A big hurrah to McMark for facilitating an excellent wheel restoration!

No more fugly bubbly, peeling chrome

All painted & polished. They look like new! They are beautiful!

schweet!

i'm thinking of having the same guys take care of my ronal wheels ...
Andy

And more cheers to a wheelie helpful club-mate, Jon Watts, for his delivery and installation services

This non-club rocks!

Notice the shiny new car paint

Beautiful! Who did those again? How much?

QUOTE (szuccaro @ Mar 27 2006, 09:56 AM)

Beautiful! Who did those again? How much?

Weidman Wheels in Oroville, CA.

Cost (gulp) a bit over $1K

Job included:
strip chrome & retreat all 4 wheels
repair lip on 1 wheel
paint background black all 4 wheels
polish spokes & outers all 4 wheels
dismount/mount/balance tires

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Mar 27 2006, 09:52 AM)

schweet! i'm thinking of having the same guys take care of my ronal wheels ... Andy

I'd recommend them to you. Great work. But you have to be patient. A life skill I need to improve

QUOTE (GTeener @ Mar 27 2006, 10:19 AM)

But you have to be patient. A life skill I need to improve

i can give you some of mine ... i can sit still in one place for hours and not get bored. kinda scary, really ...


i saw your wheels upclose and they did great work. i like it when people pay attention to detail.
a rare trait these days ...

Andy

Looks really good, Gwen.

Any track days or a/x's for you coming up?


KT

QUOTE (trekkor @ Mar 27 2006, 10:43 AM)

Looks really good, Gwen. Any track days or a/x's for you coming up? KT

Thanks T!

Nothing planned yet, but I'd like to get out there this year

Take a trip up to Santa Rosa and run with RR-PCA at their a/x.



KT

Looks great Gwen. Tell us about the new paint. I'm guessing McMark/Brandon were involved on that.

Demick

QUOTE (Demick @ Mar 27 2006, 10:59 AM)

Looks great Gwen.  Tell us about the new paint.  I'm guessing McMark/Brandon were involved on that. Demick

Thanks Demick.

GTEENER looks oh so shiny again.

Yes, the new paint was done by Brandon, facilitated by McMark. They do speedy work. I think the job was finished in a week.

Brandon did some ding/dent removal a little top-side rust reversal maintenance work then gave her a new top coat. Color match is great.

QUOTE (trekkor @ Mar 27 2006, 10:55 AM)

Take a trip up to Santa Rosa and run with RR-PCA at their a/x. KT

I did an AX up there 2 years ago. Had fun with them.

looks great! i bet the dechroming was wat made up most of the cost -

did you have them clear powdercoated AFTER the polish and paint?

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 27 2006, 12:17 PM)

looks great! i bet the dechroming was wat made up most of the cost - did you have them clear powdercoated AFTER the polish and paint?

Actually each step cost about equal (+/- $20 )

No, I don't think there is a clear powdercoat over the paint & polish. At least it's not a line item on my invoice

QUOTE (GTeener @ Mar 27 2006, 02:25 PM)

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 27 2006, 12:17 PM) looks great! i bet the dechroming was wat made up most of the cost - did you have them clear powdercoated AFTER the polish and paint? Actually each step cost about equal (+/- $20 ) No, I don't think there is a clear powdercoat over the paint & polish. At least it's not a line item on my invoice

weidman does great work.... but thats pretty pricey at 250 a wheel......

al reed is about 75 a wheel (paint and polish), and another 25 to powdercoat clear them, and rsr finish i think is about 125 each... ( n o idea on what he charges to dechrome.....)

with that being said, i guess you made up the difference in prices by not having to ship en to al....

Mark quoted me $175 per wheel to paint & polish.

Then there was
$75 to strip chrome & treat
$60 to repair the one wheel's lip
$80 to dismount & mount the tires

Hmmm, ya, guess it might 've turned out to be expensive, but they sure are purdy. Look like new

I was most worried about getting the chrome stripped without ruining the wheels. Mission accomplished

QUOTE (GTeener @ Mar 27 2006, 10:04 AM)

Job included: strip & retreat

That's where most of the cost came from. I strip for next to nothing but I charge extra to retreat.









It's a joke (we need a rimshot smilie).

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fugly bubbly, peeling chrome

I know what that looks like. Got that look starting on the trucks.

alright gwen!

hard to beat a great looking set of fuchs...

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Mar 27 2006, 10:25 AM)

i can give you some of mine ... i can sit still in one place for hours and not get bored. kinda scary, really ...  Andy

Bar stools don't count Andy! anyone can do that - I sure can
I have had people get angry at me because I'm so patient.
I have found the cure for my patience - a baby. That crying crap gets old real, real fast.

Sorry to ask a stupid question, are those rims really chrome, or highly polished aluminum?

If chrome, did they come from the factory that way?

Here's my real inquiry - can these type of wheels be made to look shiny, like Gwen's wheels? If so, how and at what cost (pic is not my car - but mine looks just like it). Is there a downside?

J

see pic - i hope

QUOTE (jimmyjazz @ Mar 28 2006, 06:41 AM)

Sorry to ask a stupid question, are those rims really chrome, or highly polished aluminum? If chrome, did they come from the factory that way? Here's my real inquiry - can these type of wheels be made to look shiny, like Gwen's wheels?  If so, how and at what cost (pic is not my car - but mine looks just like it).  Is there a downside? J

They used to have chrome but aluminum doesn't like being chromed and eventually rejects it, hence the fugly bubbly peeling Pretty sure it was not factory chrome-work.

What you see in the pictures here are all polished aluminum.

And Aaron, I was cautioned by a co-worker yesterday not to have the clear powdercoating as it will yellow over time

no fuch was evere sent out by the factory mirror polished nor chromed....

gwen - i didnt have mine powdercoated for the same reason.

80 bucks to mount and dismount tires? ouch.

looks great regardless!

ill let you know how my al reed 7/8 set come out

QUOTE (Porcharu @ Mar 28 2006, 12:44 AM)

I have found the cure for my patience - a baby. That crying crap gets old real, real fast.

try 2 of them at 2am

those are purdy wheels.....

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 28 2006, 02:11 PM)

no fuch was evere sent out by the factory mirror polished nor chromed.... gwen - i didnt have mine powdercoated for the same reason. 80 bucks to mount and dismount tires? ouch. looks great regardless! ill let you know how my al reed 7/8 set come out

Looking forward to seeing your results!

Mueller- Thanks!

this stuff has been recommended by some of my biker buddies......Pig Snot polish and waxes

does this "mirror polishing" make the wheels a high maintenance item? Anyone have long-term experience as to what is required to keep them looking good?

Jim