wheel advice please

[nimrod]

I have a 2004 Roadster on the original wheels, I like the look of the toyota wheels but not the corrosion, my original set was set were sent of to a firm in Blackpool who sent me refurbed wheels that were just powder coated so I was a little disappointed after some time I then had these wheels refurbished and was happy with the result after just over 2 years are now showing signs of deteriation, inside the rear wheel about a quarter of the power coat is not attatched to the wheel and quite a few other signs of corrosion underneath the paint. The annoying thing is that the tyres are almost new.
anyone know the price of Toyota alloys? I am sure to much, also if you have bought after market wheels and how well they stand up to the british weather, I like the look of polished rims but feel they would not stay looking good for that long, also do some place offer you px on your wheels and tyres because I do not think 4 wheels and tyres would fit in my car.
your thoughts and advice please  s:D s:D

[Wabbitkilla]

All alloys corrode in our crap environment.
New wheels from Toyota are just silly amounts of money.

There are re-furbishers and re-furbishers, there are good powder coaters and rubbish powder coaters.
After market wheels suffer the same problems, some are good and some are bad.
Polished rims need a lot of looking after ... been there.

If you like the standard wheels, find somewhere that does powder coating properly (preparation is key here).

[Jay67]

couldn't agree more with Wabbitkilla, I had mine refurbed 2 yrs ago and they still look new today. I'd go for another refurb if like me you like the stock wheels, maybe someone on here can recommend a company near to you?   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

[nimrod]

Thanks for your advice, I suppose that I was thinking about the inconvenience of being without a car for 3 or 4 days, also the car being left in a residential car park being left on axle stands, corrosion has not broken through yet so gives me a bit of thinking time, think I will leave for now and get these wheels through the winter.

[Jay67]

might be somebody local with a spare set you can fit while yours are being refurbed

[jonty]

some refurb places will have wheels you can borrow, or you can get a set pretty cheap (£80 in the for sale section) to thrown on them whilst the others get sorted, then sell them on again at the same price.

[nimrod]

Good idea that would sort out my concerns.

[RacingSnake]

Don't know if its of any interest by a former work colleague of mine is refurbing my wheels right this minute. Unfortunately I don't have the MR2 any more but chatted to him about the 'bubbling' alloys issue lots of people suffer & he is aware of this on Toyotas generally. The wheels being done today are mainly old kerbing damage but look to be coming up OK. He has a mobile service but runs from Hampshire. If you wanted to enquire he's on  m http://www.facebook.com/#!/r3newalloys m  (Adam) - He doesn't use powder coating with the mobile service but whatever he's done seems to look good on the first wheel!  s:) s:)
Apologies if this falls into 'advertising' which I wouldn't want to annoy the mods with - happy to have the link removed and just PM me for his contact details.

[Two's Company]

I was going to take mine to smart wheels in Manchester. Although I went to Chicago powder coating in mossley today who will powder coat wheels up to 16 inch for £15 each. Up to 20 inch is £20 a wheel. I'll have to get the tyres off and put back on somewhere else. Worth considering for anyone in the manchester area.