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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 off the dishes and the centre spokes, other wise they were fine.

We began by splitting these wheels into 3 sections, by cutting away the original seal and pulling the wheels apart.  The bonus was, the centre caps were also metal, so we knew we could provide the same finish on there also.  The wheels were stripped of their original lacquer and the wheels were polished all over to a mirror finish, the excess compund and dust was then polished off by hand.  The wheels were the sealed usng a wheel sealent, before building them back up with new nuts and chrome plated bolts, and sealing them.

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 too, so we set ot work on straightening these wheels out, and polishing them back to their former glory.  Its great seeing a classic wheel, back to how it shuold have looked 15 to 25 years ago.

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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 lifted right off, exposing the bare dish.

As the lips were in such a state we had a feeling the bolts will be a problem, and we were not wrong.  When they have been in the wheels for so long, they really dont want to come out, but why people need to use so much loctite on their bolts, to this day, we will never find the answer to that one.  So we firstly got to work on taking the bolts out to split the wheels, not all of these wanted to come out with ease, resulting in a few cracked bolts, which then increased the work, as these needed to be drilled out and then retapped.

Once split, the centres were then acid dipped, and blasted, to strip the original finish, heated, powder coated, baked, lacquered and then baked again.  These were finished in sparkle silver.  The lips were stripped of the peeling lacquer so they were back to bare metal, they were then linished smooth, and then polished through different grades of compund to a mirror finish.  Now the only thing remaining, was to replace the bolts that had snapped and rebuild the wheels.

Here some Otteinger wheels that some one was running on their Mazda Mx5, people who know their old skool Vws will recognise the name, and the wheel.  These were in a state, as you would expect from a wheel of this age, so we polished them up, unfortunately i can not find any before pictures.

Pureklas are the one stop shop for split rim wheel refurbishment.  If you have a set of split rims that look tired and you have been advised they are ready for the scrap heap, give us a call at pureklas, and we can refresh them to their former glory and in most instances, surpass that.

We can split and rebuild any wheel, in some cases add larger dishes to make them wider, with many finishes on offer, from powder coat, paint, and polishing.  If wheels are cracked or chunks of the wheel are missing, we can still fix them, so contact us, and we will be able to advise you if we recommend fixing them when safe to do so, or if they will be a hazard.

Bespoke finishes are available whether its a race look you are going for, a subtle classy look, or just pure bling in your face impression, make your vehicle stand out from the crowd by contacting our team here

If you hav been following the last couple of blogs, you will have read that our customer had 3 sets of wheels to refurbish, well the last set was a one piece BBS wheel, in 16 inch.

These were in good condition, however, the owner wanted them wet painted in a certain paint code, not powder coated.  Now you can imagine how difficult a wheel like this would be to paint flawless, as each section has to be rubbed down in preperation, to get a smooth surface when painting.  Well like they say, you do get what you pay for, and you can see from the pictures, the glass like smoothness, to the finish of the wheel.

If you saw the last post, you will have read about the silver style 5s that the customer wanted, well the second set was to be in noguara grey.  The same as the previous set, they were just being painted in a different colour, we will let the pictures tell the story.

A BMW enthusiast bought us his 3 sets of BMW wheels, they included a one piece set of BBS wheels and 2 sets of style 5s.

Here is the first set of style 5s, they were in quite a state due to being stored by a previous owner in the gardern, the lips were kerbed, and the lacquer had lifter on the lips, the centres were tired, chipped and worn.  They were covered in cobwebs, and the rusted bolts were being held in by the brake dust that had gathered over the years.

So we got to work on them, splitting the wheels was a mission in itself.  Once split, the lips were mirror polished and the centres on this occasion were wet painted in silver, as the centre caps are plastic, so could not be powder coated.  The wheels were rebuilt using new chrome plated bolts to finish them off.

If you saw our last blog, with chrome powder coated centres and polished lips and centre nuts.  Well its not often we get to see the finished product on the car itself,  Paul, was kind enough to send us some pictures of the wheels on his absolutely mint, VW Golf Rallye.  enjoy….

We had this set of BBS rs wheels arrive, they were standard silver centres with polished dishes.  The dishes needed redoing and the centres, well the owner wanted something a little more bling, for the shows.   We powdercoated the barrels in silver, and then polished the dishes and the centre nuts on these bbs.

New bolts were used for the build, and cross spoke latice section of the wheel was powder coated in a chrome powder coat.  This section was not lacquered as they were only going to be used as show wheel, the owner wanted these as shiney as possible.  We will let the pictures show you the rest