Car Buyers love Alloy Wheels, yet alloy wheel refurbishment Manchester they are expensive to replace and easily damaged. Can there be an option?
Why do over 50% of all new cars have alloy wheels? Because buyers love how they make their cars look. However recent data show that have endured pothole or kerb injury to alloy wheels. Are buyers repairable or is an expensive replacement always essential? Who can the car owner turn to for professional repairs and unbiased advice? Read On
Why do over have alloy wheels? They dissipate heat generated when braking more effectively but primarily, they may transform any car's appearance and look fairly.
So quite but oh so easily damaged!
Great care must be taken when driving over humps and potholes, soft aluminium alloy is easily flattened in case you hit a hump or hole. Much damage may be caused at slow speeds, so it's advisable not to run the kerbs up when parking. A flattened front rim could cause steering wobble at slow speeds but similar damage on a rear wheel can create a drone .
You've Been Warned!!!
Alloy Wheel Refurbishment
Everyone knows that sinking feeling you get when you (or your missus!) scrape your lovely shiny alloy wheels a long the kerb! The resulting scuffs and scratches are not bonny, destroy the appearance of your car, and when left unattended especially during winter, can get the wheel.
The price of replacing the most basic factory fitted alloys can cost you at least GBP100, replacing wheels fitted to the BMWs, Audis, Mercedes and Porsches of the world can set you back as much as GBP500 per wheel!
Relax, don't stress, most typical alloy wheel kerb scuffs and scrapes can be removed by an alloy wheel refurbishment specialist and returned to first condition in less than 2hours for between GBP40 and GBP60. Oftentimes the work is performed on site at your convenience.
Depending on the amount of damage endured, only damage on the wheel's area is sanded down, sometimes deep scrapes might need to be filled with a special alloy wheel gel. Most alloy wheel refurbishers mix their particular paint to guarantee a great colour match, and combine to leave an invisible repair.
Complete wheel refurbishment, where the tyre is removed, the wheel lacquered or smashed back to bare metal before being painted or stripped is usually completed at workshop premises and sometimes needs 2/3 day turn around. The completed result yet, can be better compared to first.
Before and after pictures of alloy wheel repairs might be considered.
Although there are 'hundreds' of alloy wheel cleaners and polishers in the marketplace, most top alloy wheel manufacturers recommend routine simple care and attention. Rinse off grit and dirt which may scrape on the wheel, and after that simply wash with soapy water. Some advocate employing specialist wheel wax or a top quality car wax to keep the glow and help grime and brake dust to slide off more readily.
