New to me Mazda alloys - now refurbished in Shadow Chrome

Technical Area Wheels, Tyres & Brakes
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I recently aquired these wheels.

They were in a bit fo a state and needed some work.

 

 

Some of the refurbishers I vitsited clearly were not interested in taking them on, but I found a place in Essex where the guy seemed to know what I wanted and told me straight what was involved.

Even he told me that Shadow Chrome, which is what i wanted would not look good on wheels with larger surface area. He said it suited smaller multispoke applications better. However I wanted this and here is the result.The colour and finish is like a light gunmetal but with a chrome overlay which makes it a grey wheels but really shines with any light.

sorry - pics are from my phone and seem to have a blue tint to them.

They are now on the car but its not here at the moment. I have to get hold of the shorter wheel nuts and locking wheel nuts as the standard mazda ones on my car are too long to fit under the covers - similar to BBS set up I beleive.

Ive ordered some shorter nuts which are open ended and locking nuts and also a BBS hub spanner to tighten the covers a little more.

 

Hope to have all this don with new nuts and the covers on around mid week.

 

What do you think?

 

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G’day Jon, the wheels look great

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They look really good, roughly how much does it cost to refurb a wheel just im thinking about having mine done at some time

 

Cheers Suzanne

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 They look great.

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Depending on what you are having done and where, £35-£60 per wheel.

 

Mine were all done in one of the more expensive finishes, so all in were meant to be £190 but i got a discount.

That included balancing and valves with the wheel weights on the inside of the wheel. I think bigger wheels might cost more.

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Think I will put that on hold for a bit

 

Cheers Suzanne

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 I have just returned from the Kit Car show at Newark and there was a trader there selling a Kit to do powder coating your self. Evidently the powder coating can be cured in an oven or by using the heat from an electrical paint stripper. Not sure about the price but less than £200.00