Diamond cut wheels

[tim]

You cant just get a basic respray from Nu Luk.

They are exspensive because they wont paint over anyone elses work. Purely for Quality.
So therefore every wheel is acid dipped and repaired/straightend and Painted.

Machined face etc.. is an extra on top of that.

If you pay £25 per wheel, they might look ok for a month or two, but long term is when they show the quality of work.

Exspensive, Yes
Quality, The best
Worth it? Deffo

 

[Lyons]

You think its worth paying £105.75 per wheel for a diamond cut finish?!

Im sorry, but you are wrong!

 

[focus_rs_jonny]

Knowing the amount of work that goes into properly preparing a wheel, then £105 is pretty reasonable to be honest. i wouldnt do it for that

 

[Lyons]

Lol, thats £420 for a full set. You're not even getting new wheels for that, just existing ones made more presentable.

Im really quite amazed. Even if i were very wealthy, there no way at all i would justify spending that amount of money on this.

You may think im being niave, and thats the going rate- fair enough, but to me its just silly.

 

[focus_rs_jonny]

id never pay it! id never drive on a repaired wheel either, remember BBS' nightmare?

 

[Lyons]

Nope. Unless you mean the Golf Anniversary wheels?

 

[focus_rs_jonny]

no the time when bbs straightened a wheel with heat and it shattered killing a whole family in germany

 

[Lyons]

No, didnt hear about that.

 

[roverspeed]

i don't think they are getting them fixed though, just surface work done?

u get what u pay for lyons

 

[Lyons]

I disagree- if i was paying £105 id expect a new wheel!

 

[m00k]

Lol, thats £420 for a full set. You're not even getting new wheels for that, just existing ones made more presentable.

Im really quite amazed. Even if i were very wealthy, there no way at all i would justify spending that amount of money on this.

You may think im being niave, and thats the going rate- fair enough, but to me its just silly.

ya never know you'll maybe come round to the cheaper 'lisburn' polish yet ya tight git

 

[Lyons]

Lol, lets not get carried away. How much is it per wheel anyway?

 

[Lyons]

What about a high power silver paint? Is it noticeably shiner than standard silver? Anyone ever seen a set painted with it?

 

[pablo]

the later M3 evo wheels are painted in some form of hyper silver. (96-99 ish)

 

[Lyons]

I thought they were actually done with some sort of polished surface, no?

 

[pablo]

apparantly not. 95% sure thats the case anyway they are actually painted.

 

[metro1800]

What about a high power silver paint? Is it noticeably shiner than standard silver? Anyone ever seen a set painted with it?

Get it done with a very bright silver with extra sparkles in it perhaps?

 

[Lyons]

Well thats a spot of good news. From memory, its really quite a shiney finish, correct?

 

[pablo]

yeah its mint mate. not sure how easy it is to do tho.

 

[Lyons]

Can you not just get high power silver paint?

I assume you were taking the piss with "extra sparkles" Ryan!?

 

[pablo]

lol gold flakes?

 

[Lyons]

Corn ?

 

[metro1800]

Can you not just get high power silver paint?

I assume you were taking the piss with "extra sparkles" Ryan!?

Nope, a mate of mine had this done with a set of Mondeo ST200 wheels. Afaik its the same "glitter" thats in metallic paint already, just a bit more was added

 

[pablo]

yes mate the evo wheels are defo painted. nice comprimise imo.

 

[Lyons]

Hmm, having to describe over the phone that i want black in between the spokes and round the back, with high power silver on the face of the spokes and lip etc, could prove tricky!

Are re-paints from AWRC etc around the £50 mark these days, or more?