refurbed

Time is ticking round for 4 new rubber and this also means i get emabressed by the state of my wheels.. flakey bubbly paint :(.... I want to get them refurbed - not an issue i know a place in wolverhampton (A1 wheels).... But i need to be able to still travel.. Ibiza fr standard brakes...

Hey all, Had the wheels on both my Leon and the Octavia done at Laptab in Birmingham over the last couple of weeks. As usual they both had an A1 job! Went for high gloss sports silver on the Octy and Black Chrome (pearl black and silver) on the Leon. Heres a couple of pics for you...

My Brembo calipers where looking pretty rubbish and pink again after the paint and lacquer started to flake. I followed the Refurding Your Brembos Guide on here before and they came up ok, but this time I went a step further and sanded them right back, repainted using high temp paint...

I decided a week ago to do something about the wheels... the laquer was pealing off and paint had bubbled on the spokes. Decided to tackle the spare at the weekend and it turned out pretty well. So set about the other 4 on Tues.... And how they look on the car.... its a slightly...

Had some paint lying around from spraying the Mrs eyebrows for her new beetle so thought i'd have ago at the tired worn looking gear knob on my LCR. I think it looks ok, but unsure on the colour. Whether to leave or to change back to black?? Tired worn knob... Stripped the remaining black...

Done them in a Ford Nimbus grey quite please with them but i still might change them again

finally got my wheels back today and im very impressed got them done in metalic gun metal, didnt want them to dark i think they look spot on, i got them done from BJV enginering in herts cost me £170 with the tyres on, will get some pics up tommorow with the wheels on the car.

I got the alloys off ebay at a bargain price, however they were in desperate need of a full refurb. Luckily the wheels came without tyres which made refurbing them a lot easier. If your wheels have tyres on just make sure you mask them up well. These are pictures of the worst alloys...

Finally managed to get my wheels refurbed! Decided to be different (or not) and go for white and i am very please with that decision! Myself and a friend did them in about a week. The hardest part was actually getting the old paint off which was about 8 layers of black hammerite! Let me...

Ok, a bit of history first. I had a 51' Nissan Almera 1.8SE that I got in 2004 and then in june this year I got myself a 96' Toyota Starlet Glanza V Turbo, with the intension of selling the Almera. But the Almera took time to sell, so I ended up putting them both op for sale at the same time as...

Im having my LCR alloys refurbed on Thursday at lap tab and don't know what finish to go for,does anyone have any pics of different finishes on there black LCR. At the moment they are booked in to have smoked chrome.

The old cupra R has had a little more TLC this week, It might not be putting out mammoth power but the wheels have been spoilt this month. Ive tried to keep original with the car by keeping the O.Z Super T alloys on & also keeping the text that came with the wheels. Only thing Ive done is...

okay all my wheel are kerbed and dirty and letting me down. I haven't hit a kerb for a couple of months soo it's time to refurb... but what colour iyo is the on to go for, please vote:) Okay 1.)SATIN BLACK 2.)Metallic Black 3.)Metallic Anthracite 4.)Anthracite...