How Much Does Alloy Wheel Refurbishment Cost in Somerset?

How Many Wheels, and Are They a Set

The biggest single factor. Four wheels done together always costs less per wheel than one on its own, because most of the work is in setting up, preparing and finishing rather than in the wheel itself.

It also matters whether the finished wheels have to match. One damaged wheel out of four can often be refurbished on its own and blended in. A colour change, or a finish that has aged unevenly across the set, usually means doing all four so they end up the same.

The Size and the Design

A larger diameter wheel takes longer to prepare and finish than a small one, and that shows up in the price. So does the design: a simple five-spoke is quicker to work than an intricate multi-spoke with lots of edges and recesses, because every one of those edges has to be prepared by hand.

Split-rim and multi-piece wheels are a different job again. If yours are anything unusual, say so when you ring.

The Existing Finish

This is the one most people do not think about. A standard painted or lacquered wheel, a powder-coated wheel and a diamond-cut wheel are three different starting points, and they do not take the same amount of work to put right.

Diamond cut in particular is worth flagging when you call. The finish is machined rather than simply painted, so what is involved in restoring one is not the same as restoring a painted wheel. Tell us the wheels are diamond cut and we will explain what that means for yours specifically.

The Condition

Light scuffing on the outer edge is at one end of the scale. Deep kerb gouging, corrosion that has crept under the lacquer, flaking paint across the face, or a previous cheap repair that has to be stripped back out are all at the other.

Previous bad repairs are the ones that surprise people. A wheel that has been smart-repaired badly can take longer to put right than one that has simply been kerbed, because the filler and paint have to come off before anything else can start.

Whether You Want a Colour Change

Keeping the original colour is the simpler job. Changing colour means the whole face has to be taken back properly, and it almost always means doing all four so the car matches.

It is a popular thing to do while the wheels are being refurbished anyway, and it is worth asking about at the point you get the quote rather than after the work has started.

Why We Will Not Quote Blind

You can have a free initial consultation, and the fastest way to get a real figure is to send photographs. A picture of each damaged wheel, taken in daylight, straight on and then at an angle to the rim edge, tells us more than any description.

What we will not do is give you a number over the phone from "four alloys, bit of kerbing" and then revise it upwards on the day. If a price changes after someone has looked at the wheels, that is not a quote, it is a deposit on an argument.

Two Things That Are Not Charges

We are not VAT registered, so the price you are quoted is the price. There is no VAT to add on top of it.

And the work is guaranteed for a year. That is not an upsell or an extra - it comes with the refurbishment.