• Full factory refurbishment
• Powder coat and wetspray finishes
• Custom finishes

The Process

Firstly, we remove the tyre from the wheel, carefully marking the position & rotation of the tyre, and tagging with the customers name.

The tyre is inspected for undue wear, and any unsafe tyres are reported to the customer. This is important, as we will not refit unsafe or illegal tyres at the end of the process. Early notification will give the customer the opportunity to either source replacements themselves, or leave it to us to provide a competitively priced alternative.

The wheel is then checked for cracks, stress fractures, bends & buckles. At this stage we will advise the customer of any wheels that we consider to be unroadworthy, or beyond economic repair Any remedial work and costings will be notified at this stage.

The wheel is finally stripped of all weights, valve, and any stick on decals. Wheels with tyre pressure sensor equipment, have them marked to ensure correct replacement, if we are aware at delivery, of the original positions on the vehicle.

The wheels are then immersed in a chemical solution, to remove all the old lacquer, basecoats & primer coats, as well as stubborn brake dust. This may take a good few hours, and depends upon the makeup of the original paint layers.

They are then placed in an aqueous wash machine to remove remaining paint, and chemical residue, and finally flash dried.

We now have a completely clean wheel free of any contaminants.

The clean dry wheels, then undergo a short blast in our purpose built blast machine, to provide a perfect keyed surface to accept the primer paints.

This "gentle giant", has the capability to massage the whole surface of the wheels, without any degradation of the fine profiling, and essential lettering.

We now have a completely clean wheel and can identify the extent of the damage to the surface.

Using a number of processes the wheel is prepared for painting.

If the damage is particularly bad, then the area is filled with aluminium weld, and re-worked to return it to its original shape & profile.

We now preheat the wheels for up to 30 minutes, to remove all air trapped in the microscopic pores within the alloy. This ensures that no air escapes when the paint is applied, which can interfere with the quality of the primer finish.

A coat of powder primer is now applied over the whole wheel. This is done using the latest powder gun technology, and ensures a robust, ultra smooth base coat.

Once applied, the wheels are reheated, to ensure the powder primer can cure, and form a strong resilient coating, that only a powder process can achieve.

A final coat of powder lacquer is applied to the whole wheel, to ensure it is fully protected from the elements. This is a particularly robust coating, and makes for easy cleaning, once back in daily use.

This coat is again stoved in the oven to ensure a full cure, and crystal clear finish.