refurbish or replace?

[MR BLACK]

Go for some bbs lm's

[a11y]

I've been in the same situation: liked the 108 design but couldn't be bothered with the corrosion issues. I refurbed mine myself (a proper job involving splitting them, full polish on the rim, relacquering, etc) before selling them on while they were perfect as I always had a soft spot for ellipsoids

I see a lot of 108's have been refurbed with the outer/rim part of the wheel powdercoated instead of polished. To me this misses the whole point of the wheel - IMO they just don't look right without the polished lip.

So basically I'd say replace.

[Adamski]

Can they not have chrome paint on the rim? Or does that look daft?

[ZedMed]

May have some 17" 103's with good vredstein winter tyres for sale when my MV2's are refurbed, should be a few weeks?

[Stuart Truman]

Lepsons in Swindon (or Kent) will do a bare metal rework for about £80 per wheel. If they have spares in stock they'll give you the choice to swap out with their's. They do an Alpina Register discount, so I expect an advanced call would secure a forum discount (10%)

I can thoroughly recommend them, the wheels on my Alpina are like new

[ronk]

Trade in with Leon for a set of his powdercoated ones?

Now there's a thought!

[Adamski]

Trade in with Leon for a set of his powdercoated ones?

Now there's a thought!

And a sensible one. I think he may reduce the price if you're trading in your old set. And he does a good job. Ive asked him about getting mine done later this year

[eleflo]

I have seen on Some wheel refurb sites that they will exchange your wheels for a set of refurbed wheels like for like, not sure of the price but might be worth a look.