I am having my wheels powder-coated and painted in anthracite tomorrow... same day drive in service £240 inclusive of everything.... strip new valves refit and balance....

Opinions please..... re-furbish or replace?!!

Nothing wrong with refurbishing if you like the wheels, but £240 seems on the high side.

I'd say around £40 per corner is what's most commonly quoted on here.

Same day service also worries me - do they really have time to prep, paint, dry/cure etc in that time? Some things just shouldn't be rushed.

Who is doing it? Have you selected based on recommendation by others, or just because they are convenient?

I see you are in MK - I'm sure Lummox has someone he recommends in your area.

I used the wheel specialists. It cost me £180 (jan sale) to have all four wheels stripped repaired and repainted. I dropped them off at 8:00 in the morning and collected them at around 5ish that evening but I had to wait as they were still cooling down. They put new valves on but I had the tyres added later on (when I could afford them).

There is a small blemish in the new paint work but I'm happy with the overall effect.

BJV Engineering are just outside of Hemel Hempstead and they charge £150 for a set of 4 wheels, powdercoated to a pretty good finish.

£240 does seem high, but I think you're paying for the same-day aspect of it.

I've got a full set of Anthracites in the garage if you wanted pictures of BJV's workmanship.

just got back from the wheel specialist in birmingham with my fabia vRS... my oem 16" wheels look great in anthracite.... drove the car into their workshop at 7.15 this morning and it came out at 4.20 this afternoon...

work carried out as follows,

remove wheels from car

strip tyres

chemical clean

fine shot blast

powder coat

paint

laquer

new chrome valves

refit tyres and balance

refit wheels to car

JOB DONE............ £240.00

hope to post pics, but will be at a number of shows including gaydon...

pics!!!! Im still not sure what to do with mine!!!

Alloy Wheel Refurbishment and Repairs

Quoted me £180+vat strip refurbishment & repaint that was a 2 day service and to keep the car on site.

Alloy Wheel Refurbishment and Repairs

Quoted me £180+vat strip refurbishment & repaint that was a 2 day service and to keep the car on site.

That's pretty good.... just over £30 less than the drive-in same day service I just used at The Wheel Specialist in Birmingham.

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