diy alloy wheel repair

[madmart100]

Just bought a set of S-spokes second hand that have been faily well used (kerbed and a few scratches) and dont want to spend £200+ getting them refurbished. Can anyone recommend a good diy kit?
Thanks in advance

[Interludio44]

I'd avoid any sort of DIY kit, the parts required are easily available from any place like Halfords. Here's two useful guides from other forums:
Refurbing & Spraying Alloy Wheels... - Detailing World
Wheel Refurb - Detailing World

Just be aware that it's very time consuming!

If you do go ahead, I'm sure plenty of forum readers would like to see pics of your own experience

[BRG/Blk Cooper S]

And be prepared to have your Clubman suddenly start driving like you've always got a fat passenger on board..

S-Spokes are stunning to look at but weigh a ton...... heaviest OEM wheel - I noticed a huge difference in acceleration/handling when I had my Cooper and drove one without S-Spokes - they were the 15" 8 hole Monza wheels.......that little Cooper drove like a MINI should, nippy and totally tossable.

Got rid of the S-Spokes on my S as soon as I could after purchase and would never go back.

They do look great though..

[adam_Randell]

there are lots of kits out there, not sure on the best one.

however, i would reccomend that you took the wheels to a garage and get the tyres taken off before you remair them as you will be able to make a MUCH better job than with the tyres on.

[Soopercooperinfo]

Found this DIY wheel rim repair/kit that might help. Good luck.

[madmart100]

started to prep the wheels ready for filling the scrapes, and cant decide what colour to respray them once finished. They will be going on an astro black clubman. so if anyone has any thoughts i'm more than willing to take suggestions

[Adam101]

I just did a wheel on my Focus ST and I did the following:
1 - Cleaned Wheel with white spirit
2 - Used Evo-stik Hard & Fast Metal Epoxy Putty(halfords) to fill the scrapes (wish I hadn't put so much on as it takes some sanding down, even with 200grit).
3 - Sprayed 3 coates of Hi-Build grey primer (leaving 15mins between coats then left for 24 hours)
4 - Sanded using 800/12000 grit Wet and Dry (halfords assorted pack) and cleaned again with white spirit.
Tip: Take the extra time at this stage as for best results the primer needs to be as smooth as glass!
5 - Sprayed 3 coates of MG Rover Sparkle silver (was a good match for ST wheel). I left the paint 24 hours but then didn't sand this down (this gives depth to the metallic paint according to the paint can...I think it did)
6 - Sprayed 4-5 coats of lacquer and 1600 grit wet sanded and finished with a polish with T-Cut rapid scratch remover to remove any laucqer run/overspray.

There's probably a few techniques, but that's the way I did it and I'm happy with the result!

[designer_label]

Problem is though finding the correct colour spray for the mini alloy, I cant find one. Halfords were rubbish.