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Refurbishing OEM Rays Wheels


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Hi guys,

 

I'm thinking of getting my Rays refurbished, unfortunately the previous owners clearly didn't know how to park the car.

 

I've also noticed a bit of surface corrosion under the paint on a few of the spokes, I guess water has just got under the paint over time due to inefficient cleaning perhaps.

 

What do people generally do, get them powder coated, or just sprayed in a booth? I'd want them restored to the original silver colour also.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Grant

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There are countless threads on this and I would suggest after reading them, going to find your local refurbisher.

and have them powdercoated.

The average cost in London and the south is £60 a corner plus vat.

there are people who will do it for cash and wave the VAT.

Where abouts do you live?

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I'm in the midlands, previously paid £55 a corner on some 16" 2 piece split rims on my MR2 which was very good as they split them, polished the lips and powder coated the centres before re-assembly.

 

Unfortunately it's a bit of a pain only having one car and one set of wheels, I'd either need to do it in 2 stages and leave it jacked up in between, or find somewhere that will just have the car for a few days and do it in one.

 

Unfortunately last time, although the price was good, the fact that they did the front and the rears in two seperate jobs meant that they powder coated the centres a slightly different shade, so had to take two of the wheels back again - bit of a faff!

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I recently used the wheel specialist in fareham, dropped the car off at 8am and picked it up the same day at 16:30.

 

My wheels were terrible corroded, covered in corrosion and bubbling and all of them were kirbed on the outer rim, I went for a gunmetal powder coated finish and they even sprayed the centre caps to match i am very happy happy with the results.

 

They were very expensive though compared to other places, they originally coated £400!!! I only got them down to £350 which was a full, car in, strip tyres, prep and powder coat wheels, then refit tyres and rebalance the wheels jobby. This was still an extortionate price but the fact that they were only 10-15 minutes away (so I wasn't spending a fortune in fuel driving elsewhere) and offered a same day service swayed the decision for me as I have no spare wheels I could chuck on the car

 

Don't forget the wheel specialists are a franchise so research your local branch for reviews before taking your car there.

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Wow! That was expensive! Perhaps it was the amount of work they thought was necessary due to the corrosion?

 

Sadly not, I was quoted over the phone so assume its a standard price list.

 

I've never seen wheels in such a bad condition, all good now though.

 

I could've spend £60 in petrol taking my car elsewhere and would have been without a car for several days so I paid the extra at TWS for convenience really.

 

Im over the moon with the results just would have liked to have paid about £100 less.

 

To the OP though the powder coat is a great finish, they haven't been waxed or sealed and the dirt pretty much just rinses off and the finish will be much harder than paint.

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