Wheel refurbishing
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bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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My recently purchased a 07 Monaro unfortunately has quite badly scuffed / kerbed wheels, was wondering if anyone has had there wheels refurbished what it entails and approx how much I understand that the wheels have a black base coat with a silver top finish to give a tungsten / polished ally look ...sounds expensive ? any other options available other than buying new wheels ?

007 VXR

64,187 posts

218 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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where are you based ??

bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Quick reply !! east mids , notts derby area

007 VXR

64,187 posts

218 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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bobchevy said:
Quick reply !! east mids , notts derby area
dont know about places up there ...others here will

normaly about 75.00 per wheel , for full repair and finish yes

bobchevy

Original Poster:

279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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007 VXR said:
bobchevy said:
Quick reply !! east mids , notts derby area


dont know about places up there ...others here will

normaly about 75.00 per wheel , for full repair and finish yes



Thats not to bad, is that to the same finish as I described , will the tyres have to come off ?

rickys2000

30 posts

248 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Try Rimfurb in Welwyn. I used them for my XKR`wheels and they have come out better than factory finish

007 VXR

64,187 posts

218 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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bobchevy said:
007 VXR said:
bobchevy said:
Quick reply !! east mids , notts derby area
dont know about places up there ...others here will

normaly about 75.00 per wheel , for full repair and finish yes
Thats not to bad, is that to the same finish as I described , will the tyres have to come off ?
tyres off yes

give this guy a ring ..

shane 01634 852237 (lepsons)

you may be to far away .. but

or look at

www.lepsons.com

top blokes ...very very good biggrin

bobchevy

Original Poster:

279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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rickys2000 said:
Try Rimfurb in Welwyn. I used them for my XKR`wheels and they have come out better than factory finish


Thanks , but wheres Welwyn ....Wales ?

bobchevy

Original Poster:

279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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007 VXR said:
bobchevy said:
007 VXR said:
bobchevy said:
Quick reply !! east mids , notts derby area


dont know about places up there ...others here will

normaly about 75.00 per wheel , for full repair and finish yes



Thats not to bad, is that to the same finish as I described , will the tyres have to come off ?


tyres off yes

give this guy a ring ..

shane 01634 852237 (lepsons)

you may be to far away .. but

or look at

www.lepsons.com

top blokes ...very very good



Will do.....cheers

rickys2000

30 posts

248 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Just south of Stevenage on the A1. They will also travel

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Laptab in burton are suppose to be good. Well i think they are called laptab

rickys2000

30 posts

248 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Just south of Stevenage on the A1. They will also travel

bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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rickys2000 said:
Just south of Stevenage on the A1. They will also travel


o.k. ...Wales durrr......will give em a go too ...thanks

bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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gsd2000 said:
Laptab in burton are suppose to be good. Well i think they are called laptab


A little closer for me will look m up.....hows your diff leak get it sorted yet ?

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Still leaking but not as bad as we thought. Mym8v8 quite kindly helped me out, i went to his place at 10.30pm last night and didnt leave until gone 12. Looks like a seal has gone, i should be able to sort it under warranty and monkfish has said that the diff doesnt need stripping. Downside is that the car only produced 270 odd rwhp which is low by around 30 rwhp i was told my computer said no and was dumping fuel

bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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gsd2000 said:
Still leaking but not as bad as we thought. Mym8v8 quite kindly helped me out, i went to his place at 10.30pm last night and didnt leave until gone 12. Looks like a seal has gone, i should be able to sort it under warranty and monkfish has said that the diff doesnt need stripping. Downside is that the car only produced 270 odd rwhp which is low by around 30 rwhp i was told my computer said no and was dumping fuel


At least its not to bad and you have a warranty to fall back on, thats why I chose the Monaro I have still has 7 months warranty left and hopefully by June next year I will know the car car better.......dumping fuel ? something to do with the ecu

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Yes the car is running very rich. It has a wortec map but im going to order efi live this year and start logging. Ive been told to clean my airfilter but i didn't think a dirty airfilter alone would rob me of so much power. Just need to check the warranty papers as its a third party warranty to make sure the diff is covered and into monkfish.

vxrandy

1,785 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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A couple of people on the midlands section of PH have used these guys based in notts, might be worth a try www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk
smile .

bobchevy

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279 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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vxrandy said:
A couple of people on the midlands section of PH have used these guys based in notts, might be worth a try www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk
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thanks again will check all of them out and let you know the results

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 21st November 2009
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Sorry got confused laptab is in birmingham, the wheel specialist is burton/notts. Both are suppose to be very good. You could ask mel aka bonnieandclyde on the forum, she had her wheels done in the midlands at a good price. The finish on them is very good, they were fully stripped before being painted.