My refurbished Rays :-)

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Hi all,

 

Just had my Rays refurbushed at The Wheel Specialist (Swindon branch) who specialise in powder coating wheels. Normally they can complete a whole set in a day but this time it took them 2 days as they were not happy with the finish the first time round. Cost was 60+vat per wheel (they discounted the £10 per wheel strip, refit and balancing). They're also doing a discount for my Jeep as I've had one vehicle done with them already - 50+vat per wheel.

 

One wheel needs to be redone as the silver/chrome paint has crinkled. They didn't fit the wheel when I came to collect just in case I would leave the car for another day but I couldn't so they will re-do the wheel at my convenience and knock another 50 quid off the cost.

 

They are a family run center. Very friendly, no hastle, and were very keen to do a perfect job without any need for me to "encourage" them. So hats off to them for their excellent service.

 

Before refurbishment, my alloys were suffering the usual peeling and bubbling paint on the spokes as well as kurbing damage. Black chrome seemed to be the best colour match (they will do exact match if you wish but they'll need to order the paint). Normally black chrome is black powder coat with the face of the wheel chromed/silvered leaving the inside face black and then all finished with gloss lacquer. I decided to take the silver/chrome all the way through the wheel to be more like the original finish. They would do a satin lacquer if you wanted but I was happy with the gloss.

 

The wheels now look like polished metal with a lacquer finish and are stunning against the gloss black deep shine of my Z. The chrome/silver also matches the door handles quite well so it does not look out of place which was my main concern.

 

 

 

Hopefully this is of some help to others who are thinking of getting their wheels refurbished.

Jim

[rtbiscuit]

sounds really good, and a good price; nice to see the art of customer service isn't dead