Getting my alloys refurbed.

Guys I'm getting my split rims refurbed in a few weeks time and am undecided on which colour to get them finished. Has anyone had their wheels finished in a different colour from the standard finish and if so are there any pics? Or does anyone know of a web site with pics of cars with different coloured alloys on? Here's the car in question. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance Gary

Who's doing your rims? you could ask CHRIS W for advice - he's picking mine up tomorrow to do them..

thats exactly what i have been toying with doing today, polished rim and colour coded center seems to be around £65 per rim take a look here http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforu...esign-wheels-dismantled-polished-painted.html http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforu...60386-powder-coated-sport-classic-wheels.html a local co to me http://www.f1alloys.co.uk/ slightly easier choice on colour as my car is black

hmm Personally if I was going to add colour, (Which I wouldn't personally), I'd colour code the rims and keep the centres ally, Personal taste of course, but I haven't seen any colour coded ones I've liked, except on race prepped cars, Mine are the same style as the pic, and I have contrasting ally finish, very slightly darker with metallic fleck on the rims, and 'normal' spokes. which the refurb guy told me was as per the original design ????? cheers

It's just my opinion but I think they look best in silver, anything else and you lose the effect those lovely spokes are meant to give.

+1 I agree. :thumb:

Chris W did mine recently & we powder coated the rims & spokes all in silver for durability. I saw a pic a couple of days back with slightly more gunmetal spokes (but not too grey) & polished spokes, and I have to say they did look a bit tasty. Being on a silver car I decided to stay silver but next time who knows.

Colour is very much down to your taste but keep it subtle. On a technical point do not let an inexperienced powder coating firm put any coat on the rear face of the wheel or on the hub where it sits on the three splines of the car hub. These cars (along with ferrari) are very sensitive to hub balance and if you put that out no amount of rebalancing will help and the car will not drive right.

got my wheels done by www.the-autowerks.com recommeded

Keep them silver ...it shows off the wheel desgn so much better than colour. Original and best imho

I had my split rims (Classic not Sport variety) refurbished a few months ago. I toyed with colour options and nearly went with the Anthracite but changed my mind and stuck with super bright silver for the simple reason that colour coding the centre with a shiny rim had the effect of making the wheels look smaller and I wasn't happy with that. For split rims I'd recommend Lepsons. Regardless, if the rims are going to need splitting (which they will to do a quality job) make sure whoever you give them to can source replacement BBS bolts beforehand as they're very hard to get hold of and it's likely one or two will need replacing. These wheels are also hugely sensitive to paint on the mounting face and bolt holes as mentioned above. Had experience of this (from another refurbisher not Lepsons) and don't want to go there again! J

Here you go TB

I rest my case they look like someone's got some spray cans from Halfords and done a nice bit of masking, does nothing for the wheels!

I need to have mine refurnished, anybody tried these guys? http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/ Can autowerks shot blast them as there is old filler and some corrosion, or does the chemical strip remove this? +1 on standard colour, also when you come to sell you may lose money as deviating from the norm isn't always liked

Hello all I'm currently doing a set of these GT3 Sport Design split rims for a 911uk customer on a Lapis Blue 996. The customer and I decided to paint the centres in a slightly darker subtle silver grey than the standard silver, with thanks to Daniel who supplied some very useful info. The Anthracite is very dark in my opinion. The rims were in good condition and therefore we decided to keep the diamond cut rim which will be re-laquered with an acrylic lacquer. It is essential to have the correct lacquer otherwise corrosion and milkyness will return. These will be returned to the customers car early next week and I will post up pics for you to see. These rims come out extremely well, and there is no substitute for having these professionally stripped and rebuilt, leaving a finish that is actually more durable than when they left the factory. Out of all the wheels I see these have got to be the most consistently poor condition with the inner rims often resembling something that has been left in seawater and barnacles allowed to grow! The problem is that left in this state, not only is the corrosion destroying the wheel, the chances of balancing weights staying on is very much reduced which is turn affects the feeling of the car. In case you are unaware of my service (and as a sponsor of 911uk) I cover the whole of England, come to your home and fit loan wheels to keep you on the road, take your wheels to one of the most highly regarded and experienced refurbishers, and vice versa. Please feel free to browse my site www.exelwheels.co.uk to get an idea of whats involved. I am here to help, and happy to answer any queries through my site contact form. Pricewise I think you will be pleasantly surprised, with the added benefit you dont take time off work or lose your precious weekend. :bye: