What should i do about my alloys

10th September 2010, 18:09

Hi i bought 4 alloys and tyres a while back now and i got all the alloys back to the bare metal in preperation for spraying them. I'm not sure now though what to do. The tyres i got we're nearly all dead. One tyre has alot of tread on but the other 3 are useless. My car was recently been having problems with my steering which turns out to be steering rack so when i get this fixed the tracking needs to be done thats why i need to get my alloys sorted out quite quicky as i dont want to be doing the tracking 2 times so i may as well put the tyres and alloys on at the same time of doing the steering rack. The problem i have with the alloys are that i need 3 newish tyres quick and i need them spraying white. I'm not sure whether i should spray them myself as ive hardly ever sprayed before or get them powdercoated or even sell the alloys and buy them again with good tyres and which have already been powercoated. Any ideas would be helpfull

10th September 2010, 19:05

Bin the tyres if they are worn so you have bare rims to work with and paint them yourself mate, get some mid range replacement tyres fitted and your ready to go.

Just google painting rims diy or something and I am sure there will be guides, to be honest you can't really go to far wrong.

Good luck with it all fella

10th September 2010, 21:36

i would scrap all the tyres and get some mid range tyres like maxiss or something thats sticky and good in the rain as winters coming. also with white i wouldnt paint them yourself as they often look crap and cant stend up to heavy duty cleaner whitch is needed for white wheels as there a arse to keep clean and for 120 quid for them powdercoating just seems easier.

11th September 2010, 18:29

Does powdercoating only cost 120 thought it was alot more then that. Also don't know where to get tyre from?