Alloy repair - not full refurb - in Herts

[LeakyWheels]

I'd love to be able to afford a full refurb of the full set, but, not until my next pay rise. Meanwhile, I have developed a leak between the rim and the tyre due to corrosion. I can find any number of places that will strip and re-powder coat the set, or do iffy things with paint on one, but the only place I've found so far who will stick one on a lathe, skim off my internal corrosion, and leave the wheel face alone, is in Scotland. I don't want a full refub for the wheel as then it will not match the others.

Does anybody know of a wheel repair place in the Herts area that will accept such a job?

[TallPaul]

I'd expect any half decent tyre shop to happily sand the rim with a bit of 120grit when they take the tyre off. Failing that, let the tyre down, break the bead & give the rim a bit of a rub-down yourself, you only need to smooth out the corrosion.

[belleair302]

Have a chat with the guys at Max Powder (don't laugh) who are based in Hemel Hempstead. They may be able to help you.

Edited by belleair302 on Wednesday 16th June 11:19

[JB!]

BJV Engineering.

google them.

[belleair302]

BJV ahh yes the company with the worst customer service in the UK and who's finished wheels are NOT upto Lepsons or one or two others high standards.

[Mermaid]

belleair302 said:

BJV ahh yes the company with the worst customer service in the UK and who's finished wheels are NOT upto Lepsons or one or two others high standards.

I had good service, and as an aside their prices are less than half of Lepsons or Pristine's. However I do think Lepsons/Pristine's quality is in a different league having experienced all 3.

[LeakyWheels]

Yes, I tried BJV, but he's only interested in doing full refurbs.

One tyre shop offered me "a bit of sealant round the rim, but it will only last 6 months"

I think I'm coming round to the idea of a bit of 120 grit.

Thanks for all your replies

[Pickled Piper]

I had this on a Golf.

The tyre place cleaned up the corrosion with a wire brush and used a sealant.

That's all it needed.

pp

[JB!]

belleair302 said:

BJV ahh yes the company with the worst customer service in the UK and who's finished wheels are NOT upto Lepsons or one or two others high standards.

i've used them before and if I wasn't happy with them I wouldn't reccomend them!

Have used pristine too, prices are hideous in comparison, plus they won't touch damaged wheels (anything more than light kerbing).

[E30M3SE]

Pickled Piper said:

I had this on a Golf.

The tyre place cleaned up the corrosion with a wire brush and used a sealant.

That's all it needed.

pp

+1, although was not on a Golf.

[chris1roll]

Why a wheel specialist specifically, for what you want shouldn't any engineering place be able to do what you need?
I used a local place that does CNC machining mostly to skim flywheels and heads etc, then my mate had them lathe the centre bore on the 18's on his skyline for £50.
Somewhere like this-
http://www.mwprecision.co.uk/mwprecisionhome.html
Of course you would need to take the wheel to them with no tyre on it.....

[JB!]

or a wire brush and some bead sealant.

[Womaniser]

I've tried many refurbers and www.exelwheels.co.uk is by far the best. They come to you and also leave you a set of loan wheels to keep you on the road.

Edited by Womaniser on Thursday 8th July 00:27

[kds keltec]

Womaniser said:

I've tried many refurbers and www.exelwheels.co.uk is by far the best. They come to you and also leave you a set of loan wheels to keep you on the road.

Edited by Womaniser on Thursday 8th July 00:27

And then chris takes the wheels to lepsons for refurb

so you end up with the best refurbed wheels in the business and no loss of the car for a few days

kelly