Stonejag 10 Posted January 26, 2012 Had to post something about these guys - because they're great! Their website is a bit pretentious and they have a silly name (:lol:) but they really know their stuff. They've pared their wheel finishes right down so as standard you get a choice of black or white powdercoat, a single shade of water-based silver paint and a thick powder coating of clear acrylic lacquer over the top. If you want plain black or plain white wheels they knock a tenner off and skip the painting stage out of the middle. My wheels were a set of 16" Ultraleggeras - they had a few scrapes, moderate kerbing to the edges and some of the lacquer had peeled to give the familiar cloudy effect. Worse, one of them had quite a big dent in the rim as well - it was only obvious once the tyre was off. Anyway, most of the companies I contacted wouldn't touch the bent wheel - they basically wanted a blank cheque for repairs. The guys at Max Powder have the prices right up on the website which was a nice bonus. They even warned me upfront that heating the rim to push the dent back out might crack it, in which case they'd just get it welded up - very can-do. I went with the darker silver (black undercoat) and here are the results! There was only one slight glitch - I have two Toyo Proxes 4 and two Toyo Proxes R fitted - they'd fitted both Rs as 'left' and both 4s as 'right' so both axles would have had mismatched tyres. Popped back, they were very apologetic; broke the bead, flipped the tyres over and refitted before rebalancing, all in under 5 minutes! Don't think I've ever seen anyone work quite so fast. Anyway, here they are on the car: The 312mm brakes are a very tight squeeze but they do fit, with about 5mm clearance around the caliper So, full marks to Max Powder for being awesome - please do show your appreciation by considering them for your next refurb. No, they're not paying me to say that :D Jamiehamy will be along in a minute with the 'before' pictures... Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamiehamy 0 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Now you've exposed that it was me who gave them the kerb rash!! Edited January 26, 2012 by jamiehamy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laser Mark 0 Posted January 27, 2012 They look really good mate. I'm currently refurbing my 19's for my daily. Will hopefully be painting them some day next week. Has the firm painted inside the wheel nut holes where the nut seats? I can't decide if its going to be best to mask that area off or just paint it. What have the pros done? Cheers Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Portent 0 Posted January 28, 2012 Looking very good indeed :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted January 28, 2012 how much did that cost mate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stonejag 10 Posted January 28, 2012 Has the firm painted inside the wheel nut holes where the nut seats? I can't decide if its going to be best to mask that area off or just paint it. What have the pros done? Yes - the paint covers the whole front face of the wheel (including the conical bolt seats). If you masked it off there'd be an edge to the paint around the holes and I reckon it would blister almost immediately - you're giving water five more places to get behind the paint on each wheel! The clear powdercoat covers the whole lot so it's very tightly bonded on, nowhere for the moisture to attack how much did that cost mate? £200 including the dent repair. Top stuff :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beastie4126 0 Posted January 28, 2012 Looked pretty smart when you popped round today m8, reckon they will be getting the Golf wheels to do soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
