Re: Question: Where to get wheels refinished?

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

there is aplace in maryland i am not sure where you are but if you are close by it is called ye olde wheel shope  not usre the number but
information or the phone book woudl have this  i believe they start at 75.oo a piece
jonas

Marc Getty wrote:

> > > Any suggestions as to where to get wheels refinished?
> > $150 sounds very high, hell you could probably find some brand spankin'
> > new snowflake rims for that much cash.. actually that may not be
> > a bad idea, just find some new ones at a good price.. ?
>
> No thanks, I specifically want the early GTI rims. I don't care if I get them
> new or refinished, but I have my mind set on this specific model.
>
> > I had 2 of the BBS mesh rims (Corrado OEM) that are on my 'roc fixed
> > right after I bought the car.. one was mangled pretty good, big
> > crease right in the rim from being curbed BAD, another looked ok
> > but was bent and out of round.  Repair was flat $100 each, with 24-hour
> > turnaround, and included refinishing - freakin' wheels look BRAND
> > new when you get them back.  This was from Wheels America, at
> > www.fixrim.com.  I have a local location so I dropped 'em off at
> > 5pm, had them back at 8am the following day - awesome!
>
> That sure sounds good to me, I would love to find a place that charged $100 each
> and gave 1 week turnaround! Wheels of America has a shop out on Long Island that
> I may call if can't find anyone closer.
>
> Since I sent my earlier message I found 7 places that do refinishing, none that
> are local to me, with the lowest advertised price @ $125.00 each. See:
> http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Automotive/Shopping_and_Services/Repairs_and_Service/Restoration/Wheel_Refinishing/
>
> -Marc
>
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