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Audi RS4 Alloy wheel refurbishment, powder coated sparkle silver.

Past Work on February 1st, 2012 No Comments

Audi RS4s, don’t you just love them?? What a beast of a car… well we had these kerbed RS4 wheel that just required freshening up, so we removed the damage from the wheels, stripped them of the original finish, and then powder coated them in a sparkle silver.  Unfortunately i can’t find the pictures of [...]

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RH ZW1 split rim alloy wheel refurbishment

Past Work on December 9th, 2011 No Comments

These RH ZW1 split rim wheels arrived with extra lips. as the owner had some wider lips.  However the new ones looked like they had been stripped and blasted, making the polishing more difficult, to get a smooth surface.  The centres were in a Matt black type of finish, almost textured like a crackle finish.  [...]

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VW BBS Split rim wheel refurbishment

Past Work on December 5th, 2011 No Comments

These VW split rims are quite rare, made by BBS, they came on a few mk4s we think.  They had seen better days and had deteriorated over time, so needed freshening up.  It was a set of 5, and the wheels were first split into 2 pieces.  The centres were then stripped of the current [...]

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Porsche D90 wheels refurbished and mirror polished

Past Work on November 29th, 2011 No Comments

These Porsche Design 90s wheels had arrived already stripped as the customer had started working on them himself, but gave up, so handed them over to us to mirror polish them.

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BMW M3 e36 Motorsport wheels refurbished and mirror polished

Past Work on November 25th, 2011 No Comments

This set of e36 motorsport wheels were finished with polished lips and a cream centre, they were in good condition, yet the owner was looking for a new look.  He wanted to see how they would look fully polished, and from experience, we knew these wheels come out really well!! We began by stirpping the [...]

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RH Cups, stripped and mirror polished lips

Past Work on November 21st, 2011 No Comments

We had a set of painted RH cups arrive, the customer wanted the paint all stripped off and the lips mirror polished, so that he could then paint the rest of the wheel when he has the car painted. So that is exactly what we did.  Here’s the finished result, with polished lips:

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Bmw M3 e46 wheels refurbished and mirror polished

Past Work on November 18th, 2011 No Comments

The wheels we all like, we had another set of BMW M3 wheels come in for refrubishment and mirror polishing, so we did what we do to all m3 wheels.  The lacquer was stripped from the faces and then the diamond cut surface flattened back and then polished to a mirror finish.  

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Gotti Split rim 3 piece alloy wheel refurbishment, mirror polished

Past Work on November 15th, 2011 No Comments

A customer contacted us wanting his gotti splits refreshed, he wanted them fully polished, the lips and the centres.  Once the wheels arrived , we could see they were all straight and no real kerb damage either.  The bolts had discoloured over time and gone a dark shade, some of the lacquer had been lifting [...]

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Old skool, slot mag, classic car wheel refurb going on a Ford

Past Work on November 11th, 2011 No Comments

Had a set of old school slot wheels come to us, for a  restoration project for an old Ford. The wheels were a bare polished alloy originally but over the years they had not been taken care of somewhere along the line, so the finish had diminished and dulled.  There was a couple of dings [...]

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Porsche Split Rim wheel refurbishment

Past Work on November 9th, 2011 No Comments

These Porsche split rim alloy wheels looked like they had just been neglected.  The centres were not too bad, just a few marks here and there, however the lips looked like they had been taking a beating by the weather over the years.  The lacquer was flaking, discoloured, on some sections, on others it had [...]

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