Split Rim Refurblishing Specialists????

Can someone recomend a got company that can refurbish split rims, preferably in the London/Essex area but dont mind travelling if there is someone that does a good job for a good price....... decided to get my Oz Turbos polished up!!

TIA

 

i have refurbed a couple of sets of splitties, mainly i deal with unsplit rims, but i have no problems with them, lots of places won't touch them due to the ammount of work involved. this is a set i did that were so oxidised that the alloy started turning to white powder

get a few prices and let me know what you've been quoted

 

Yeah, ok mate Thanks!!

The problem is that at the moment i have no idea what companies to try I had a quick look in my local yellow pages but not much tehre and i was hoping that there would be masses of people telling me that they had their's done at so-in-so firm..........

nothing so far though

 

as i said, most places won't touch them, just shows really!!!
i think the only one i've heard of is fat wheel co???(something like that)

 

see the latest goof out. details are in there

yes as above. FAT wheel co etc I think it was around 85+ a rim for splits
Edited by: green with envy

 

Thanks Jay , got it yesterday so will take a look

 

Lepsons in gillingham did my BBS splits, with an unlaquered polished lip. I am finding it a bit of a pain in the bad weather to keep the lip shiney though.

Won't be cheap though, they charge 25 EACH rim just to split and rebuild them (I did it myself). Polishing the whole rim will be quite a lot also.

But hey, u can try them and see what they say. They are in kent.

01634 580582

 

Thanks S1mma, somewhere which is quite close top home which is handy, will give them a call!!

Jay, Couldnt find anything in The Golf unfortunately [:^(] Any idea on what page it is on??

 

A1 Wheels in Wolverhampton are amazing.. got mine done there. they did them in 3 days. 01902 871422. Have been to other places but no one can beat these people!!

 

What prices do they charge gina??? Wolverhampton is a far old trek from me (Essex) but would consider it if the price was good!!

 

I have found that the cheaper the price the worse the job when it comes to wheels!!! will probably get told im wrong but thats what i have found!! they are about 100 per wheel...... but u wont find better!
It really is the case of u get what u pay for!

 

Its in last months theres a whole feature... I'll have a look later

 

Didnt think of looking in last months!!! Got the new one on sub through the post so assumed that that was the one Wakey wakey!!!

 

I was hoping to get it cheaper that 100 per wheel but i think your right with the "You get what you pay for" atitude.

The trouble is that buy the time i have had them polished and brought new center caps they will stand me in about 1k!!! That is a lot of money, even for mint condition Oz Turbo's!!!

 

please tell me what you had done to your wheels that cost 100 each billy bug!! i'd honestly expect the centres polished too for that sort of money. it is true that you pay for what you get(sometimes), but the bigger companies have much bigger overheads and thus charge higher rates. on the quality side of things, almost every single customer of mine is stunned at the quality of my work.
i'd be guessing that you had just the rims of your wheels polished, for that work with me you would have been looking at about 50 - 20 per strip+rebuild, 30 for damage removal and mirror polish, treated and (conditionally) guaranteed for at least 1 year!!

 

I dont think Billy bugs rims are polished, just the outer lip is. I think they are painted. Could be wrong though. My local place charges 100 each rim to diamond cut the outer rim, and paint the inner piece, including rebuilding. I paid 75 each, as I undid and built them myself.

 

What did you seal them with when you built them S1MMA??

 

you tried the wheel hospital damo ! where i got mine done ?

 

Not yet......do they do split rims then??

 

they do all alloy wheels i think !