Alloy wheel refurb in W Yorks - any recommendations?

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Howdy chaps,

Just picked up a set of 4x 16" Montreal 2s to replace the 15s on my Golf. Got them for £70 from a kid in Bramley - they'd only been listed on Gumtree for 15 minutes when I found them! They usually go for minimum £150 with illegal tyres, but I've got 3 good legal ones and a brand new one so rather pleased with myself!

Anyway I digress.. there is some lacquer peel and corroding on them which I'd like to get sorted before fitting them so I'm on the hunt for a good and cheap place to do them. Only one I've come up with in W Yorks is this place. Anyone used them or have any recommendations? If anyone knows a rough price per wheel too to give me an idea of cost it'd be handy. Ta.

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falkster said:

Cas coatings in Bradford. Not used them but will be for 2 sets. They charge £1 per inch!!!

Is that per 'wheel size' inch, eg. 16" wheel = £16 ? or is it per inch of area? If the former then that seems bloody good to me!

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shakindog said:

There a place at Barnsley at bottom of dodworth road 20 yards before roundabout on left metal magic or something. Also a place just opened on agbrigg road Wakefield so I heard today will try get you name and numbers tomorrow of you want

Aye, would appreciate it please if not too much trouble, ta.

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All that jazz said:

Is that per 'wheel size' inch, eg. 16" wheel = £16 ? or is it per inch of area? If the former then that seems bloody good to me!

A quick visit to their website comfirms to be true although there's VAT on top to pay.

CAS coatings said:

Alloy Wheel Refurbishment in Bradford

Prices start from £1 per inch for flat colours such as black,white,creams and one coat silver. 16" wheels would be £16 per wheel plus vat.21"and above from £30 per wheel. For lacquered finishes and candy colours add 50%. We can provide a quality service for anyone looking for alloy wheel refurbishment in Bradford. So when you are in need of a reliable company that can offer shot blasting in Bradford we are your premier choice. So why not call CAS Coatings today? Please remove tyres and allow for a 3 day turn around.

I don't think anyone can complain at £20 a wheel. Seems pretty fair to me.

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falkster said:

I don't know of any place that would take the tyres off, I just think its one of those things you have to put up with.
When you look at app. £100 for 4 wheels blasting and powder coating plus £60? for removal and refitting/balancing tyres then I think it's a good do for the difference it makes.

OK, thought £20 per wheel seemed rather cheap.. But you don't even need to pay someone to remove the tyres as you can do that yourself. Once deflated it's not that difficult to get the tyre off the rim, especially with a 55 profile which is what these are. Be harder with a lower profile though.

So to have them lacquered and back as original it'll be £28.80 per wheel incl., so £115.20 in total which is still fair.

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falkster said:

But I bet they charge a lot more dont they?

Yorvik are silly monies even when you factor in them doing the extra work. Minimum of £50+VAT per wheel according to their site so I gave them a miss.

LSN are reasonable at £30 incl. per wheel for 16s, but like Cas they need them on their own with no tyres attached.

Ian Jemison can't be arsed answering his phone and I must've tried at least 8 times today so bks to him!

Thanks for the recommendations fellas .

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falkster said:

I suppose £50+ vat isnt that bad, ok it's double (ish) CAS but factor in the time to go to tyre place to remove and refitting, I don't think thats too bad.

It says on their site "From £50+VAT per wheel". Obviously that could be the price for my 16s too, but I'll bet that it's more. Most places seem to charge £15 per wheel for tyre removal and refitting, but I know a place local to me that does it for a fiver a wheel so under £35 per wheel incl. to have them re-furbed and the tyres removed and refitted is not to be sniffed at. Also with them being in Eccleshill it's only 15 mins drive from where I am which is another plus.

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Hmm, having second thoughts about this powder coating lark now having done some googling and reading this thread and also this one. Seems it's not all it's cracked up to be (pun intended )... Post #22 here also makes for interesting reading. There's plenty of similar horror stories of cracked wheels that have been done by £50+ per wheel places too so it doesn't seem to be a case of 'you get what you pay for'.

I wonder if the wheels could be refurbed and wet sprayed instead? That process seems like it isn't without problems either though as people who have had this done have later discovered that the paint reacts with the acid in the alloy.

Hmm, should I risk it or not...

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giblet said:

Any more info on how you refurbed them? Or given your location, do you fancy refurbing some for me?

I already asked him! He ain't interested!

ETA: Just to update the thread, I've not had mine done yet. I've decided I'm not going to get them power coated as there are too many horror stories (complete with pics) of them cracking afterwards because the temp weakens the alloy too much. I also don't like the really stupidly bright silver they are after power coating too. So I'm going to get them dipped and then wet sprayed to return them to the OEM look and finish, although this does cost more.

Edited by All that jazz on Saturday 29th September 02:33