Wheel refurbs in the South West

[tuttle]

Hi All, I recently bought a cracking set of 8 spoke Wats that are in need of a refurb. It seems some of the refurbishers have gone out of biz & am having trouble finding anyone to refurb them locally (ideally Bristol area).
Can anyone recomend someone?
Many thanks
Matt

[hjs999]

If you are still interested I have heard that Lepsons are good (but not cheap) and they have a place in swindon

[DennisTheMenace]

Just got round to doing mine , ended up going ford Graphite grey , a few blemeshes but for a £20 job i cant complain





TBH its not that hard to do ,
These when from this ...


to this with a couple of rattle cans

[Evangelion]

Nice finish on that Graphite Grey, Dennis. What type of wheels are those, and what size?

[DennisTheMenace]

They are enkei's that look a bit like the wat's they are the same size offset etc as the standard wheels , so same tyre size etc .

[tuttle]

Thanks for the replies. DTM did you do those graphite grays yourself? Good finish. My set have afew marks on one of the rims & the odd minor ding, so I suppose may need some filling/repair work. Tempted to give the rattle can a bash though. Any advice for laquer/filling etc gratefully recieved.

[DennisTheMenace]

Yep done them myself , i had one wheel that had kerbing on ,
but managed to wet and dry the scuff out .
All i had to do with mine was a good clean with alloy wheel cleaner and a pressure washer and lots of scrubbing .
leave them to dry then went over the face of the wheels with a scouring pad to scratch up the surface ,
then cleaned the surfaces with thinners and then 2 coats of graphite grey and 2 of lacquer .
they have been sat in the conservetory now to give the paint time to harden before i refit them.

[paulrhodes]

Alloy wheel repair centre in Tewkesbury. Can't recommend them highly enough and although they are expensive they are faultless quality.

Speak to Nick, top chap who is also building a clio V6 hillclimber.