wheel refinishing

[LeftHook]

The clearcoat is peeling on my rpm R505 wheels.. I'm considering getting them refinished in a gunmetal.

Any advice on where to get them refinished?

[M5Yates]

Call your local Discount Tire (http://dt.know-where.com/DiscountTire/cgi/selection?place=97281).
They have deals worked out with wheel repair shops that give you very good price (usually lower than if you took it to the shop yourself).

[T56 Impala]

Wheels America. Look em up on line.

[Ty Vil]

Are you kidding me?

LH the best wheel refinisher in the COUNTRY I'd venture to say is in Beaverton.

Skips Wheel Werks. His # is in the NW forum.

[rgol]

I tried to have some wheels refinished by a local wheel company. They painted the rims and did a horrible job. Needless to say, I got my money back.

If you are just getting new clearcoat, I think a wheel shop like LH would work. If you want to refinish the entire rim a new color, that will be more costly. They will have to bead / sand blast the rims to get all the paint off. Then they will paint and clearcoat. I recently had my rims powdercoated silver with a powdercoat clearcoat. I am very happy with how they came out. I found a local Chopper shop that powdercoats and used them.

You may want to go that route. It cost me $100 a rim for powdercoating.

Robert

Before >> Machined Finish

http://rgol.zoints.com/image/50791-P1010090

After >> Powdercoat Silver

http://rgol.zoints.com/image/50426-IMG_2506

http://rgol.zoints.com/image/50430-IMG_2502