Supragaz Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I am DESPERATE!!! I need my wheels re-furbishing and have tried all I have been recommended but no-one will touch my wheels!! Spit & polish said no, been told not to touch Pristine, Rimzrefurb aren't doing at the mo and Fatwheels told me he couldn't physically take my rims apart or get machinery into my wheel!!!! Running out of ideas and dont wanna get rid of them cos I love the look of them. Anyone with ideas or went through the same problem with theirs? I have 18" KYH Circlar GTA's, polished 2-piece split rims (245/40/18 front, 275/35/18 rear) here are some pics...... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragaz Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 And another.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve W2 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Why are you getting them refurbed? The one in the picture looks fine. I can't see any reason they can't be sorted out, they would be much easier to do than some more complicated designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragaz Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 Nearly all four are slightly curbed in places and I made the mistake of dropping one on it's face the other day when I was painting my calipers (DOH!!!) I wanted them refurbed before that anyway luckily. The finish on most wheels are a bit tired anyway. I agree about them being simple in design so should be easy but Eddie at Fatwheels explained that mine are polished first, then welded together making it impossivle to split them or fit a machine in to polish them whilst still together!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I thought the whole point of having split rims was to make them easier to 'get at' when maintaining them etc. Not sure why refurb companies are unwilling to service them. I have 3 piece rims and they will need referubed sometime next year, hopefully I can find a place thet will do them. (my 1000th post by the way !!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W2 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 They are not split rims if they are welded together and tthat does make it more difficult. You might actally be better getting an engineering compnay to do it. They can fine bead blast the rims and, polish and re-lacquer without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 I have same prob with my CR's been told the same and they are chrome on the outsides, so much for wheel refurbs they may as well not exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 cant you get them fine sandblasted in hard to reach areas and get lipls polished or you could get powder coated or painted. mate had a go doing his crappy looking rims and they came up 10 tiimes better with sanding. you got nothing to loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragaz Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 Thanks for all of your feedback. I am gonna try some other companies that specialise in metal polishing/fine sand blasting etc and not just wheel rufurbishers. Really fed up and frustrated at the mo but wont let it beat me!! Will post a thread as soon as I solve this one so that others in the same boat will know where to go.......Watch this space!..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandan Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 I looked into this about 2 weeks ago. I found a company that do all of Aston MArtin, Porsche and Jags refurbs and apparently all the other companies such as Spit n Polish etc pass split rims on to these guys. I'll type another reply later as very busy now. Wheels go to Germany to be done (clear powder coat over polished rim section) as part of the process for split rim refurb can't be done here. Bad news was the price... £1250 + vat, or £1300 + vat if centre was coloured and not silver. Will post back again soon but apparently the finish would put most car bodywork to shame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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