Wheels

went to find out about gettin my lil bbs's refurbed

they quoted 120 for all wheels to be sorted

now apparently there is a different finish on the rim than there is on the spokey bit............didnt notice that lol

so they can refurb my wheels to the spoke colour but cant refurb them to original finish.

So..............should i just get them refurbed and live with it? should i get the rim polished once refurbed? or shall i buy new wheels? any other ideas?

HELP!!

 

Refurbed, and the rims polished, IMO.

 

i like u lol


but i dunno how that would look lol

 

dunno hard one . depends on how far you are going with the car ? std bbs look good so i would refurb them but maybe polish the whole lot , but im sure that will cost more !

 

i found this site that do them....

http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/alloywheels.php?adw

im startin to like the changing rim finish idea now

 

could just get them powder coated in ramp engineering off lysander road . 25 per wheel

 

oh ive not heard of that place!

 

pretty good a mate had his wheels done black on a silver mk4 golf gti , looked sweet but he wrote it off

 

You know my 2p! I say basecoat the centres with silver, then mix up the bodycolour with some laquer and spray the centres so the wheels are dark, but not entirely black if you see what i mean. Then polish the outer

 

you do realise ill bepaying someone to do it lol i dont get my hands dirty on things i can mess up!!

 

Or to make it look really evil - Powdercoat/Paint the centres black and then get the rims polished.

 

hi, i'm in the same situation as you, have some bbs alloys that need sorting but having trouble finding a place that can do them

i've been quoted 25 a wheel for aqua blasting them back to bare alloy, then a further 25 a wheel to refrub to the original finish with a further 5 a wheel to polish the outer rim.

 

could just get them refurbed then polish them at a later date if you decide you want it done???

 

im gettin them refurbed for now.....if i dont find anythin else i wana spend money on lol

jimmy i was quoted 30 per wheel to get sorted.........but they cant do the finish on the rim of mine..........and cos theyre all damaged ive no idea what the finish is supposed to be!!

i think im going along with steve - a slightly darker centre and polished outer! but not really dark kinda shadow chrome if i can get it sorted!

 

Thats what i said pretty much!

 

but then it reminds me of the octanes by wolfrace

 

standard finish is painted spokes and polished lip....and the lips always go manky.

if it was me i'd just paint the whole lot in the same silver as the spokes were originally...so the finish will last longer (have a feeling its kerbing that makes the lips go manky)

 

they arent curbed tho.....

i dunno

 

not sure wot style of bbs you have but the outer rim of mine are already chrome just have afew blister marks, the one thing that are knacked on my wheels are the vw centre caps, but can't find any anywhere, if anyone has any ideas where to get some please let me know

 

vw dealers?