Wheel refurb

[Guest]

I know this is a topic that has been covered many times before but I don't know how you find old links to read up on!!
Basically I've got some birthday money and I've decided that that whilst they are already in better than average condition, I want my Fuchs alloys looking like new (both face and the reverse side of them). I've numerous options available, ie, Polished rim, Satin black centre's. Polished rim, body coloured centres (slate grey). Or you can get the rim and centres that polished that they look like they've been chromed. There's probaley more options available. The help I need from you guys is: A) pictures of your wheels that you've had restored. B) How much it cost you. C) Where you had them done. (I'm in the North West). Any info back would be greatly appreciated. I've only had one company quote me to date and they wanted £95.00 per wheel plus Vat which I thought sounded expensive. Many thanks.

 

[Guest]

Antony, There appears to be lots of posts on this subject - if you click on 'search' at the top of the page and enter 'wheel refurbishment', hopefully that will help you

 

[Guest]

Ah, so thats how it works, cheers!

 

[Guest]

£95 per wheel for full refurb doesn't sound expensive to me, not for a decent job anyway.

 

[rob911]

There's a bloke who advertises on Ebay for restoring Fuchs wheels. Charges £260 per set and appears to have pretty good feedback.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PORSCHE-911-PERFECTLY-REFURBISHED-ALLOY-WHEELS-FUCHS_W0QQitemZ4606652357QQcategoryZ10408QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Reading his advert - he appears to know what he's on about.

 

[Guest]

rob i sent the guy on ebay an email asking how much to anodise the rims and paint the cenrtes red on four wheels.

he wanted £740, bit of a piss take methinks

 

[rob911]

£260 to £740 - thats a quality mark up if ever there was one!!!!!!

 

[bruceb]

Diamond Styling are generally regarded as one of the best refinishers of Fuchs wheels, I spoke to them friday about a set of wheels I was considering refinishing. This this really hurt,approx £1000 + vat for set of 6x8x16's. This is probably the high water mark in terms of cost.

The cost is so high apparently because as to refinish the wheels they have to be machined, polished, anodised and then painted. I had a set refinished by them three yeas ago and paid £700 + vat. The wheels are beautiful almost too good for my old SC. The recent increases were blamed on the cost of anodising!

If the guy on E bay was quoting only £260, this would seem too low and would suggest a less than complete job. I guess this puts his revised quote it some context! This seems to be a better option IMHO

http://www.early911.co.uk/html/fuchs_rims.html


hope ths helps

Bruce
83SC

 

[Andy Tims]

Loads on this previously.

All I'd say is I would not use an (apparently) cheap outfit unless you get a trusted recommendation. Spit & Polish were a nightmare - never again.
Diamond Styling are very well thought of, but they are expensive.
Just keep the cost in context with what you could get a "new" set of wheels for.
6 x 16's are not worth a great deal.

 

[Alan_Armstrong]

Also Jasmine Motorsport are well recommended, but around £750 I think.
for their details see page 74 of Feb PP

I paid £250.00 7 years ago for colour coded, rebalanced, machined & polished.

Still looks good today, when I washed em!

 

[Nick Moss]

Bruce has already posted a link to my site above, I charge £125 (plus VAT) per rim to strip machine, polish, anodise and then paint. This is for bright petals or fully painted centres

 

[Guest]

The eBay guy is Biagio, his work is unbelievable. A proper finish on these wheels is not cheap if it's going to be done properly.

One could pay £95/£100 a rim but ultimately have the wheels come back finished to an unsatisfactory standard. That would definitely not be the case with anything you sent to Biagio. I've never read a bad word about his, Nick's or Chris's (Diamond Styling) work but seen plenty of horror stories about other refinishers.

 

[Guest]

My wheels (when the car finally arrives) are in very good condition, which is a shame as I'm having the full centres painted red!
The anodising looks in good condition so I presume there is no reason why i cannot simply have the centres re-painted without touching the rims?

 

[bruceb]

what like this!

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: burriana

My wheels (when the car finally arrives) are in very good condition, which is a shame as I'm having the full centres painted red!
The anodising looks in good condition so I presume there is no reason why i cannot simply have the centres re-painted without touching the rims?

Correct. The black centres - assuming they are black - are paint over anodising, so you just scuff up the black, mask off with insulation tape (it follows the contours better than anything else as it will stretch) and spray in your colour of choice. My only top tip is not to use clear lacquer on top of the red. The wheels can get really hot after heavy braking use and the lacquer, in my experience, will haze or crack. Maybe I just painted too thick, but all 8 of my centres need repainting due to lacquer "failure" []

 

[Guest]

I'll bear that in mind Richard. It is going in to Strasse a week on Saturday for three weeks!