i almost was in tears mate, i love my rims but end of day im still alive and so is the GF and the car.
i was so pissed off thats why my GF bought me a 5th rim (which was hard to source with it been 8J - came from a porsche breakers yard ) as we though it was beyond repair, testiment to the finish on the rims, it only come off on the actual bit where the lip is missing! top refurb from a top company with a super strong finish
it cost 60 quid for the welding and then 360 quid for all 5 fully refurbing which is a 5 way process for my one off finish
that includes
Acid Dip/strip
powder coat base coat,
wet spray black
wet spray a special silver (1 pass)
wet spray another special silver (1 pass) (not telling what silvers were used)
2 coats of laquer with a slight special tint
all that lot gives the gray colour with the sparkle bits andthe way it changes shade slightly light dependant
then baked
took them a week as he now knows how picky i am, he said he could just paint the damaged area and the 5th rim to save me money but i just wanted them all to be super mint not just 2 of the 5 rims so the whole lot was done, i was so happy when i saw them when i went to pick them up... they are a even better finish than before, dint think that was possible!!!