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[Andy H]

Late Elite alloys, Particularly where the wheels have been curbed the paint is flaking and corrosion has got under the paint.

It didn't cause a problem (other than looking rough) until about year ago when I started to notice that I had to keep adding air to one front tyre.

Last time I had new tyres fitted some paint fell off one of the rims so that rim got a good wire brushing to remove the loose paint. That wheel seems to be holding pressure but now two of the other wheels are leaking.

Has anyone had good results with professional wheel refurbishment? The process would involve stripping the paint and sticking the rim in a lathe to skim the tyre seat followed by repainting.

[05omegav6]

That's about the size of it... Costs around £50-65 per wheel... Can be done by mobile people, but you will almost certainly get longer lasting results from sending the wheels away...

Local tyre firms should be able to recommend somewhere decent.

Also, if Zirk has a moment perhaps he could take a recent pic of the refurbed early MV6 wheels he bought from me... They were refurbed back in 2012 iirc

[Andy B]

I had my Smart Roadster rims re-furb'd a few months ago for the same reason ...... 2 of them kept losing pressure. They cost exactly as Al suggested ie £60 a piece. A variety of colours available from original silver to black with 'black chrome' in between.
I'm very pleased with them. 

[05omegav6]

Looked like this when I sold them...

 

[jimbo125]

Nice fi :ynish, very stylish

[tigers_gonads]

I do love those early MV6 wheels 
Shame they are made of putty and warp far too easily 

[tunnie]

I have a similar issue with my late Elite wheels, need a good refurb. A couple do loose pressure.

[henryd]

Late Elite alloys, Particularly where the wheels have been curbed the paint is flaking and corrosion has got under the paint.

It didn't cause a problem (other than looking rough) until about year ago when I started to notice that I had to keep adding air to one front tyre.

Last time I had new tyres fitted some paint fell off one of the rims so that rim got a good wire brushing to remove the loose paint. That wheel seems to be holding pressure but now two of the other wheels are leaking.

Has anyone had good results with professional wheel refurbishment? The process would involve stripping the paint and sticking the rim in a lathe to skim the tyre seat followed by repainting.

This crowd are reckoned to be good
http://www.alloywheelclinic.co.uk/contactautoshine.php

and local too depending on which bit of Cornwall you are at

[Andy H]

Late Elite alloys, Particularly where the wheels have been curbed the paint is flaking and corrosion has got under the paint.

It didn't cause a problem (other than looking rough) until about year ago when I started to notice that I had to keep adding air to one front tyre.

Last time I had new tyres fitted some paint fell off one of the rims so that rim got a good wire brushing to remove the loose paint. That wheel seems to be holding pressure but now two of the other wheels are leaking.

Has anyone had good results with professional wheel refurbishment? The process would involve stripping the paint and sticking the rim in a lathe to skim the tyre seat followed by repainting.

This crowd are reckoned to be good
http://www.alloywheelclinic.co.uk/contactautoshine.php

and local too depending on which bit of Cornwall you are at

I am just on the border with Devon so Redruth is a bit of a stretch I have to go to Exeter every couple of weeks so I was thinking I might give these people http://www.southwestwheelrepairs.com/5.html a try.