Ellipsoid refurb
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I changed the colour of mine to smoked chrome and kept the diamond cut outer edge. On the Sterling Grey a colour close to body colour works really well.
Same concept could work well on Ellipsoids
Same concept could work well on Ellipsoids
I've got some Ellipsoids to recondition too, pretty poor state so need to be done and I want to use them and have them as new.
Pondering a powder coating from The Wheel Specialists in their Mercedes Silver (essentially 'german' or 'deutche' silver, which is the soft metallic on most German manufacturer alloy wheels of 2000-2005 ish afaik)
Thinking of getting one done, and if I like it, getting the other three done
Will let you know as I'm popping up there tomorrow to see, so if I do have it done I'll post pics
Thanks
Dave
Pondering a powder coating from The Wheel Specialists in their Mercedes Silver (essentially 'german' or 'deutche' silver, which is the soft metallic on most German manufacturer alloy wheels of 2000-2005 ish afaik)
Thinking of getting one done, and if I like it, getting the other three done
Will let you know as I'm popping up there tomorrow to see, so if I do have it done I'll post pics
Thanks
Dave
Let me know what the quality of their work is like: i'm planning on getting my ellipsoids done too, albeit probably by a specialist nearer London. You jacking yours up while the wheels are sent off ?
http://www.jppolishing.co.uk/ does a "power silver" - might look good against the black paintwork ?!
http://www.jppolishing.co.uk/ does a "power silver" - might look good against the black paintwork ?!
I bought a set of 107's to sort out and then swap to from my 108's, then I can recondition those and then sell them, hopefully covering some costs along the way (since I bought an automatic tyre machine and things so I can do tyres myself)
I'm not sure on any coating from just a picture, the only way to get an idea how they will look is in the skin because the ambient lighting makes such a huge difference... I think, possibly, power silver will be too chromey for my car, since it's titanium silver already, and I like the softer silvers like the Mercedes Silver...
The key thing I'm worried about with powder coaters is their reliance on the powder base to cover nicks/marks (rather than prepping the surface with filler), and then the resultant thick base being lumpy resulting in a lumpy metallic coat and then lumpy laquer...
So I'll be making sure that what they have as demo wheels (assuming they have super flat laquer) is what mine will look like (lumpiness wise), and also why I'll be doing one at first!
I think alot of the problem is their demo wheels (The Wheel Specialist mainly I imagine, being a large chain) just come super smooth needing no heavy coating of powder to cover nicks/kerb marks, so it's nice and thin and flat, and looks great. Have them being lazy and building up powder to make the wheel look tidy and that is when they get lumpy afaik...
Your Essex guy sounds good though, welding in new ally on the rim if kerbed etc... probably well worth a punt!
Assuming all goes well tomorrow I'll post pics for you of Mercedes Silver
Dave
I'm not sure on any coating from just a picture, the only way to get an idea how they will look is in the skin because the ambient lighting makes such a huge difference... I think, possibly, power silver will be too chromey for my car, since it's titanium silver already, and I like the softer silvers like the Mercedes Silver...
The key thing I'm worried about with powder coaters is their reliance on the powder base to cover nicks/marks (rather than prepping the surface with filler), and then the resultant thick base being lumpy resulting in a lumpy metallic coat and then lumpy laquer...
So I'll be making sure that what they have as demo wheels (assuming they have super flat laquer) is what mine will look like (lumpiness wise), and also why I'll be doing one at first!
I think alot of the problem is their demo wheels (The Wheel Specialist mainly I imagine, being a large chain) just come super smooth needing no heavy coating of powder to cover nicks/kerb marks, so it's nice and thin and flat, and looks great. Have them being lazy and building up powder to make the wheel look tidy and that is when they get lumpy afaik...
Your Essex guy sounds good though, welding in new ally on the rim if kerbed etc... probably well worth a punt!
Assuming all goes well tomorrow I'll post pics for you of Mercedes Silver
Dave
Thanks for the reply's they do look goog in smoked chrome i will be taking them to this place not far from me
http://www.nationalalloys.co.uk/
They did some 19" porsche alloys off a 928 years ago silver inners with polished rims nice job these will do a standard colour refurb for £35 a wheel emailed others and got quoted £55-105
Will post up picks when done probably next week when i get my tyres
http://www.nationalalloys.co.uk/
They did some 19" porsche alloys off a 928 years ago silver inners with polished rims nice job these will do a standard colour refurb for £35 a wheel emailed others and got quoted £55-105
Will post up picks when done probably next week when i get my tyres
That price is good, in reality too good.
I'd be real concerned about just what you get for £35 per wheel, the time and effort and quality and durability of the finish, but if you are sure of the service then it's a great price. IMHO it's not without good reason that the others are in the price range you were quoted.
I'd be real concerned about just what you get for £35 per wheel, the time and effort and quality and durability of the finish, but if you are sure of the service then it's a great price. IMHO it's not without good reason that the others are in the price range you were quoted.
south yorkshire
price isnt everything- i paid £75 at BMW and it was a crap job- gonna go to audi next time they only charge 45 and do a better job!
£35 is for a standard coating, and the standard coatings contain no metallic 2nd coat, or anything. They are just solid colours without laquer (afaik)
Yuck. They will look good under their showroom lights with lots of sparkle on the semi-gloss finish, but out in the real world on a sunny day they may look a bit flat
Be really sure what finish you are getting before paying!
I'm popping up the road now to have a see what my local place can do
Dave
Yuck. They will look good under their showroom lights with lots of sparkle on the semi-gloss finish, but out in the real world on a sunny day they may look a bit flat
Be really sure what finish you are getting before paying!
I'm popping up the road now to have a see what my local place can do
Dave
paddy wright said:
For sure - BMW will just call the local guy around to do it and then add at least a 100% markup to what he charges. There are plenty of posts about cheap 'BMW' refurbs with brake dust lacquered over. Most likely done on site too.
The guy that did mine at First Class Alloys took 3 days to get them right, charged me £140 (£35/wheel) for the inner stars only and it's worth every penny as to me the wheels are one of the key features of a car.
Well I went up there, and they were closed. Rang them and they are closed until Tuesday. Doh.
What confuses me is that they have emailed me three times this week, and called, about their 25% off ending on Friday
No mention that despite it ending Friday, they are closed from Thursday :lol:
Doubt I'll bother now, won't get a chance to go for another two weeks now and without that 25% off they are only £5 off a proper full on wet paint recondition at a respected Yorkshire repairer.
Will post my DIY refurb pics soon.
Dave
What confuses me is that they have emailed me three times this week, and called, about their 25% off ending on Friday
No mention that despite it ending Friday, they are closed from Thursday :lol:
Doubt I'll bother now, won't get a chance to go for another two weeks now and without that 25% off they are only £5 off a proper full on wet paint recondition at a respected Yorkshire repairer.
Will post my DIY refurb pics soon.
Dave
