Alloy wheel refurbishment Porsche 928 S4
Alloy wheel refurbishment Porsche 928 S4
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The sled

Original Poster:

140 posts

168 months

Monday 16th June 2014
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening

Does anyone have an opinion they would like to share regarding alloy wheel refurbishment. I would like a recommendation for somewhere in Glasgow.

Many thanks in advance.


The sled

Original Poster:

140 posts

168 months

Monday 16th June 2014
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Has anyone used the Wheel specialist in East Kilbride?

m17kyu

66 posts

146 months

Tuesday 17th June 2014
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custom coatings in Bellshill are good

DIB350

220 posts

223 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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Glentyan Alloys in Linwood did a first class job on my TVR wheels.

Martin_M

2,071 posts

255 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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I have used the following place for diamond cutting and my dad has used them for his merc and 911 - excellent...

http://www.wheelproscotland.co.uk/branches/glasgow...

The sled

Original Poster:

140 posts

168 months

Tuesday 15th July 2014
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My wheels are in to get refurbished but the company is reticent about completing the job as they think they might break the sensors. Apparently nobody has the tool to deal with the sensors, they are £300 each to replace and each wheel has two sensors and even if they dont break them taking them apart they are worried about creating a good seal when the tyre and the wheel go back together. Has anyone dealt with this before or is my guy panicking?

Smiggy

7 posts

233 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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I've done these before. As you say there are two on each wheel, although I think one may be a counter weight. They are pretty straight forward as long as you have the correct tool. I sourced it direct from porsche. From memory it was around £80 - £100. In addition I also ordered 8 new o'rings which were pennies in comparison, but would 100% replace when doing the work. Customer covered the cost and I gave him the tool away with him. If you're stuck I could try and dig out his details and see if he still has it, but must have been around 2 years ago now. I know he talked at the time of trying to sell it on to try and claw back some of the cost though.

As you can see I'm not on here much, don't even know how I found my way on here tonight, but will try and monitor over next few days if you want some more info.