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Offline lady_gti

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help with alloy refurb.
« on: April 24, 2014, 11:09:11 pm »
Looking for some advice on my alloys. The previous owner has sprayed them silver and I'm looking at bringing them back to their OEM glory, they are looking a bit like over sized 17".  I'm not sure on the alloy history and what they look like under the paint I no white worm is always the problem with these. Has anyone attempted black inner scallops with a high shine silver on the face?
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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2014, 11:29:16 pm »
You could just get them shot blasted and then powder coated. My local place charged £50 per wheel and then their like new

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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2014, 12:01:13 am »
You could just get them shot blasted and then powder coated. My local place charged £50 per wheel and then their like new
Thanks for the advice I have checked out some pics and think it's going to be the way to go  :happy2:
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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2014, 08:13:41 am »
This was the finish I had on my other car

Not really helpful but you get the idea and another excuse to put a photo up of my garaged toy

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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2014, 09:49:58 am »
Haha I no any excuse  :smiley: nice clean r32 and the alloys look really fresh. I now have to find a good place to have mine done :wink: don't want bad alloys through the summer.
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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2014, 02:00:12 pm »
I am in Redditch and I us a place in bromsgrove. Not sure if your close

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Re: help with alloy refurb.
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2014, 02:16:01 pm »
I'm guessing you have 18s? My wheels where in a bad state when I got them from kerbing and white worm. Was looking to get them back to original, but getting them diamond cut was going to be a fortune. Think it was close to £500. I would have paid this but might have happened again. I went for getting them powder coated in anthracite which came up really well on my black gti. Cost me £180 for all four corners

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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2014, 03:30:57 pm »
^^^Are they Monza's? Any Pics? Where from?