round
I've had the surf fully serviced/checked over by tonyn yesterday (cheers tony great job!) and i'm looking forward to trying a little offroading sometime soon

[BUSHWHACKER]

It cost around £40 per wheel for a re-furbish, don't know of any companies near you though.

[marky]

It cost around £40 per wheel for a re-furbish, don't know of any companies near you though.

All that hope! Then you give him the bad news BUGGA

[Panrixx]

Some one on this site has refurbished their alloys by stripping the laquer off and polishing the bare alloy. Maybe they can explain what procedure they used.

[surfenstein]

you could always get them grit blasted and powder coated.

[joker??]

just been mucking around with my ally's , got a sand blaster takes a long time (tedious ) and leaves the ally's dull, have tried nitromors seems to work but a messy job seems to leave a shine on it when laquer comes off .
may take wheels to tyre place tomorrow to take off tyres then play around some more ,may spray them once there stripped

[BUSHWHACKER]

Some one on this site has refurbished their alloys by stripping the laquer off and polishing the bare alloy. Maybe they can explain what procedure they used.

That's what I did.

[sledge]

most car sprayers will do it.

[Panrixx]

That's what I did.

Can you tell us exactly how you acheived that finish and how much time/hard work was involved? Did you remove the tyres first?

[BUSHWHACKER]

Can you tell us exactly how you acheived that finish and how much time/hard work was involved? Did you remove the tyres first?

Left the tyres on, but removed wheels from truck.

It took about one and a half to two hours on each wheel, (I did one per evening) using these products in the order shown.........

[soupersurfer]

Thx for the suggestions, the D.I.Y option is no good for me i have little spare time
Powder coating might be an option i will look into the cost/procedure/finish.

[MattF]

Find out where the local shops take the alloys for redoing. They will be able
to bead/sand blast them and apply whatever finish you please.

[BUSHWHACKER]

[QUOTE=MattF]They will be able to bead/sand blast them QUOTE]


apparently it's called 'media blasting' these days, and they used crushed walnut shells.

[lclascaris]

I used to work for a dealership, the used car sales department used a company called Spit & Polish for years & the results were always good.

[joker??]

I used to work for a dealership, the used car sales department used a company called Spit & Polish for years & the results were always good.

type in spit and polish has they have a website,phoned them to see what they would charge !!! no answer today