Alloy re-furbs

[manthatkidisscrewed]

Yes mate thats the place, Lab-Tab (or the wheel specialst) as they trade under. I am very pleased to say the least! not the cheapest around but a V professional outfit.

yeah they do a top notch job tbf!! Last time I was in they had a nice set of orange rims on display lol :yum:

As Kris says...should be a lot nicer to keep clean too haha!

 

[alexGS]

Those look great fFoxy... the colour really suits the 'techno' style.

Just in case I can inspire anyone reading this thread and wondering "can I do that?", I painted my Punto wheels myself last month. Spent days on the preparation (repairing all kerbing damage and sanding back to the factory powder-coat), then shelled out for the proper paint system (PPG Shadow Chrome). I have a nice gravity spraygun & big compressor, but you wouldn't really need anything more than a small compressor and spraygun of any type.

Black basecoat goes on first, then light coat of translucent chrome silver (too much and I found it just went matt silver - I practised on the insides of the wheels), and finally several coats of PPG clearcoat. I think all up the cost was $350 (about 140 pounds) plus about four days of labour, so not a cheap project

Well worth it though as the colour hides the brake dust so much better than silver

-Alex

 

[RhysThomass]

alexGS - Them alloys in that attached thumbnail are amazing, how much were they to be done? and what type of paint has been used? was thinking about doing this to my Yellow Fiat Punto 1.2 16v, cheers

 

[ChrisUK]

alexGS - Them alloys in that attached thumbnail are amazing, how much were they to be done? and what type of paint has been used? was thinking about doing this to my Yellow Fiat Punto 1.2 16v, cheers

You've just revived a thread from 2009

 

[StevenRB45]

At least Alex is still here!....although think that punto has been replaced twice over..