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by **Dave** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:57 am

Folks,
My alloys as some of you may have seen have a large lip on them, but I've now noticed that there is a lot of grim build up, and not the usual brake dust, there are little black marks all over them that need a nail brush with serious elbow grease to get off, now i don't mind cleaning them, but obviously the laquer that was on them has come off, is there an easy clean for this and is there something i can use to re-laquer them so this won't happen again? I have a feeling I may have to send them to get refurbished to get them back to the standard I want.... :roll:

Cheers
Dave

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:35 am

Tiny bit of petrol or whitespirits should get rid of the gunk..

but you're right - to reseal them is a better solution.

by **Dave** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:39 am

might try the petrol, they are looking fairly bad come to think of it, i might try waxing them to see if that works!

by **Dean** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:35 pm

Dave wrote: i might try waxing them to see if that works!

Go for the "hollywood" its painful, but they are nice and smooth afterwards.

by **Dean** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:36 pm

Oh and Dave... tell St Pauls to get cheaper will you.

With a brand name of "travellers" you would expect their insurance to be a steal.

by **Dave** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:14 pm

Got a quote for a refurb on the curbing damage and re-polishing each wheel, takes one day, was quoted €80- per wheel, anyone ever gone down this route? Sounds a bit expensive to me... anyone got any other contacts? I used www.wefixalloywheels.com, they're based out in Bray...

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:31 pm

Think I paid around that when I had one of mine refurbed..

by **mark** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:01 pm

I got a wheel done years ago with them. It was an alloy with a chunk missing on the rim. They repaired it/ filled it and it was almost an invisible mend. Cost about 80/100 euros or pounds at the time.

by **Dave** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:04 pm

Yeah the old man got stuff done with them and he said that the work he did was quality, 80 squid a wheel is reasonable I suppose considering he's doing the curbing and polishing...

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:51 pm

does Carcraft fix alloys as well?

by **Dave** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:55 am

are they over in clondalkin behind Tony Boland's? I bought alloys off him before, but I dunno if I'd rate him enough to do the job I want done...
I might just bite bullet and go with this crowd, for the sake of maybe 50euro, just as long as they do a good job!

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:38 pm

Carcraft its somwhere in Marino as far as i remember
www.carcraft.ie

in Clondalkin they are just sellin tyres/rims & fit them . i know the place , been there a couple of times

by **Dave** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:55 am

Ah yeah, I reckon these guys only do body work....

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