The chrome part will come off easily, just tease the lugs on the rear…
Spray to desired colour, refit chrome design.
Job done 
Thanks bally3, I did think they were pushed on rather than glued on…
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Hi there Justin, I own a 2011 Mk3.5 NC 2.0 Litre Sport-Tech in True Red and I have recently had all 4 wheels fully refurbished in Gloss black with a sparkle. The work cost me £250 in total for the refurbishment. This included the fitting of 4 new tyres that I supplied to them, as the old tyres were 11 years old and needed replacing. Personally, I think that any shade of black, gun metal, anthracite or dark grey looks fantastic against the True Red. I’ll be getting the Caliper’s done in True Red very soon.
By the way, if you’re interested in joining a unique Facebook group specifically set up for owner’s of a True Red MX5 NC like yours, let me know and I’ll send you a link to come and join us. We have meet ups around the country at various times of the year. It’s an awesome sight to see a whole load of True Reds driving in convoy. Best regards Fred S
Oh very nice…
Should be getting them done in the week or two hopefully… and then going to tackle the back of the roll over hoops and the wing mirrors myself and spray those black… at least that’s the idea at the moment…
If you could send me the Facebook link that would be fantastic…
Hi Justin here is the link to join our unique group. Hope you can come and join us. You’ll be made very welcome if you do.
have them hydro dipped that way they are not heated and you can have some pretty wicked finishes like black with a feint flame look good on red https://vitalhydrographic.co.uk/hydro-dipping-prices/
Hi Justin,
The only way to do this satisfactorily is to remove the tyres, get the wheels blasted back to bare metal addrees any rim or kerbing damage by welding and or the Isopon wheel repair kit.
Then prime rub down, prime again and rub down then colour coat rub down and clear lacquer.
Leave them to harden for x 2 weeks then take them to a reputable tyre fitters to replace the tyres and balance them.
I used National tyre as their machines protect the rim.
I follwed this process on a very damaged set of California alloys which are now on my car!
Regards
Nic
As posted previously they will come off quite easily if you put them in warm water for a couple of minutes. Then carefully punch out the logo pins from the rear. You may like to superglue them back but mine are still attached without.
Hi alben, yes I had a quick look at one the other day and was able to tease the chrome logo off fairly easy. A couple look very tatty so I think I’ll get a set of new ones from mx5parts and get those sprayed up at the same time…
Ive had my wheels coated about a year ago and they still look great, hae a small chip from where I removed the nuts with an impact wrench but everywhere else they are intact.
Cost was £37.50 a wheel, but the location may be difficult for you as it’s Newcastle Emlyn in mid Wales
Excuse the roof, I know it doesn’t match but I bought it yesterday and was taking it home.
These Work wheels were powdercoated about 2008 (previous owner). By 2013 they look like this. To get a shin on the gold powder coat, the wheel place used a clear lacquer. This obviously failed a flaked. Over time, in places, water got under the lacquer, and turned some of the gold finish green, I assume some sort of corrosion in the metal dust used for the gold colour. To fix this, you cannot just strip off the lacquer, but also all the powdercoat, which is basically a plastic coating. I found a solvent that would soften it somewhat into a mud )but still hardwork to scrape off), but I wouldn’t be surprised if some places are using heat to get the old finish off, and that might be contributing to wheel failures.
You don’t say where you are based, but if it is anywhere near Birmingham I used City Wheel Refurbishment for my wheels about 6 years ago, the price was good and the finish has stayed ok and no sign of cracking:
https://www.citywheelrefurbishment.co.uk/
With regard to wheel deterioration, My wheels were stripped by a combination of paint stripper and shot blasting. The wheels have to be heated to a certain extent to allow the powder coat to flow, but if it is too hot it could affect the alloy so see if there are any comments about this for the supplier you use in Google.
Thanks for all the tips and advice fella’s. Found a local guy who’s booked in for mid October so will post before and after shots once they’ve been done…