Refurbed wheels.

[ridds]

Not quite the same dramatic effect of Brummies.....

Here's one of the wheels fresh from BJV Engineering.

Not a good a finish as I was hoping, a little rough in places and the back of the spokes on one of the wheels are still silver in places.

Still it was £170 all in, including welding the 2 fronts and fitting the tyres.

Also, I wouldn't worry about welding these wheels after seeing a set of BMW wheels at Elite in London yesterday that had 3 cracks welded up on one wheel! One of the welds was over 2" long too!

[itiejim]

Nice colour, and the outsides look OK!

Are they 18" RLs?

I'm tempted to put the sessanta's on my 17" RLs but they don't do a 235/40/17 (only a 225/45 or a 245/40 for the front).

They've had great reviews though, I'm tempted to stick with a 225 and go with them.

[caduceus]

They are nice are'nt they. Love that tread pattern.

[ridds]

Yep 18" RL's.

Shame about the tyre sizes, not sure which I'd go for given those choices.

The tread is odd as it's directional but not sided so the vanes are the same direction on both sides with apparently not ill-effect.

[itiejim]

I reckon 225s would be OK, it's what I run on the 18"'s and I rarely suffer understeer!

[Steve_T]

itiejim said:

Nice colour, and the outsides look OK!

Are they 18" RLs?

I'm tempted to put the sessanta's on my 17" RLs but they don't do a 235/40/17 (only a 225/45 or a 245/40 for the front).

They've had great reviews though, I'm tempted to stick with a 225 and go with them.

I've got 235/40/17s on the front - so they certainly used to be made.

[itiejim]

There's no 235/40/17s in the new Sessanta model.

They do one in an 18" though.

[markh1]

They are how I was going to get my wheels refurbed (same colour) I think they will make the car far more modern looking and will set off the red calipers well.

[stats007]

BJV are cheap for a reason.

A proper job is nearer £300.

[Steve_T]

stats007 said:

BJV are cheap for a reason.

A proper job is nearer £300.

Obvious question then is who does a proper job?

[ridds]

Don't get me wrong, there's not really much wrong with the bit you see.

Some of the other sets I saw there were really good. Just a little miffed that mine weren't 100%.

[ridds]

Indeed, work I've had done by Lepsons hasn't been that great and wheels I've seen from Spit and Polish haven't been amazing.

Both these are 50% more than BJV.

No tried PX wheels.

[stats007]

Can't comment on S&P

Pristine are good - a few smaller companies dotted around take pride in what they do - Diamond Styling and my own of course. You get what you pay for at the end of the day.

[dean_ratpac]

stats007 said:

Can't comment on S&P

Pristine are good - a few smaller companies dotted around take pride in what they do - Diamond Styling and my own of course. You get what you pay for at the end of the day.

Andy,

are you a completely mobile service? I'm in Kingston also.

[stats007]

Both - I don't do powdercoat or split rim rebuilds mobile though.

[Byker28i]

ridds said:

Indeed, work I've had done by Lepsons hasn't been that great and wheels I've seen from Spit and Polish haven't been amazing.

Both these are 50% more than BJV.

No tried PX wheels.

My local Lepsons in Swindon did a good job on mine and on others I've taken there.