Alloy Wheel Refurbishment - Any Recommendations?
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Mornin' all,
The 4 alloys on the Taxi are looking a bit jaded now, so I need to get them refurb'd.
Theres a place near Milton Keynes called Pristine Alloys who seem to have a good reputation - anyone used them?
www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/
Any other companies I should look at? I'm near Daventry, in the Midlandic Wastelands
Cheers,
Greg
The 4 alloys on the Taxi are looking a bit jaded now, so I need to get them refurb'd.
Theres a place near Milton Keynes called Pristine Alloys who seem to have a good reputation - anyone used them?
www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/
Any other companies I should look at? I'm near Daventry, in the Midlandic Wastelands
Cheers,
Greg
GregE240 said:
Mornin' all,
The 4 alloys on the Taxi are looking a bit jaded now, so I need to get them refurb'd.
Theres a place near Milton Keynes called Pristine Alloys who seem to have a good reputation - anyone used them?
www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/
Any other companies I should look at? I'm near Daventry, in the Midlandic Wastelands
Cheers,
Greg
I'll let you know tomorrow when I pick up four wheels that have been at Spit & Polish for the last week.
We used Pristine for the wolfies on the M, and they did a fantastic job - throroughly recommended!
Got some pics of the results here:
www.tvr-3000m.co.uk/diary11.htm
Got some pics of the results here:
www.tvr-3000m.co.uk/diary11.htm
Well here's a thing. Spit and Polish, about whom everyone raves, have come a bit of a cropper.
I got a call this morning from Chessington Tyres in Eastbourne, the place which is fitting new tyres to the wheels that S&P were refurbishing (it's a long story).
"We've not fitted the tyres on your wheels", he said, "because we don't reckon they've done a good enough job. You'll be wanting to send them back." I went to have a look and how right he was.
The paint/lacquer was 'orange-peely'rather than smooth in many places, some areas hadn't been properly painted at all, and in others you could see corrosion under the finish. Entirely to their credit, S&P agreed without any prompting to pick up the wheels asap and do them properly. Much credit's due too to Chessington guys for spotting the problem and taking intelligent action.
I only report the facts here and I'm sure S&P has done a good job for others -- and I'd be absolutely amazed (in public) if I didn't get a top job this time.
Next instalment next week.
I got a call this morning from Chessington Tyres in Eastbourne, the place which is fitting new tyres to the wheels that S&P were refurbishing (it's a long story).
"We've not fitted the tyres on your wheels", he said, "because we don't reckon they've done a good enough job. You'll be wanting to send them back." I went to have a look and how right he was.
The paint/lacquer was 'orange-peely'rather than smooth in many places, some areas hadn't been properly painted at all, and in others you could see corrosion under the finish. Entirely to their credit, S&P agreed without any prompting to pick up the wheels asap and do them properly. Much credit's due too to Chessington guys for spotting the problem and taking intelligent action.
I only report the facts here and I'm sure S&P has done a good job for others -- and I'd be absolutely amazed (in public) if I didn't get a top job this time.
Next instalment next week.
Balmoral Green said:
Those Wolfrace wheels look great, brings back memories of the Seventies. There was a bloke around our way had a set just like that on his red Avenger, complete with Starsky & Hutch stripe...topical!
My Dad had a set of those Wolfies on a Daimler Sovereign in the late 70's. He swears they were on the car when he got them.
>> Edited by JonRB on Thursday 1st April 23:39
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