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jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8005

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

forgot to add, last ones i had were £35 a rim. Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

29th May 2012 6:25pm

GUM97

Member Since: 05 Feb 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3555

1997 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Stornoway Grey

xatzhs wrote:
Oh well in that case I DO want them powdercoated again haha!

Anywhere good near Oxford? Not too fussed about it being off for a few days, but more than a week and it would probably be annoying. How long roughly to get a good powdercoat?

Also c.£40 x 4 is still about the price of 1 x ZU rim haha!

Thanks for the pics by the way

There's a powder coaters that we use at work occasionally, Oxford Industrial Finishers, which are pretty good and very professional. They also have a quck turn around time when not overly busy. I've never used them to do wheels, but when I have been in there, they always seem to have quite a few sets being worked on.
http://www.oif.uk.com/services.html

Hope that helps.

29th May 2012 6:44pm

xatzhs

Member Since: 12 Dec 2010
Location: Northumberland & Down South
Posts: 258

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black

Excellent! I'll drop them a line tomorrow - thanks for all the information everyone!

Does anyone have any photos of Boost Alloys powdercoated??

Also the next question is... what sort of finish do I want?? I was thinking more of a Matt Black look to go with the 110 - any advantages/disadvantages to matt vs gloss?

Cheers

EDIT: Pictures greatly appreciated!

29th May 2012 8:06pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6089

If you're in Swindon area, then I can highly recommend SunBase, who I get to do all my stuff.

James is the man there, and likes cash...

I usually get black bits for my rovers done in eggshell, which is kind of half way between matt and full on gloss.

29th May 2012 9:45pm

xatzhs

Member Since: 12 Dec 2010
Location: Northumberland & Down South
Posts: 258

diesel_jim wrote:
If you're in Swindon area, then I can highly recommend SunBase, who I get to do all my stuff.

James is the man there, and likes cash...

I usually get black bits for my rovers done in eggshell, which is kind of half way between matt and full on gloss.

Well I'm West Oxfordshire, so if he's East Swindon, it's not tooo far... maybe an extra 15 minutes further than the one mentioned above.

Any pics of your eggshell bits??

I also really want to get the chequerplate on top of my sidesteps done in black as well to match the wingtops, don't know how easy they are to remove and get sprayed, although I know they'll deteriorate with people stepping on them all the time, if they are easy to get to, I wouldn't mind spraying them myself every year or so. But obviously a good base first time would be cracking!

29th May 2012 10:49pm

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