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Title: Need Alloys Refurbed
Post by: batman04 on 21 April 2008, 15:06
Hi people, im looking to get a set of Alooys refurbed and wondered if anyone knew of anywhere good, im in the south east, sussex area, my wheel have a diamond cut Rim with a painted center, the rims have some deep curb marks so hoping these can be repaired. in the golf mag theres a place called Fat Wheels anyone used them or know anything about them?. cheers guys

Batman
Title: Re: Need Alloys Refurbed
Post by: bundy on 25 April 2008, 22:18
have a look in the good guys section may be a recommendation in there of some1 near you  :smiley:
Title: Re: Need Alloys Refurbed
Post by: LazyLunatic on 25 April 2008, 23:33
if you need to get them refurbed, you should have a go at them yourself first, if it goes wrong ... well you were getting refurbed anyway so its all good. Check out boneybradley's thread, or someone else's. a few ppl have done their own on here.

I can say, if you have oxidation under the laquer, you will need to strip the alloys back to the bare metal. Use a grinder and one of those twisted mehttp://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=84054.0
Need Alloys Refurbedtal abrasive zip wheel things. Etch primer, then paint and a sh!t load of laquer. ohh and clean the insides with some 1000 wet/dry and brilo pad, then add a few coats of paint, looks smart for a quick job.

(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3888/image287nl2.jpg)

left is before - right is after.

ohh and the info above is what i was told by the pro who is gunna spray mine, i will do all the prep work though. Thought i'd let him  spray it, as he offered and it would look better, but you can do it all yourself.

LL ;)
Title: Re: Need Alloys Refurbed
Post by: LazyLunatic on 25 April 2008, 23:36
forgot to mention, i masked out the middle part, but gave that a good scrub with a wire brush.

LL ;)