How to refurb your own alloys

[haytch75]

Thanks for a great write-up. Will be having a go at my 17" 5 spokes soon.

[JimC64]

Great stuff you guys.....I'll be looking forward to your posts c/w pics to see how you got on!

I bet you'll be so chuffed with yourselves as I was when you stand back and admire the finished product.

All my best

Jim

[hairypothead87]

i did the same but i used chemical metal as its a bit stroger just need to finish it off with some black paint and a pair of tyers then put em back on the car

[SuperCharger28]

Tempted to try this on my le mans RS4 alloys but im wondering if it will blend well. And I also need to do all four corners due to poor driving by the wife but unsure how I can remove the tyre to get it on/off as I dont have facilities to remove tyres at home. I saw portable refurb services that just push the tyre back onto the bead so the alloy is exposed. Is that possible to do myself as I have an electric pump i just have no way of removing / replacing tyres.

[SuperCharger28]

I want to do this to my RS4 rims but I don't have a way to remove and put the tyre back on the rim. Can I remove the rim from the car on my drive and deflate the tyre and push it back and tape round to do the repair or must the tyre be removed as I need to do this to all four.

Really want to give this a go.

Do you know if the sprays you used will look good with RS4 rims?

[mr scoops]

Great thread, I noticed one if my front rims needs a bit if a touch up.

[PassatB7]

Excellent thread.

[crazy88]

I know this is a year old, but it'll be difficult/ impossible to push the tyre down. Once the bead has popped on you'll struggle to get it off manually. I have seen people mask around the edge of the tyre though, but for best results you'd be better off buying some cheapo 16" wheels, removing the rs4 rims and getting tyres removed and doing it properly.

Hope this helps anyone else

[JimC64]

Hey there SC......Its not 100% necessary to remove the tyres. On one set I did I simply deflated the tyres and then masked them off with old newspaper so I could affect the repair.

It's simply a case of inflating them afterwards.

The sprays I used were by Wurth and extremely good quality, so no issues there.

Good luck

[dalejg]

I am looking at refurbing 4 wheels from a Passat, was wondering how many cans i would need for a 4 wheels?

Primer?
Silver?
Lacquer?

Thanks