[urq] Wheel restoration

[Bob D]

Along these same lines, does anyone know of a place in the CT area that 
can get wheels straightened? Cosmetically they are great, but they are 
used so I want to make sure they are true.
thanks
bob

Brandon Rogers wrote:

> I just had my R8's refinished recently (2 weeks ago) so I'll pass on 
> what I was told by Spec Wheels of America.  Now, keep in mind, of 
> course, the Fuchs are forged whereas the Ronals are not...In my case 
> they welded up a bead to restore the curb rash areas.  But I do wonder 
> if they can do this on Fuchs wheel...  I asked them about repainting 
> Fuchs also, and they said _they_ cannot do a two -tone like a painted 
> and polished wheel - unless it's a 2 piece wheel.  Had to be one or 
> the other.  The Fuch is, I believe, supposed to have painted and 
> polished areas.  As for a cost datapoint - standard price was 
> $99/wheel - but extra for painting the whole wheel instead of the face 
> only, and extra for a non-stock color.
>
> HTH a little
>
> Brandon
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thatcher Hubbard" 
> <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>
> To: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:11 PM
> Subject: [urq] Wheel restoration
>
>
> You'll all have to forgive my ignorance, but can someone give me some
> basics on what it takes to make wheels look nice again?  A guy on
> Audifans is selling some Fuchs that have some curb rash, a few
> scratches on the faces but look good otherwise.  Is curb rash
> repairable?  How do you repair an aluminum rim?
>
> I ask because I'm tired of rolling around with these terrible 16" 5
> spokes I've got on my car and I much prefer the look of the Urq with
> the Fuchs on it.
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