Fabia vRS Mk2 black alloys

[Chibakun]

Bashed my alloy into a kerb.

 

Anyone know how much these things are to replace?

 

[Ootohere]

About £160 from a Skoda Dealer unless some offer on.

Why not touch them up at least until after the winter, but maybe even longer, it will not be the last time they get damaged.

 

*light alloy Black Gigaro 7J x 17"*   £168.80 on Ebay....

 

I have a few used ones sitting but they are all the same or worse than you have.

Edited 30 November, 2016 by Offski

[Chibakun]

About £160 from a Skoda Dealer unless some offer on.

Why not touch them up at least until after the winter, but maybe even longer, it will not be the last time they get damaged.

 

*Black Gigaro 17"*

 

Thanks

 

It's disappointing to have damaged them  , but you're right 

[Ootohere]

Paint something on now just to stop the corrosion that sets in.

Black Touch up, or even nail varnish, you can clean that off later and sand down and touch up properly at your leisure.

[Chibakun]

Paint something on now just to stop the corrosion that sets in.

Black Touch up, or even nail varnish, you can clean that off later and sand down and touch up properly at your leisure.

Ok, I didn't realise that would corrode somehow, thanks

[bignorm]

Can I ask why you would want to replace it?

Any good alloy wheel refurbisher would sort it out for a fraction of the price.

[Ootohere]

Not so easy actually to sort out the non painted polished edge (Lacquered / coated) on the Black Gigaro, so often painting to match the rest of the wheel is easier and cheaper. (on all 4 wheels.)

 

Picture from google images.

(Mine only ever look this good for a short period of time, and often look cr4p after new tyres have been fitted a couple of times.)

Edited 1 December, 2016 by Offski

[daz1412]

I absolutely destroyed my front left alloy over a year ago. kept an eye on Ebay and got one for £50 after about 3 months of waiting, got another one as a spare for £80 a few months after. Might have to try touching my other two up, they have slight wear on them as well.

[bignorm]

Any good refurber will repair and colour match no problem.

Had plenty of individual wheels repaired over the years

[Ootohere]

The Colour match is simply, not an issue, the Cut Rim without colour is not so simple, but yes a competent refurbisher will do them.

 

Tyres with the best rim protection are well worth having fitted.

Or 215/40 R 17's with good rim protection.

Edited 1 December, 2016 by Offski

[MillsyVRS]

I was told by 2 different wheel refurbish companies that they wouldn't be able to get the alloy back to looking like it did out of the factory. Something about the diamond cut polished lip around the edge.

[daz1412]

I was told the same as yourself Millsy, The guy said he'd give it a good go but that it wouldn't be like new. These alloys do appear on ebay from time to time and can sell relatively cheap or sometimes not at all...

[bignorm]

I've had many show wheels over the years and you can definitely repair it to look original.

I would look for someone that does work for "scene" cars

Most will say no as it's not a straight forward in/out job

Edited 2 December, 2016 by bignorm

[Ootohere]

They can, the wheels are re-profiled / Machined.

But seeing as they are rather crap wheels in the first place and you can get them cheap it is hardly worth the expense.

I have Dark Chrome Gigaro sitting that have never been on the road that are covered in White Worm, and Black Gigaro that have the Edges looking crap even after 

i polished the edges and re-lacquered.

 

The point really is how much do you want to spend getting wheels made of chocolate looking as they did but with some alloy removed on the outer lip.

 

A quick spray of Plastikote for use in the winter does them no harm really if clean and moisture / salt free free before doing.

Edited 2 December, 2016 by Offski

[bignorm]

Yeah that is true.

If the car is being kept original then there's only 2 choices.

If it's quite a bit cheaper to have it refurbed then that's the route I would go.