Repsray/Wheel Refurbish in S.East

[Painey]

It's got to the point where the front of the Griff looks like someone's flicked tipp-ex all over it so it's time to accept that a front end respray is on the cards. Also, my alloys are starting to look a little past their best so I'm interested in possibly getting them refurbished and just what hassle this would cause me.

So could anybody recommend people to do the above? I live in Burgess Hill, kind of halfway between Brighton and Gatwick. The respray is the main prority as I really don't like the scruffy appearance of the front of the car.

Any recommendations, as well as ideas on costs very much appreciated. Thanks in advance and apologies for the rubbish spelling in the title that I've just noticed!!

Chris

>> Edited by Painey on Thursday 2nd June 13:29

[Kneedowndeano]

I would recommend Austec for the re-spray. They did an excellent job on the Chim. Shame i had to sell it afterwards.
Ollie is a perfectionist(sp?) so you're bound to have a brill job.

[griff2be]

Ewelme Coachworks, if its not too far for you (they are not very far from Reading).

They do the paint work on my race car - at Combe on Monday I had a number of people commenting that the paintwork was better than new cars coming out of Blackpool!

www.tvrbodyrepairs.com

[trinitycall]

Painey said:

I live in Burgess Hill, kind of halfway between Brighton and Gatwick.

fabulous place to live, umm... not sure as to wheel refurb though. Although Steve_T has just has his done so it may be worth firing him an email for prices etc.

Regards,

N

[DarkMatter]

Painey said:

my alloys are starting to look a little past their best so I'm interested in possibly getting them refurbished

I believe that some of the TVR Independents send their wheels to "Spit and Polish" for refurbishment.
[url]www.spitandpolish.co.uk[/url].

[griff2be]

Spit and Polish did a less than satisfactory job on a set of wheels from my M Roadster. Might have been a one off, but I rejected the wheels. They had lots of foreign matter in the paint, plus orange peel finish in parts. This was through a BMW main dealer.

[Leadfoot]

Gatwick TVR got my spiders changed to anthracite by an outfit in Tunbridge Wells - perfect finish.
Dunno the name of the place but they might be able to tell you?

[SiH]

Kneedowndeano said:

I would recommend Austec for the re-spray. They did an excellent job on the Chim. Shame i had to sell it afterwards. Ollie is a perfectionist(sp?) so you're bound to have a brill job.

I'm thinking of having it done pretty soon. What was the damage and how long did it take etc.?
Thanks, Simon

[loose cannon]

best place for wheel refurb at the moment is lepsom's
not sure if the spelling is correct but my friends split rim's came back beautiful with no crap in the paint and no orange peel

[kneedowndeano]

SiH said:

Kneedowndeano said: I would recommend Austec for the re-spray. They did an excellent job on the Chim. Shame i had to sell it afterwards. Ollie is a perfectionist(sp?) so you're bound to have a brill job. I'm thinking of having it done pretty soon. What was the damage and how long did it take etc.? Thanks, Simon

I did it through insurance as a pikey barstool took to my car with a set of keys (all over!), but the total cost to the insurance company was over £6K!(full respray) It took about a month too, but it did come out looking excellent. That reminds me i need to get the pics from Paul.

[nubbin]

Send the wheels to Metal Magic in Barnsley - great bunch of lads, and a top job for about £50 a wheel.



>> Edited by nubbin on Thursday 2nd June 23:46

[exx]

Go speak to James at Dream Machines in Heathfield, 20 miles or thereabouts from you. DM tie up with CG Coachworks just down the road from DM and they are extremely good at glassfibre repairs and resprays. DM also use an outfit that does on site work for alloy wheels.

If you speak to James mention me - Ian (Reflex Charcoal T350T)..... cheers

>> Edited by exx on Sunday 5th June 17:33

[the preacher]

Hi Guys,got my wheels refurbed by wicked wheels and they did an excellant job.They did it outside my house in a few hours.They have a unit @ Fleming way ,Crawley tel No,07798830415

Norman