General Quote for alloy wheel refurb.

[Littala]

I recently rimmed my front passenger side alloy wheel against a kerb, just the rim, not the actual spokes. They are the 16" multispokes.

I contacted an on-line alloy-wheel specialist, who also does alloy wheel refurbs/repairs, and he has quoted me £45 plus VAT to repair, provided the paint on the alloy is a standard silver paint.

Does anyone know if the 16" multispoke alloys are a "standard silver paint", or if they are a special paint finish? To be honest, I'm not sure what he means by 'standard silver paint'. Are alloy wheels normally lacquered as well, and if so, is that standard?

Also, £45 plus VAT sounds reasonable to me, although I might phone the dealer tomorrow and find out what they would charge. I'm guessing it'd be more than £45 plus VAT.

Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

 

[mark bowie 42]

I work in a porsche body shop and we use a wheel refurb company and they charge £40 per rim for 16" rims as for the colour they should be able match it off the rim you give them

 

[Mollie]

I work at a garage, and the smart repair companies all seem to charge £50+VAT per wheel!

 

[gib1970]

sounds reasonable, i did the same with my abarth and that cost me £65 - but they're polished so that's why it was a bit more.

 

[Chris@souls]

I got quoted 65 + vat to repair a small kerb mark on my 18'' vaux wheel but they then decided they would be unable to match the paint anyway

 

[Kei]

I'm glad I didn't take an offer up then from my local Chips Away guy, he must've taken me for a right drippy lady. I was quoted £80 + VAT per wheel

 

[Chris@souls]

I got quoted for my 18'' to be sand blasted filled repainted etc £45+vat per rim! So £80 for a kerb repair is steep IMO!

 

[Hellcat]

I had a set of 15"s sand blasted, kerbing smoothed, powder coated - £30 a wheel.

 

[Littala]

I had a set of 15"s sand blasted, kerbing smoothed, powder coated - £30 a wheel.

Now that does sound good value. Do they have a company/outlet in West Yorkshire?

 

[Hellcat]

Now that does sound good value. Do they have a company/outlet in West Yorkshire?

No, North east and they're £50 a wheel now.