Alloy Wheel Refurb

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:16 pm

Sorry to come back around to the same old subject again but I'd like your opinions on a quote I've just got:

A1 Wheel Renovations in Wolverhampton will take my GTi BBS alloys off my car, strip them down, split them, and refurb them in a much more durable, not to mention extra-super-shiny hi-power silver finish, all for the princely sum of Â£75 per alloy, therefore Â£300 for the lot. Plus whilst my alloys are worked on for 3 days they'll bolt a spare set of alloys on so that i can go about my usual business in the meantime.

Question is, how good is the quote? I had one for roughly Â£250 from another company but that was down towards London and was quite a distance for me to travel, plus they wouldn't store the car or provide spare wheels. Wolverhampton is only 30 miles away so much more appealing, but: am I getting value for money do you think?

Cheers

BTW I know I can have a new set of 16"s for Â£550 but I want to keep the ones I've got!

jazzy · Post by **jazzy** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:11 pm

hey m8, i have ace 112 17inch, and am also looking to have the curbing polished out, could u let me know which place in london gave u that quote plz, and if u hav their number. cheers

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:43 pm

The company is BVJ Engineering, the webby is:
http://www.wheelrefurbishing.com/
...and their prices are very reasonable! Contact details are on the website - you have to take the wheels to them on their own, i.e. not attached to the car, and they keep them for maybe 3 or 4 days to sort them out before you collect.

HTH

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:19 pm

if you look in the vw mags there are a few places that do wheel refurbs.

places i found searching on google

http://www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/
http://www.wheelrefurbishing.co.uk/
http://www.alloywheelrefurb.co.uk

Matt

MintySE · Post by **MintySE** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:25 pm

Si got my wheels done by a guy in shrewsbury,
they r v good and he came to my work and did them for me, his number's at work so ill have to post it tomoz 4 u when ive got it on me.
he was v reasonable and said that he could prob do ure wheels but he would need to c them 1st

matt

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:52 am

Comes to your work? Sounds like the ideal solution for a lazy IT techie

robz · Post by **robz** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:25 pm

think he wood come all the way up2 my house in scotland 2 do mine?!?!?!

MintySE · Post by **MintySE** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:38 pm

hey Si well i know i said id get back to u sooner but got distracted any way here is the number,
The company is called Wheel Perfection and the guys name is Craig.
the number is 07838113164 give him a call and mention my name if you want, i work for william a lewis toyota .
Hope that helps m8 let m know how u get on ive yet to c ure car round shrewsbury
Matt

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:05 am

Cheers Matt.

My car tends to be in one of three places at any given time atm:
1. At home, parked up
2. At Cineworld, parked up in one of the spaces along the roadside there (wider bays limit probability of some chav swinging a door open too hard)
3. In or around town, mostly at weekends, daytime.

Although I keep my eyes peeled for other Polos I haven't seen many dragon green mk4s! And those that I do see are driven by old ladies

lol

Thanks

MintySE · Post by **MintySE** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:51 pm

Ill keep a look out mine's not dragon green ! it's electric green lol it's a v bright green ill try and get roung to putting the uk polo stickers on it
th dude who did my wheels is good if you see my car u'll c what a good job he's done

matt