LiamR Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 Ok so after talking to some of you lovely people at the recent lakes meet about the desperate need to refurb my alloys I'm finding it difficult to make a decision. Basically I love the syle of the rims and dont want to ( or can afford to ) get new ones so a refurb is my only option. My original plan was to take them to a place in Kirkby Lonsdale http://www.smartalloylancaster.co.uk/ who have a few spray options, they would strip the wheels back and re-spray/laquor for £65+vat per corner. This sounded great but the issue I face is that potentially I may end up with cracked laquor again. The other option I am aware of is getting them powder coated, one of you told me its a better finish and costs less or about the same as a spray, but I dont know anywhere round this neck of the woods that does powder coating. Ideally I want a nice shiny, bright, mirror like finish on the dishes and a shadow chrome effect on the centres (pretty much what the rims were like when they were new) I will try and add a couple of pics of what they look like at the moment so you can see how bad they are, any advice would be awesome, cheers guys Quote
Lexx Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 I can recommend places in the North East if you're over that way anytime. Can't help with Lancs I'm afraid. PS. Good to meet you at LakeZ Quote
dave1221 Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 have you tried the Wheel Repair Centre (http://wheelrepair.co.uk/) over in Preston? They recently refurbed my Rays and did a superb job. I've know them years since they did the Compomotive alloys on my Celica GT4, and they always do a high quality job Quote
LiamR Posted July 8, 2012 Author Posted July 8, 2012 looks like they did some good work on your alloys, preston is only down the road from me so I'll be checking them out, whats the finish on your alloys btw? Quote
dave1221 Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 they are powerdercoated there's quite a few options for colour too, if you don't want to stick to the factory colour! Quote
M13KYF Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 http://www.nationalalloys.co.uk/ took mine there Quote
max Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Lee i will post tomorrow the company that powder coats based in south lakes which i mentioned at the lakes meet. Max. Quote
max Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Lee try these Ultimate Alloys Tel Andrew on 07966203886 have seen the van around for a while now they also do for a few local garages. Max. Quote
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