Wheel Refurbishing Shops (Local)

[ck_taft325is]

Anyone know any of or had good experience with any local wheel shops? Mostly looking to take a nick of curb rash out of some Borbet Type A's and give them a re-spray. Local for me is Olympia-Seattle but willing to travel further for a quality shop that's fair on pricing.

Thanks in advance!

[87e30]

Anyone know any of or had good experience with any local wheel shops? Mostly looking to take a nick of curb rash out of some Borbet Type A's and give them a re-spray. Local for me is Olympia-Seattle but willing to travel further for a quality shop that's fair on pricing.

Thanks in advance!

:rofl: You buy those 15x7 white type A's?

If it were me (which it was just a couple weeks ago) I would sandblast them, get wheel filler and fill int eh gashes then sand smooth all around and either have them sprayed or spray them.

[ck_taft325is]

Ha, actually I tried to talk the guy down to $300 cash in hand, but he didn't bite.

I ended up getting some 16x7.5/9 (rears). In the market for (2) 16x9's for the front. They are in fairly good shape, but the clear/paint has some wear. There's some stains that wont dry buff out on the lips of the 16x9's and in general a few very mild curb rashes. I'll get some pictures up here soon. I'm doing an initial wet sand with 800. Just re-sprayed the flat casps because they where noticably a different color than the faded/worn paint on the rims themselves.

*EDIT*

Also looking at the idea of a polished lip, but I think it would be a biiiit much on 'em.

[ck_taft325is]

No one in the general Washington area knows of a good wheel shop!?

[namsayin]

dependable wheel repair in renton.

[RainierHooker]

dependable wheel repair in renton.

This, I'm bringing a project into them on Friday...

[3bvert]

:rofl: You buy those 15x7 white type A's?

If it were me (which it was just a couple weeks ago) I would sandblast them, get wheel filler and fill int eh gashes then sand smooth all around and either have them sprayed or spray them.

not wanting to thread jack, but is related
Ive seen the wheel fillers
do they hold up to tire changes or are they like bondo and pop out when hit
asking, cause I have curb rash on two wheels Id like to fix and repaint

[3bvert]

dependable wheel repair in renton.

is that their name, I have two weaves with slight bends I need to get fixed, or find two good ones

[ck_taft325is]

For weaves I'd just replace 'em. It's probably cheaper.

"Dependable Wheel Repair" is the shop name? Thanks, Nam! I'll check 'em out. Thanks also to RainierHooker. Let me know how they do, your thoughts on their quality and prices, etc etc.

[RainierHooker]

I'll let you know how it goes. I've got peeling clear and some rash that I gonna have them fix. Their url is: http://www.dependablewheel.com

[Wishno87]

is that their name, I have two weaves with slight bends I need to get fixed, or find two good ones

There is a place called Wheel Werks in beaverton that i take all my wheels too.

[87e30]

not wanting to thread jack, but is related
Ive seen the wheel fillers
do they hold up to tire changes or are they like bondo and pop out when hit
asking, cause I have curb rash on two wheels Id like to fix and repaint

No idea, never actually used it. That was just the plan to try if I kept the wheels. I'm sure there is some kind of fill that works if you get the right kind and sond appropriately etc, obviously depends on gouge size.

[ck_taft325is]

not wanting to thread jack, but is related
Ive seen the wheel fillers
do they hold up to tire changes or are they like bondo and pop out when hit
asking, cause I have curb rash on two wheels Id like to fix and repaint

As long as your bonding surface is prepped correctly and no deeper than 1/8th of an inch, you should be fine.

[RainierHooker]

So today I took my new old wheels to Dependable Wheel...

First off, I was impressed enough by their operation that three of my four wheels will be spending the next week or so there. Tim, who I dealt with, took me back and guaged the wheels for bends and balence, the last one was true as the day it was built so it went directly to have some rash fixed on it. The later operation was done in a few minutes.

Unfortunatley, they don't do any blasting or powder coating in-house so I then took the good wheel to Pacific Coast Coatings (recommended by Tim) for an estimate while the other three get trued.

Total estimated cost for all four wheels having rash fixed and three trued was a little over $400, but don't take that as gospel since my repairs were fairly minor on all but one wheel, which was bent in a few spots.

As a final note, Pacific Coast Coatings, as evidenced by some samples, does really nice work but they are very spendy. For the cost of a bead-blast and a coat of silver, I could buy a really nice set of RS's.

That said, anyone know where I can have a bead-blast done for less than the cost of a beater e30?

[M-technik-3]

None of you hobbiest has a blast booth? They are not thet expensive but they do take up a good amount of space.