Refurb Gallardo Alloy Wheels

[jeboa]

Hi,

My brother-in-law needs to refurbish the alloys on his 53 plate Gallardo.

He was going to drop it in to Lap Tab in Birmingham (http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/) for their same day service, but they don't want to take the car - mentioning something about jacking points.

I thought the next best thing to do would be to whip the wheels off and do it ourselves.

Question is - what is the general opinion on leaving the car stood with no wheels?? It can be secured on a gated drive, or garage so no problems there.

I have a low entry jack (2 ton) and four axle stands, would really appreciate some pointers on the best way to do this.

Alternatively, any other ideas - the brother-in-law lives in London during the week, but was going to bring the car up to Warwickshire to get this done.

[lordbluf]

There are dozens of places that will refurb wheels, some main dealers will want £160 per wheel and some people (one man bands) can do it for circa £35 a wheel. I use a guy/body work shop near heathrow who charges about £40/45 a wheel. Very good, efficient, trustworthy - let me know if you want his details.

[jeboa]

Thank you. What he is really after is a proper powder coated finish, which Lap Tab will do. The main problem is leaving the 'stood' car without wheels whilst it is being done.

[LeftMuffin]

Might be too far for you but Lepsons in Kent do a cracking job. They strip the wheel back to bare metal before powder coating. I got 2 alloys done there about 2 years ago they took 4 days to do (they are always busy) cost £75 per alloy then.

[jonny5]

I used chips away wheels mobile service who come to you on the Merc-McLaren (twice). Cracking job.

Edited by jonny5 on Sunday 23 May 16:34

[lambo_xx]

I'm not a mechanic but I can't see why leaving the car jacked up should do any damage. I would take it to your local body shop to get done, I had one of the Gallardo's wheels done when it went into the main dealers for its service and I think it was £120

[Keith-P]

I did my wheels on gallardo and left it on stands for approx 5 days - no problems at all.

[tannucats]

jeboa said:

Hi,

My brother-in-law needs to refurbish the alloys on his 53 plate Gallardo.

He was going to drop it in to Lap Tab in Birmingham (http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/) for their same day service, but they don't want to take the car - mentioning something about jacking points.

I thought the next best thing to do would be to whip the wheels off and do it ourselves.

Question is - what is the general opinion on leaving the car stood with no wheels?? It can be secured on a gated drive, or garage so no problems there.

I have a low entry jack (2 ton) and four axle stands, would really appreciate some pointers on the best way to do this.

Alternatively, any other ideas - the brother-in-law lives in London during the week, but was going to bring the car up to Warwickshire to get this done.

Hi, my o/h did exactly what you are planning. Jacked up in garage, took wheels to Lepsoms for a complete refurb and colour change, now anthracite and fitted the new tyres whilst there at no extra charge. Look fantastic now

[andrew.]

tannucats said:

jeboa said:

Hi,

My brother-in-law needs to refurbish the alloys on his 53 plate Gallardo.

He was going to drop it in to Lap Tab in Birmingham (http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/) for their same day service, but they don't want to take the car - mentioning something about jacking points.

I thought the next best thing to do would be to whip the wheels off and do it ourselves.

Question is - what is the general opinion on leaving the car stood with no wheels?? It can be secured on a gated drive, or garage so no problems there.

I have a low entry jack (2 ton) and four axle stands, would really appreciate some pointers on the best way to do this.

Alternatively, any other ideas - the brother-in-law lives in London during the week, but was going to bring the car up to Warwickshire to get this done.

Hi, my o/h did exactly what you are planning. Jacked up in garage, took wheels to Lepsoms for a complete refurb and colour change, now anthracite and fitted the new tyres whilst there at no extra charge. Look fantastic now

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lordbluf said:

There are dozens of places that will refurb wheels, some main dealers will want £160 per wheel and some people (one man bands) can do it for circa £35 a wheel. I use a guy/body work shop near heathrow who charges about £40/45 a wheel. Very good, efficient, trustworthy - let me know if you want his details.

I would be grateful for these details.

Many thanks!

[AndrewW-G]

There shouldn’t be any problems leaving the car on axle stands for a few days, it is after all exactly the same thing that the wheel refurb people would do, were you to leave your car with them