Its a long shot but.... (Magnesium alloy refurb???)

[mikereynolds]

I need to find somewhere to refurbish some magnesium wheels and am finding it pretty difficult finding anywhere, I know some of the Porsche speedlines were mag so I was hoping/wondering if anyone knew of anywhere?
Cheers
Mike

[dazren]

Just edited the title so that it's less cryptic (ie more likely to get a response)

DAZ
(moderator)

[domster]

Diamond Styling.

Google them, but they're meant to be the best and can handle mags.

[mikereynolds]

Just called them, sounds like they know what they are doing, the chap explained all the process and said that it takes quite a long time to get a good finish and do a good job hence the £117.50 a wheel I guess its worth getting them done properly though.

ps cheers for editing the title Daz!

>> Edited by mikereynolds on Tuesday 28th February 10:10

[domster]

Yes, they're not cheap but you can't chance it with mags or the paint will peel off or they could go porous. Cheaper than new mags as well. Rgds
Dom

[mikereynolds]

Indeed that is exactly my thinking, spoke to one company who said, 'we cant guarantee what the wheels will end up like' and im not keen on sending them 2.5k's worth of wheels!!

[johnfm]

Have you got a contact number for Diamond Styling?

[mikereynolds]

Diamond Styling = 01732 779100

[bruceb]

Diamond styling have an excellent reputation on the Porsche Fuchs wheels , mine were done by them 3 years ago, they did a great job but very very expensive. At the time they had all sorts of later wheels in, I would be confident of their work although £117 sound good value IMHO, the fuchs wheels are now approx £250 each to refurbish!


Bruce

[Agent Orange]

3 piece mags will be abt £350 each nowadays .................but DS are the best and they end up annodised so u never do them again for corrosion ..............doe nt include the odd kerb!

[vpr]

mikereynolds said:

Diamond Styling = 01732 779100

Are you sure this is the number.......didn't think they were based in Sevenoaks?

[cuneus]

They have recently moved to Sevenoaks, I was there last week- bigger premises

They have run the business since 1981 and are a low volume specialist. They are doing my OZ wheels (after I had them done elswhere which ended in an out of court settlement) and they looked stunning.

As other have said not the cheapest but IMHO you get what you pay for in this case

[nick-moss]

Agent Orange said:

but DS are the best and they end up annodised

Vic, I'm pretty sure that you cannot anodise magnesium.

[paulmc]

As Vic has 993 GT2's coming out of his ears the statement 3 piece mags probably refers to the GT2 wheels, which have the normal ally outer rims. Mag centre obviously painted.

[Agent Orange]

Tku Professor.............was referring to Speedlines which are damn hard to get sorted.

[c2look]

Ian Jemison in York has been doing wheel refurbs/repairs for years, mag wheels included.

alloy wheel repairs

[woof]

domster said:

Diamond Styling. Google them, but they're meant to be the best and can handle mags.

yep diamond styling are the guys - NW london

But i think Mag's only have a 5 - 7 yr life before the crumble into dust !

[cuneus]

woof said:

domster said: Diamond Styling. Google them, but they're meant to be the best and can handle mags. yep diamond styling are the guys - NW london But i think Mag's only have a 5 - 7 yr life before the crumble into dust !

Keep up at the back - they are in Sevenoaks now

[johnny senna]

c2look said:

Ian Jemison in York has been doing wheel refurbs/repairs for years, mag wheels included. alloy wheel repairs

I just rang him. He won't do Speedline 3 piece split rims from a 993 RS. Doesn't do polishing or anodysing either.

[Jonny5]

Sorry to dig out this thread....

Need to refurb the mag wheels on my Diablo, and Diamond Styling are just down the road from me... Is their work worth more than double what I've been quoted from somewhere else?