Refurb original wheels or Aftermarket alloys?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:24 am

Hmmm...

wheel works look very good too.
They are quite a bit more expensive though and no mention of a discount...

I can make some calls I guess.

Are you after standard oem silver finish kordafish?

kordafish · Post by **kordafish** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:49 am

Yes, I was thinking on just doing like for like, do you have other suggestions/ideas

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:04 am

When you guys are giving prices for refurbing wheels, are these companies repairing/filling kerbing or are they simply stripping them back and repainting?

I generally get my wheels powder-coated. The company I use now charges £45 a wheel which includes blasting them back and powder-coating. They have another company they use for repairing any kerbing, but I've always repaired the wheels myself first.

I can't recommend Uniroyal Rainsport 3's enough. My tyre of choice for a daily. I had one 215/45R17 delivered from Camskills the other day at £61.88 (including delivery), so they're an amazing price as well

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:31 am

Mine was for repairing the kerbing too, but they do say to use a bit of common sense - i.e. general kerbing will be sorted, if there's huge chunks out of it though don't expect to look mint, unless you pay the extra, which is fair enough.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:34 pm

Yep, it's all explained on their websites...

kordafish · Post by **kordafish** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:03 pm

Nafeman thanks for the advise on the Uniroyals, I am leaning towards Falken Ziex ZE-194's @ £53 each, wurleycorner the cheapest Dunlop SP's that I have found are as expensive as the Goodyear £75+ each

have you found them any cheaper than that?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:53 am

kordafish wrote:Nafeman thanks for the advise on the Uniroyals, I am leaning towards Falken Ziex ZE-194's @ £53 each, wurleycorner the cheapest Dunlop SP's that I have found are as expensive as the Goodyear £75+ each have you found them any cheaper than that?

For less than a tenner extra each (Dependant on your size) I'd definitely opt for the Rainsport 3's bud. The Falken's are considered between a sports tyre and a budget one... I'd be more inclined to opt for something that can definitely handle what a Prelude can throw at it.

Post by **indigolemon** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:17 am

I had a bit of a tyre emergency recently, and couldn't get my hands on Rainsports. I instead bought these:

http://www.coopertire.co.uk/tyres/high- ... n-cs-sport

Which so far have proved excellent, only tyre I found besides the Rainsports to have A rated wet grip - and given the recent weather, I can vouch for that rating being deserved too