2005 Restore or replace OEM wheels

[James In New York]

I have a '05 Cashmere and chose the refurb route as working to restore/keep this car close to stock. Wheels turned out great!

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Did you have this done locally or ship them off?

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[Beer.Tom.Retro]

Did you have this done locally or ship them off?

James, there is a local shop in my area (I live in the Vancouver, British Columbia area) that does this. They restore and repair all kinds of wheels.
They totally strip the wheels, repaint the inside and the back of the wheel drum to the exact matching color, then use a high speed C&C machine to map and skim any surface damage or corrosion to give a surface that is as shiny as polished.
It cost my $275 Canadian /wheel. They as you could see by the pictures look like new.

 

[Rawah652]

James, there is a local shop in my area (I live in the Vancouver, British Columbia area) that does this. They restore and repair all kinds of wheels.
They totally strip the wheels, repaint the inside and the back of the wheel drum to the exact matching color, then use a high speed C&C machine to map and skim any surface damage or corrosion to give a surface that is as shiny as polished.
It cost my $275 Canadian /wheel. They as you could see by the pictures look like new.

Those look fantastic! I have the same marks around the cap on my wheels from tire people in a hurry and they drive me crazy! Hopefully there's someone around here that can do that kind of work.

Couldn't help but notice you also upgraded to drilled and slotted rotors as well. How has the noise level/brake pad wear/dust generation been? I'm about to order new pads and rotors (ceramic pads and OEM replacement rotors) but was seriously considering the upgraded rotors as well.

 

[Beer.Tom.Retro]

Those look fantastic! I have the same marks around the cap on my wheels from tire people in a hurry and they drive me crazy! Hopefully there's someone around here that can do that kind of work.

Couldn't help but notice you also upgraded to drilled and slotted rotors as well. How has the noise level/brake pad wear/dust generation been? I'm about to order new pads and rotors (ceramic pads and OEM replacement rotors) but was seriously considering the upgraded rotors as well.

No noise from the brakes at all, braking power is great. Absolutely no dust, I recently did a quick 500 mile trip and wheels were clean.