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Robo C20Let
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arrrr went to pick the gf up in the evo and wasnt paying attention and scrappppppppppp arrrrrrrrrrrrrr marked the wheel slightly and took a 3 inch long scuff from my red pin stripe round the edge

my question is when they referb an allloy do they add material back in or just smooth it out

thanks
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If it's a proper place it will be smoothed out evenly so as not to put the wheel out if balance
if it's really bad it may need welding

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Robo C20Let
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not not that bad for welding, i was so pissed off

luckily it was just a slight scrap but still took about a 1 - 2 mm deep scuff around the rim

whats the average price
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Same happened to me the other day. Kerb covered in snow so didn't see it

Not like they're not all kerbed up anyway
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Wouldn't bother rushing down to get them refurbed just to rick doing it again in the snowwwwwwwwwww
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its not that bad its just i know its there lol and its eating away at me
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£40+vat without a tyre on is what I charge for a standard alloy

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thats not to bad, i need it re spraying in matt black and having the red pin stripe but back on i will pay up to £100 max
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I'll charge you £100 then

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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
£40+vat without a tyre on is what I charge for a standard alloy

Yeah, I got a similar price of £160 all round for mine redone. Mine also have a red lip like Robo's.
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do you refurb wheels tom? only i done the same thing as robbo last night with one of mine
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We do everything to do with cars

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Cole
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tom if onlyi had 4 runners to put on the zaf i would get you to do mine
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
I'll charge you £100 then




As said though, wouldnt bother touching it until after winter.
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I have a courtesy car cole

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Lol Tom I will get some runners vvv soon
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Cole
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Is a 200 job worth a courtesy car
Cole
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Plus I would be embarrassed to bring the zafira to you As its not the perfect paintjob as it was rushed lol
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I just payed £40 per wheel for mine to be refurbed. One needed a bit of welding as it had a slight hole in it after they blasted it,
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Courtesy car is £10 a day.
I'm not here to judge
unless you want me to

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i have to take extra care with mine as they are black and any slight scuff shows up easily, still managed to kerb one around the ENTIRE rim dropping our lass off at the shop though
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Pics !! or did this not happen

 
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