Irish Mini Owners Club

ive a set of steel wheels here, needing refurbishing... ideally shot-blast & paint. anyone have an opinion on whether to have them powder coated or not? my gut reaction is that they will chip and corrosion would run un-seen under the powder coat finish... and therefore primer and spray paint would be better... ????

im tryingto get mine renewed too met tallaght powder coating in terenure and was amazed at their refurbs in waiting on them to get back to me with a price mine are chrome and are starting to corode badly

yea thats the same guy(s) i met i think... i voiced my concerns re. corrosion and he was quite adamant that with the primer they use that wasnt going to happen; id be interested in what expereinces people have with powder coating on wheels. i know it works well on parts and subframes; the wheels have a diffrent environment.
he did mention €80 for 4 wheels blasted, primed and finished in white, which is good i think?
are you getting yours re-chromed?

he mentioned arround 250 to me and im not gettingthem rechromked just in silver with a perl in yellow if they can do that

There is a crowd in Ballyfermot called CPC Coatings 01 6206953 and they can blast and powder coat and if they are steel wheels they will metalize the wheels first then powder coat them any colour you want but as with any powder coating they can only do 1 colour.

Havn't got wheels done but they have done a lot of gates and railings for me and their work is 1st class.

phoned tpc today a set of 13 inch alloys for 250 to 270 yoyos

I got the same price for the 13inch alloys €250 and €250 for a set of 10inch steels wheels.

As the steel wheel will be behind hub caps, I guest I'mm not getting them done.

they seem realy obliging they said they meet me after hours too just have to decide on the colour or if i can find someting nice on sunday may change my plans

I see that Tallagh Powder coating do a lot of magazine advetising, i never had dealings with them personally, but heard only good things about them.

There is a guy based down in Limerick also, who i got a set of BBS's done with - did a cracking job (excuse the pun )

If he isn't too far away, check him out at http://www.wheeldoctor.ie

im north dublin based have a set of12" starmag alloys that im looking to get refurbished where would i get the best and cheapest as the only price i got was 400