new wheels to refurb:) advice please.

got these bad boys tonight!
14" bbs RA's
3 wheels good one is badly faded and has a been bent but looks more like a dent to me..??

anyho here are some pics

one of the good wheels


bad one



bend...




my plan is to refurb the lot, new badges and flog them without tyres as their pretty pooped bar one

just need some advice, do you think i can get that bend out my slef with a big hammer
or is it a pro job??

apparently it failed its mot on this wheel..?

all in all not bad for 40 imo

thanks.

 

Don't look that bad to me. Is there a better angle?

 

ill get some more pics tomorrow if i can. i asked this on edition and they are all saying get a new wheel, dont bodge it... tbh if i can get it straight iam going to try my best! lol in the end if i can ( after using a mahoosive hammer) i can always get a new wheel. thanks.

 

Alloy cracks real easy, if you smack it with a hammer too hard it'll be nothing but scrap, give it a go but just be aware!

 

I've had wheels with much bigger dents that that. I'd skim a bit of fieer over and ignore it.

 

Shame they're 14" - not worth much are they?

 

Just tap it out with a hammer don't go mad though. If you have a da sander use 80grit then 180grit to get the rest of the damage out. Easy repair though.

 

great thanks guys! looking forward to getting stuck in.

i dont want to turn this in to a "whats it worth tread" but do you think i could achieve
about 150 without tyres fully refurbed with new bbs badges?

thanks.

 

i think you would be very lucky to see 150 for 14'' ra's.

 

right thanks

 

just wondering weather their worth refurbing or not..?? do you think they would sell as they are n fleebay?

 

Well, with no offence meant, the term 'refurb' can mean anything. Done professionally, then perhaps they'd be worth 150, but not a spray can job regardless of how many hours you put into it.

I'd personally flog them on and hunt down some 15" RA's.

 

Destroy them save up for some RM's!!!!

 

mmm let me see ,buy some wheel for 40 quid ,take a big hammer to one of them thats bent,sell them for four times as much as you bought them for,without tyres?...how many times have i told you j, those are not smarties your eating...............

on a more serious note, them wheels are nice,when they are all mint .IF the one thats damaged still holds tyre pressure and doesnt feel like a fat bird riding a jelly on a water bed,you should get your money back,repair the bad one properly and throw some good tyres on you should get your 150.00
imo

 

lot of effort for not much gain, if any

 

Not really, i sold a set of 14" RA's for 230 on ebay a couple of years ago, newly refurbed (by me) with ok tyres, looked mint see below. They are liked by Polo owners amongst others.
Pic of them below.

 

yeah but tyres are shot, cost him 40(?) to buy the wheels, plus say 40 for materials to re-furb? lucky to get 140+ for 14's without tyres...... so he has to refurb a bi@tch of a set of wheels so sand down for 60 profit if that?

 

Its all fun though isn't it. If they look good he could do my RX 2's for some more fun/practice (For the price of materials + a pint obviously).

 

^^ if they were a set of 5 spokes then yep would be fun/rewarding. Gutting numb thumbs sanding bbs isn't fun. Hance why your bbs rx2's arn't done!!

 

Agreed.